An ali‘i, Kekaiha‘akulou (Deborah Kapule’s Hawaiian name) was born about 1798 on Kaua‘i, likely at Waimea, her parents being the high chief Ha‘upu and the…
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I once hiked to Hauola he‘iau in Hoea Valley, Kaua‘i during the 1980s while I was residing in Kekaha. Starting from Waiawa, I proceeded up…
Perhaps, my father, Henry Soboleski, and Honolulu radio personality, author and actor Ed Sheehan (1918-1992) knew each other, since they both worked at the Pearl…
During World War II, teller of Hawaiian tales Eric Knudsen (1872-1957) recalled that long ago a friend had told him that Puukapele, a rock formation…
“Helen,” the first yacht built entirely on Kaua‘i, was christened and launched by its owner, McBryde Sugar Co. civil engineer and yachtsman Joel Cox, at…
Over 40,000 American soldiers and Marines were stationed on Kaua‘i during World War II, where the Army set up camps, training areas and firing ranges…
From 1950 until 1955, when it ceased operations, the Nawiliwili Canning Co. packed its Hula Girl tuna at its cannery in Nawiliwili Harbor. Supplying the…
In 1866, William Hyde Rice – who in 1891 would become the governor of Kaua‘i under Queen Liliuokalani – began leasing land at Kipu, Kaua‘i…
Founded in 1899 and demolished in 1985, the McBryde Sugar Co. plantation village at Wahiawa, Kauai was comprised of Camp 2 and Camp 3, situated…
I was at Dong Ha, South Vietnam when it was rocketed one morning in July 1969 by the North Vietnamese Army. The attack occurred on…