Showing posts with label Manoa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manoa. Show all posts
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Kahalaopuna

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During the days of Kākuhihewa, ruling chief of O‘ahu from about 1640 to 1660, Kahaukani ((K) Mānoa wind) and Kaʻaukuahine ((W) Mānoa r...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

Pukaʻōmaʻomaʻo

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Traditions on the island of Oʻahu note Mā’ilikūkahi was a ruling chief around 1500 (about the time Columbus crossed the Atlantic.) Māʻili...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Mānoa Valley Inn

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The first subdivision in Mānoa was the Seaview tract, in Lower Mānoa near Seaview Street, which was laid out in 1886 (this area in the ...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Poi Prohibited

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"The sale of poi is now officially prohibited." Thus was the March 2, 1911 directive of Food Commissioner Blanchard (as noted...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Ala Wai Canal

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A son of Mā’ilikūkahi (who ruled about the time Columbus crossed the Atlantic) was Kalona-nui, who in turn had a son called Kalamakua. Ka...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

“Miss Ball Won The Fight For Others”

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A healer touches people. A good healer touches a person’s body, mind and spirit. A great healer touches many people’s lives. In att...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Gladstone

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A memorial chiseled into a hard to find boulder is a vigilant reminder of the hazards of hiking in Hawaiʻi’s wilderness – and it continu...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

University of Hawaiʻi – Mānoa

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“An act to establish the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Hawai‘i” was passed by the Hawai‘i’s Territorial L...
Monday, March 18, 2013

College Hill

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In 1829, Governor Boki gave the land to Hiram Bingham – who subsequently gave it to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Miss...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Kaʻahumanu Wall

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In the early 1800s, the city of Honolulu went as far as South Street; Kawaiahaʻo Church and Mission Houses (on King Street, on the Diamo...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Mānoa

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Mānoa translates as "wide or vast" and is descriptive of the wide valley that makes up the inland portion of this ahupuaʻa. ...