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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23F8_the-spirit-of-pu-uloa-now-surrounds-you_Pahoa-HI.html
Honor the profound importance of Pu'uloa and its petroglyphs holds for many native Hawaiians - the past, present, and the future. Respect that importance by staying on the boardwalks so that their stories may live forever.
Ancient Hawaiian c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23E1_waiakea-town-yashijima_Hilo-HI.html
Waiakea Town, or Yashijima, was a close-knit, vibrant community which occupied what is known today as Banyan Drive. The golf course and park that you see today was once filled with homes, businesses and Waiakea Kai School, all of which provided th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23E0_waiakea-social-settlement-clock_Hilo-HI.html
The Waiakea Social Settlement clock was refurbished and re-erected on this original concrete stand by the Waiakea Pirates Athletic Club in May, 1984. It is one of the few landmarks that withstood the destruction on Waiakea Town by the tsunami of M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23CO_ku-hawaiian-god_Papaikou-HI.html
In the beginning in Hawaiian mythology, Po was a vast and dark empty land. Only one life form dwelled there. It was the spirit of Keawe, his single light shining and holding the energy of creation. Keawe evolved order. He opened his great calabash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23CN_the-legend-of-twin-rocks_Papaikou-HI.html
The village of Kahali'i was located on this large point of land which extends into Onomea Bay. Though the village is gone, the descendants of Kahali'i still remember some of the legends concerning the area's landmarks. One story tells of the origi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23CM_onomea-bay_Papaikou-HI.html
Long ago, Onomea Bay was a fishing village, became a rough-water seaport in the 1800's, and later was inhabited by Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos who came here to work in the sugar cane fields and to help build the Onemea Sugar Mill. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23CI_pu-u-333-333-volcano-trail_Hilo-HI.html
The historic ala hele (trail) follows a likely prehistoric route. It begins a Pu'u'ō'ō to the north, a hill named for the now-extinct black and yellow 'ō'ō bird who's feathers were once collected in this region. As ranching dev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23CH_remembrance-bell_Papaikou-HI.html
In 1977 Dan and Paulin Lutkenhouse purchased this land to create a botanical garden for the education and enjoyment of the public. This bell was hanging in the steeple of an old church that was the Garden's first visitor center. In 1988 the churc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23AQ_humu-ula-sheep-station_HI.html
Sheep raising became economically important within the interior of Hawai'i during the second half of the nineteenth century. In the 1860s, the Waimea Grazing and Agricultural Company established a station for sheep at Humu'ula. By 1873 it had a ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23AP_pu-uhuluhulu_HI.html
What is a kīpuka?
Pu'uhuluhulu, a 500-year old patter cone, is a kīpuka ( an older oasis within a newer lava flow). It preserves native plants and acts as a seed bank to revegetate the more recent lava flows that surround it.
Panoram…