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…
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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…
The Taniguchi ‘ohana is among the most numerous of families on Kaua‘i. Three of the best-known Taniguchis were Hulu Taniguchi (1897-1933), Eddie Taniguchi, Sr. (1919-84),…
The son of Taichi and Shigeno Kawamoto, Tadao “Barber” Kawamoto (1911-2000) was born and raised in what was then the fishing village of Kukuiula on…
Andres Labrador (1901-96) was born in Cebu, Philippines, and worked there as a fisherman and carpenter’s helper until 1922, when he signed a contract with…
Until 1917, when the Lihu‘e Armory was built, Kaua‘i’s 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Regiment of the Hawai‘i National Guard had no armory and was therefore…
Born in Pennsylvania, William Reynolds (1815-1879) joined the Navy in 1831, was promoted to midshipman and lieutenant in 1841, and served as an officer with…
Herewith is a brief historical account of the recruitment and importation of foreign laborers, some with wives and children, under contract to Hawaiian sugar plantations,…
For 36 years, until 1985, when they retired from taro farming, Shoichi Nagamine (1920-2001) and his wife, Shizuko Nagamine (1924-2008), raised taro on their 12-acre…