1/27/12 By Christine Hitt I’ve received requests over the years asking for information about Hawaiians who joined the Hudson’s Bay Company and settled in the Pacific Northwest. Many people are still not aware that there is a large community of Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest, who descended from ancestors who traveled there in the early [...]
Kahoolawe and Lanai: Tiny Isles, Were Homes of Exiles Kings banished men to one inhospitable spot, and women to the other, but lonely males crossed the water and rescued or captured the ladies, so they all became one settlement. From THRUM’S HAWAIIAN ANNUAL of 1903 Among the events and conditions of dawning Hawaiian civilization that [...]
BY Christine Hitt May 2, 2010 Princess Kaiulani’s parents were Princess Likelike, younger sister to King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani, and Scotsman Archibald Cleghorn. In the Hawaiian Gazette of 1907, A.S. Cleghorn, then Governor of Oahu Island under the Hawaiian Monarchy, recalled old times. Here are some quotes from the piece: “I came to Honolulu [...]
By Christine Hitt March 8, 2010 I found this photo in the 1921 Paradise of the Pacific pages. It is not dated or does it explain where it was taken, but I assume that it was taken within the same year. Although many westerners were moving in during this time, it was still common to [...]
By Christine Hitt February 25, 2010 While looking through the 1921 archives of Paradise of the Pacific, I ran across an article by George Mellen titled “Deserted, Nameless and Forgotten.” It was about a deserted village that he had run across by foot between Makapuu and Waimanalo—there was no automobile access through this area at [...]
BY Christine Hitt February 19, 2010 I found this profile in the December 1920, Paradise of the Pacific (now HONOLULU Magazine) pages, so I thought I’d share it: Here is the real Grand Old Man of the Hawaiian Islands, Kiaaina by name. He was born on the island of Kauai a long, long time ago–so [...]
BY Christine Hitt January 28, 2010 As an employee of HONOLULU Magazine, I have the ease of perusing its extensive archives, which dates back to 1888, under its old title, Paradise of the Pacific. Occasionally, I will flip through the pages and find some interesting articles, or pictures. And, now I can share such finds [...]
