{"id":65,"date":"2021-03-26T21:54:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T21:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/felixr68.sg-host.com\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2021-09-28T20:45:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:45:45","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/diamondwater.us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"65\" class=\"elementor elementor-65\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44b4d97 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"44b4d97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:24,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/diamondwater.us\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/download-2.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/diamondwater.us\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/GettyImages-917027868-scaled.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:23,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/diamondwater.us\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/download.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60d65bb\" data-id=\"60d65bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf15057 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf15057\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f1c690\" data-id=\"5f1c690\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bdb971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bdb971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0307b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0307b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7047ab5\" data-id=\"7047ab5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f16eafc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f16eafc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Diamond Water is the Patented Invention of John Charter IV, third generation jeweler, Graduate Gemologist and hopeful philanthropist.<\/p><p>A trip to Sierra Leone in 2002 to investigate the rough diamond business resulted in the inspiration for Diamond Water and the associated Literacy Project \u2013 Rice for Literacy.<\/p><p>Mr. Charter has been engaged in the Jewelry and Gem Trade since the 1950\u2019s in the back room of his father\u2019s Jewelry store in Lincoln, Illinois. After attending Pine Crest School, Gem City College, Tulane University, Santa Monica College and the Gemological Institute of America, he became the Diamond Course Instructor at the GIA until striking out on his own adventures. Travel related to the gem and diamond business led to South America, Asia, Israel, Thailand, Japan, India, Italy, the Phillipines, Germany, Switzerland, England and eventually Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b92eeb\" data-id=\"9b92eeb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a423529 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a423529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/diamondwater.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/history1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/diamondwater.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/history1.jpg 240w, http:\/\/diamondwater.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/history1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e6bf5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e6bf5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b8a26c\" data-id=\"0b8a26c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-515bef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"515bef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Seeing the conditions in Africa and the strong historical connections of Africa to the gem trade via diamonds, gems, and precious metals led to a desire to give something back in the hope of contributing to the education of the children.<\/p><p>John Charter IV is the great grandson of John Charter of Sterling Illinois, inventor of the Sterling Gas Engine, the first internal combustion engine to use liquid gasoline which was used on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190103202600\/http:\/\/inventors.about.com\/od\/tstartinventions\/a\/tractors.htm\" target=\"_self\">first gasoline powered tractor<\/a>\u00a0in the world in 1887.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History Diamond Water is the Patented Invention of John Charter IV, third generation jeweler, Graduate Gemologist and hopeful philanthropist. 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