The Wailua Bell Stone, or Pohaku Kani (lava rock sound) is a fairly flat, oblong-shaped stone of roughly 12 square feet in area that produces…
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In 1932, 51-year-old Martin Mansfield first came to Hawai‘i as a cook aboard one of the steamships on the Honolulu-West Coast run. While in Honolulu,…
Established in 1905, Huleia School was originally located in Huleia Valley. Then in 1919, Huleia School was relocated to a site not far down the…
Prior to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Ni‘ihau had long been a peaceful home to its 130 Hawaiian residents, virtually…
William K. Yamanaka, Ph.D. (born in 1931), the author of “Kipu-Huleia, The Social History of a Plantation Community” and “Huleia, the Journey Home,” was born…
Since the early days of contact between foreigners and the people of Hawai‘i, there have been men hailing from faraway lands who married island girls…
Kaua‘i’s haunted Hale Nani Hotel once stood on Nahuma‘alo Point, across from Koloa Landing in Po‘ipu. Its former location is now the site, since 1988,…
Born and raised on Kaua‘i, Robert Hamada (1921-2014) is best known as a woodturner who created works of art out of milo and hau wood.…
In 1972, Kaua‘i-born historian, author, and University of Hawai‘i professor Rubellite ‘Ruby’ Kawena Kinney Johnson (b. 1933) told “Honolulu Star-Bulletin” newspaper writer Lois Taylor the…
Born and raised on Kaua‘i, Ah Sau Ahana (1907-2008) learned to play the banjo, ukulele and steel guitar while attending Kaua‘i High School. Later, during…