In 1898, Thomas G. Thrum’s Hawaiian Annual published a list of the various types of fish that were supplied to Honolulu markets. The list, Thrum said, was compiled from reports provided to the territorial Board of Health. Of the 97 … Continued
Land Board Hears Final Arguments In Wa`ahila Ridge Contested Case “Beauty is the splendor of the truth.” With this unusual opening, Benjamin Kudo launched into his final presentation before the Land Board in the contested case hearing on Hawaiian Electric … Continued
Before European contact, the adze quarry near the summit of Mauna Kea was almost certainly one of the most important sites of industry in the Hawaiian islands. It was here that the best adzes, or ko`i, were manufactured out of … Continued
Christmas morning, 1857. At the Seamen’s Bethel in Honolulu, the Reverend S.C. Damon was conducting divine services, an event duly applauded by the yet-young Pacific Commercial Advertiser. “This is a new feature in the celebration of Christmas at these islands, … Continued
What an accomplishment for lobbyist Jon Okudara. He managed in the late 1980s to become executive director of a state-created and -funded committee that spent about $833,000 in the 1990s, ostensibly on efforts to address the agriculture industry’s fruit fly … Continued
The state Department of Health is concerned that Maui County’s landfill plans don’t meet with accepted design standards or federal regulations. And because of that, the DOH has been holding up the opening of Phase IV of Maui’s Pu`unene landfill … Continued
Thomas Manby, master’s mate to Captain George Vancouver on the Discovery, described the reaction of Kamehameha to the longhorn cattle Vancouver had brought with him and which he presented to the king in February 1793: The cattle greatly delighted him, … Continued
Honda Magnate Bulldozes Kaua`i Bluff, Causing Mud to Blanket Pila`a Bay Pila`a Bay on the wild and rugged North Shore of Kaua`i was known for its crystal clear water and abundance of limu. It was also a major source of … Continued
In 1905, the government of Hawai`i began the process of setting aside forested areas of the islands as reserves, to be protected for their watershed value. By that time, hundreds of thousands of acres of the islands’ forests had already … Continued