Yoshiake ‘Dick’ Hiramoto (1902-76), the son of Japanese immigrants Seijiro and Samayo Hiramoto, was born at Lihu‘e Plantation’s Kilipaki Camp, once located opposite the plantation’s…
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Originally from Missouri, Elmer Cheatham (1882-1961) established residence in Honolulu in 1910 and obtained employment at B. F. Ehler’s &Co., the predecessor of Liberty House,…
During the 1980s, when a yearly harvesting season was complete at McBryde Sugar Co., I would be temporarily reassigned from my job as a haul…
Hawaiian sugar plantations provided free medical care for their employees and dependents at hospitals and at plantation dispensaries, several of which were located on Kaua‘i.…
The origins of Kaua‘i’s Soto Zen Buddhist Temple date back to McBryde Sugar Co.’s Wahiawa Camp in 1903, the year the Rev. Ryoun Kan arrived…
Local author, Keith Smith, who was born in Pepeekeo, Hawai‘i, and raised in the plantation town of Kilauea, Kaua‘i, during the 1950s and 1960s, where…
While serving aboard English Captain Nathaniel Portlock’s “King George” as steward and cooper, Scotsman John Nicol (1755-1825) visited Kaua‘i twice in 1786 and once in…
Around 1900, Lihu‘e Plantation built Hanama‘ulu Camp to provide housing for its employees working at its Hanama‘ulu sugar mill and in its cane fields in…
In 1899, McBryde Sugar Co., named after Judge Duncan McBryde, was incorporated as a consolidation of ‘Ele‘ele Plantation, the McBryde Estate and Koloa Agricultural Company.…
In 1887, Theo H. Davies & Co. opened a general merchandise store at Kealia and appointed George Tweedie as its storekeeper. It was reported later…