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Historical Markers and War Memorials
in the Volcanic Hawaii Region

 
By Barry Swackhamer, August 29, 2017
Queen Victoria Kamāmalu Marker
101 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waikoloa Village — Queen Victoria Kamāmalu — (1802-1824) —
On Waikoloa Beach Drive near Pohakulana Place.
Also known as Tamehamalu, Victoria Kamāmalu was the daughter of Kamehameha I and married Liholiho Kamehameha II. Only 5 years after he took the throne, the King and Queen sailed to London for a state visit with King George IV. While in England, . . . — — Map (db m110409) HM
102 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waikoloa Village — The Waikoloa Petroglyph Field —
On King's Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Before you lies one of the major concentrations of ancient rock carvings in the Hawaiian Islands. Boundaries were not crossed casually in old Hawaii, and the thousands of surface carvings here, just north of the border between the ancient . . . — — Map (db m4247) HM
103 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Camp Henry C. Drewes —
Near Old Puako Road near Hapuna Beach Road, on the right when traveling south.
January, 1944 The second AM Trac BN., U.S. Marines established Camp Henry C. Drewes on this site; here trained until May, 1944 Here we rested from battle... Prepared for another... And prayed for peace. Seal at center: . . . — — Map (db m110378) HM
104 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Camp Tarawa 1943-1945 —
On Mamalahoa Highway (Hawaii Route 190) at Pu'uopelu Road, on the right when traveling west on Mamalahoa Highway.
Four stones make up this monument: The 2nd and 5th Marine Divisions trained here to bring peace to the Pacific Parker Ranch & Camp Tarawa 1943-1945 This monument honors the V Amphibious Corps (VAC), and . . . — — Map (db m108940) HM WM
105 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Clues from the Past... The Archaeology of Lapakahi —
Near Akoni Pule Highway (Hawaii Route 270), on the left when traveling north.
Archaeologists seek to understand people and places of the past by studying the sites and cultural remains left behind. Students from the University of Hawai'i conducted extensive excavations here between 1968 and 1970 to learn about the people of . . . — — Map (db m110325) HM
106 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Farming the Land, Fishing the Sea — Lapakahi State Historical Park —
Near Akoni Pule Highway (Hawaii Route 270), on the left when traveling north.
The ahupua'a is a traditional land division that runs mauka from the mountains to makai (seaward). The ahupua'a of Lapakahi encompasses more than 2,000 acres along the leeward slopes of the Kohala Mountains. The distance from the upland forests . . . — — Map (db m110324) HM
107 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Hale o Kapuni Heiau —
Near Kawaihae Road near Kawaihae Harbor Road, on the left when traveling north.
The submerged remains of Hale o Kapuni Heiau, a temple dedicated to shark akua (deities), are believed to lie just offshore. The heiau was built by a chief whose family revered sharks, believing that the family's 'aumākua (deified ancestors) . . . — — Map (db m110377) HM
108 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Humu'ula and Kala''i'ehā — Daniel K. Inouye Highway —
On Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Saddle Road) (Route 200 at milepost 27) near Mauna Kea Access Road, on the left when traveling east.
Traditional native uses of the Humu'ula area included bird catching and, at much higher elevations, adze quarrying. They were replaced by sandalwood harvesting and hunting wild cattle, and ultimately ranching and astronomy. Over time, travelers . . . — — Map (db m110792) HM
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109 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Humu'ula Sheep Station — Daniel K. Inouye Highway —
On Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Saddle Road) (Hawaii Route 200 at milepost 28) at Mauna Kea Access Road, on the right when traveling east on Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Saddle Road).
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 . . . — — Map (db m110787) HM
110 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Imiola Congregational Church — Hawaii Visitors Bureau Marker —
On Church Road north of Hawai'i Belt Road, on the right when traveling north.
Base of area missionary activity from 1837. Built 1855-57. Combines local materials with Missionary Architectural style. — — Map (db m290276) HM
111 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Mailekini Heiau —
Near Kawaihae Road (Hawaii Route 270), on the left when traveling north.
The remains of Mailekini Heiau, a temple used before the time of Kamehameha, stand before you. Many mysteries surround Mailekini Heiau; its early history, kept orally and secretly within the priesthood, was never recorded. Historians agree that . . . — — Map (db m110367) HM
112 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Pelekane —
Near Kawaihae Road (Route 270), on the left when traveling north.
Who would suspect that the area at the base of this hill is one of the most significant cultural sites in Hawai'i? This plain-looking patch of earth was the site of Pelekane, one of several known royal compounds traditionally used by Hawaiian kings. . . . — — Map (db m110369) HM
113 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Pu'uhuluhulu — Daniel K. Inouye Highway —
On Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Saddle Road) (Route 200 at milepost 28) at Mauna Kea Access Road, on the right when traveling east on Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Saddle Road).
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. . . . — — Map (db m110790) HM
114 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Pu'ukohlā Heiau —
Near Kawaihae Road near Kawaihae Harbor ( Route 270), on the left when traveling north.
Build a heiau on Pu'ukoholā, the "hill of the whale," dedicate it to your war god, and you will achieve your dream - you will rule the islands. Responding to this prophecy told by Kapoykahi, a famous seer, Kamehameha built the . . . — — Map (db m110330) HM
115 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Pu'ukoholā Heiau — Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Near Spencer Beach Park Road 0.2 miles west of Kawaihae Road ( Route 270), on the right when traveling west.
Build a heiau on Pu'ukohola, the "hill of the whale," dedicate it to your war god, and you will achieve your dream — you will rule the islands. Responding to this prophecy told by Kapoukahi, a famous seer, Kamehameha built the heiau . . . — — Map (db m172849) HM
116 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — The Hawaiian Cowboys —
On Mamalahoa Highway (Hawaii Route 19) near Lindsey Road, on the left when traveling west.
With the first cattle arriving in the Hawaiian Islands in 1793 as gifts for King Kamehameha I, it was not long before they overpopulated and plundered the countryside from the mountains to the seashores. Determined to bring them under control and . . . — — Map (db m108949) HM
117 ► Hawaii, Hawaii County, Waimea — Waiomina Centennial — 1908 - 2008 —
On Hawai'i Belt Road (Hawaii Route 19), on the right when traveling south.
This commemorative boot is symbolic of the 1908 victory of four Waimea paniolo who reigned as World Champion steer ropers in the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Wyoming. — — Map (db m190123)
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