Posts Tagged 'maui'

Mid-19th Century Kahoolawe and Lanai Banishment

Posted on December 3 2011 by admin

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 [...]

It Was Called Kaupo

Posted on February 26 2010 by admin

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 [...]