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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM234V_hawaiian-trail_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
This is a portion of an ala loa (long path) or ala kahakai (a more recent term meaning trail by the sea) that follows the coastline. The Hawaiians of old used it to connect communities for socializing and exchanging goods, as well as to arrive at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM234U_kumukea-kumuk-275-hu-point_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
This projection of land, more properly known by an older name, Kumukea Point, is a significant landmark of coastal Kekaha. The surface 'a'ā lava that covers this area is the result of the historic Ka'ūpūlehu Flow of 1801, which was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM234R_ala-loa_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
You are walking along a segment of the ala loa (long path), a Hawaiian foot trail that linked settlement areas along the coast from Kealakekua to Kawaihae. This segment of the trail was also identified as a traditional route for the huaka'i pō…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2318_keauhou-bay_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
Cultural historian Henry E.P. Kekahuna was born on Maui in 1881 when many ancient Hawaiian traditions were still in practice. He listened and learned the stories of old. He explored and mapped many areas throughout Hawai'i in the 1950s. His illust…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2317_royal-center-at-keauhou-bay_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
In the time of the ruler 'Umi-a-Liloa, 22 generations before the time of King Kamehameha I, the Royal Center moved away from Waipi'o in the island's northern region. As a result of this move, Royal Centers developed along Kona's leeward coast, By …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2315_kauikeaouli-kamehameha-iii_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
Son of Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani
Born March 17, 1814
Died December 15, 1854
Ka Moi Lokomarkai
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2314_birthplace-of-kauikeaouli_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
Kauikeaouli, the second son of Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani, was born within this enclosure. Stillborn, he was cleansed in the water of Ka'opa Spring at the edge of the bay and revived as he laid upon the large rock to the left.
Hawai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2312_kauikeaouli-and-nahienaena_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
Kauikeaouli and Nāhi'ena'ena
An inscribed stone tablet commemorates the nearby birth site of Kauikeaouli who went on to rule Hawai'i as King Kamehameha III. His sister, Princess Nāhi'ena'ena, was also born in Keauhou about 1815,
Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM230Z_the-kamehameha-dynasty_Kailua-Kona-HI.html
The Kamehameha Dynasty
As a young man, Kamehameha was a proven warrior and political strategist who rose to power with the support of the chiefs of Kona and unified the island of Hawai'i under his leadership in the late 1700a. He embraced th…
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…