Showing posts with label Waimea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waimea. Show all posts
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Puʻu O Mahuka

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Pu‘u o Mahuka ("hill of escape”) is located on the north side of the valley; it is the largest heiau on Oʻahu (covering almost 2 acre...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

Kāpaeloa

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The literal translation for the moku (district) of Waialua is “two” (lua) “water(s)” (wai), which may be a reference to the pair of major...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Hewahewa

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“Kailua Harbor, April 5, 1820. In the dawn of the day, as we passed near shore, several chiefs were spending their idle hours in gambling...
Friday, June 6, 2014

Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy

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Marines and Sailors trained for what has been referred to as the toughest marine offensive of WWII. 1,300 miles northeast of Guadalcanal,...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Marine Dam

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Marines and Sailors trained for what has been referred to as the toughest marine offensive of WWII. 1,300 miles northeast of Guadalcanal,...
Friday, May 9, 2014

Spencer House

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Francis (Frank) McFarland Spencer (November 25, 1819 - May 19, 1897) was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was early apprenticed to ...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

William Beckley

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George Charles Beckley was known as “the English friend and military adviser of Kamehameha the Great.”  (Taylor)  Born in 1787, Beckley a...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Poʻo Kanaka

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Traditional translations of poʻo kanaka suggest it means “human head;” however, in this case, it has a regional translation and is used t...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Lorenzo Lyons (Makua Laiana – Father Lyons)

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The family name was originally Lyon, to which his grandfather, David Lyon, arbitrarily added an ‘s.’ The Lyon or Lyons family traces its ...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Transformation of Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaiʻi

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Over the centuries, and even today, Waimea was an attractive draw with ideal climate and soils, and moderate distance from the ocean. ...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Battle of Hōkūʻula

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Prominent features rising above the town of Waimea on the Big Island are the puʻu (cinder cones) in the surrounding pasture.  The South ...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

Hanami - Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival

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Hanami (Japanese, literally, hana = flower and mi = look ... "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying ...
Saturday, January 5, 2013

Mānā - Barking Sands

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Mānā is a coastal plain with an ancient sea cliff at its inner edge, which extends from Waimea in the south to the north on the western ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

What’s in a name?

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In ancient Hawaiʻi, there were no “towns,” “villages” or “cities,” in the modern context.  Around the 1400-1500s, the land was broken do...
Friday, November 2, 2012

Kīkīaola ("Menehune Ditch" and "Peʻekauai Ditch")

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Kīkīaola (“sprouting springs of Ola") is a ditch that was built prehistorically to irrigate the taro patches in lower Waimea Valley...