From the mid-1920s, through the Great Depression and World War II years, and into the early 1950s, barefoot football occupied a special niche among sports…
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Back in the day, when I worked for McBryde Sugar Co., I installed irrigation flumes and I drove haul cane trucks for a spell, but…
This Island History was written to honor Army Sergeant First Class Roque Perpetua Jr., who was born on Kaua‘i and raised at Grove Farm Plantation,…
Born in Glens Falls, New York, Charles Reed Bishop (1822-1915) sailed from New York City in 1846 with William Little Lee to seek opportunities in…
Hawaiian hula, mythology and chants contain numerous references to relationships between heavenly bodies and heiau. But, when retired architect and Kauai resident Francis X. Warther…
In Sept. of 1871, Mr. E. Helekunihi, Mr. and Mrs. Waiana‘au, and the Rev. Mr. A Kaukau visited Ni‘ihau, where they were entertained by Mr.…
In Sept. 1871, Mr. E. Helekunihi visited Ni‘ihau and wrote an account of his sojourn there that was published in the Hawaiian newspaper “Ke Au…
While traveling in the South Seas during 1925, Honolulu-born naturalist, agriculturist and traveler Gerrit P. Wilder (1863-1935) met two lonely Hawaiians who had not seen…
Denjiro Ota (1873-1936), the founder of Lihue’s Tip Top Cafe &Bakery (now Tip Top Motel, Cafe &Bakery), was born in Japan and went to work…
Born on Kauai, Elsie H. Wilcox Elementary School principal Clarissa Piilani Gerdes (1908-1969) was the daughter of lawyer, engineer, sheriff, legislator and Niumalu resident John…