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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCR_kilauea_Mountain-View-HI.html
A caldera has likely existed at Kilauea's summit for as long as has the volcano. Collapse occurred repeatedly as magma swelled the summit area and then drained rapidly through the flanking rift zones. Large fault blocks have formed here and at Uwe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3G_laupahoehoe-point_Waimea-HI.html
The Laupahoehoe we see now is very different from the Laupahoehoe of old. Laupahoehoe Point was a peaceful, Hawaian fishing village, untouched by missionaries and plantation life; the valley and the sea provided bountiful life. In the late 1800's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3F_countless-are-the-accomplishments-of-roosevelts-trusty-tree-army_Mountain-View-HI.html
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933, was one of many "New Deal" Programs created towards economic recovery from the Great Depression. The goal of the CCC was to create Conservation Jobs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJL_in-memory-of-captain-james-cook-r-n_Kealakekua-HI.html
Marker panel on obelisk (1874):
In Memory of the great circumnavigatorCaptain James Cook, R.N. who discovered these islands on the 18th of January, 1770 and fell near this spot on the 14th of February, 1779.—————&m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D72_ala-mauka-makai_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
This trail cuts across Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, passing sites that represent many of the values for which this park was created, such as a malama ka aina, caring for the land. This was a place where Hawaiian families lived, value…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D71_a-sanctuary-for-humpback-whales_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
The sanctuary lies within the shallow, warm waters surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands and is one of the world's most important humpback whale habitats.Most of the North Pacific humpback whale population migrates nearly 3,000 miles to Hawaiian w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D70_discovering-kaloko-honokohau_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park celebrates the indigenous people of Hawaii. It penetrates deep into Hawaiian antiquity by preserving evidence of a thousand years of society. It links the touched with the heartfelt, transcending the physi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D42_pu-ukohola-heiau_Waimea-HI.html
A heiau (temple) at Pu'ukohola was built long before Kamehameha started construction on the heiau that you see. This showed great vision and strategy on the part of the kahuna (priests). The heiau was physically very prominent and imposing on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D3Q_pu-ukohola-heiau-national-historic-site_Waimea-HI.html
Welcome to Pu'ukohola Heiau, one of the most famous heiau (temples) in the Hawaiian Islands. This heiau is an integral component of the traditional Hawaiian social, political, and religious systems, and a significant place in the history of King K…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQD9_the-first-hawaiian-christian_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
The first Hawaiian Christian,Henry Opukahaia,died at Cornwall, Conn. 1818
The first Christianmissionaries to Hawaii,Bingham, Thurston, Whitney,landed at Kailua, April 12, 1820with their Hawaiian comradesHopu, Kanui, Honoli.