In 1810, Kamehameha I and King Kaumualii of Kauai formed an alliance whereby Kauai would remain a separate kingdom, but within the realm of Kamehameha…
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During Queen Emma’s sojourn on Kauai during December 1870 through April 1871, she resided at Mauna Kilohana, which was located within the 4,200-acre ahupuaa of…
Editor’s note: In light of The Garden Island’s coverage on Sunday of a documentary being shot of Kauai researchers looking for the Hanapepe gravesite of…
Born in Kealia Camp, Kauai, the son of Portuguese immigrants Francisco and Francisca Barretto of Madeira, Portugal, John F. Barretto (1901-1988) ended his formal education…
The movie, “The Hawaiians,” released in 1970, was based on the novel “Hawaii,” written by author James Michener, and covered the time period from arrival…
On Sunday, Oct. 4, 1936, dedication services for the newly constructed Aloha Theater on Hanapepe Road were conducted by the Rev. Shinkan Tahara, the Shinto…
Kauai school teacher Yone Kagawa Miyake (1903-1981) was born at Makaweli, the daughter of Japanese immigrants Saichi and Yoshi Kagawa, who’d arrived in Hawaii in…
During World War II, more than 40,000 American soldiers were stationed on Kauai, where the Army established camps, training areas, firing ranges and artillery impact…
Born and raised on a 20-acre rice farm on land his parents leased deep within Waimea Valley, far beyond the present swinging bridge, Noboru Miyake…
Hanamaulu School Principal Carlotta Stewart Lai (1881-1952) — one of the first African American women to make their home in Hawaii, and Hawaii’s first African…