New Year's Resolutions

New Year's Resolution #1:  Expand historical information about the former Hakalau Plantation using newspaper sources. 

Newspaper articles provide historical detail not available elsewhere. Below, an excerpt from an article about the 65th anniversary of the Hakalau Plantation, describe the results of Mrs. John M. Ross's efforts to beautify the Hakalau Plantation.
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July 8, 1941, The Honolulu Advertiser, page 11, accessed via Newspapers.com
New Year's Resolution #2: Track and explain the sale of lands to sugar interests after the Great Māhele and the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.

New Year's Resolution #3: Quantify and describe the demographic changes over time in the Hakalau Kuleana, the area within the boundaries of the former Hakalau Plantation from the Kolekole River in Wailea to the Poupou Stream in Ninole (at the 20 Mile Marker).

Updates as of February 9, 2019

Yesterday:
  • Timeline: Expanded to include: auctions of Hakalau Ahupua`a (1866) and Honohina Ahupua`a (1870); detail about building mills at Hakalau (1879-81--first mill; 1895-1896--second mill); arrival of telephone service (1882) and electricity (1923) to Hakalau; recognition of the efficiency of the Hakalau Mill (1921-1926); 
  • Redeveloped content for Hakalau Lower Camp Sugar Production Support Buildings to include newspaper articles, more pictures, and more!
  • Expanded content regarding the Wailea Milling Company.
  • Expanded content regarding the Railroad.
  • Added new picture of the Hakalau mill devastation caused by the Tsunami of 1946.
  • Added newspaper articles and new pictures related to building New Highway Bridges over Kolekole and Hakalau Gulches after the Tsunami of 1946.

Today: ​​
  • Updated Calendar of Events​​
  • NOTE: YOGA CLASSES for the first three weeks of February are canceled because our yoga instructor, Jennifer Weinert, will be traveling to India. BUT...we will have a FREE Yoga Class on Wednesday, February 27, from 9-10:30, right here in Hakalau at our beloved Jodo Mission.​
  • Updated Hakalau Neighborhood Watch includes inventory sheet:
          - Residents of 96710, please download Inventory                Sheet and submit it to your Block Captain.  
Tomorrow:​​​
  • Updated Hāmākua Community Development Plan. Are you interested in becoming a member of the Hamakua CDP Action Committee?
  • Updated and reorganized Cliff Failures with expanded explanations, new pictures of recent failures and a slide show of changes over time in the cliffs of Hakalau Point.

Why we created hakalauhome.com

Creating hakalauhome.com is our way of showing our respect for those who came before us, to build upon the history and share it broadly, and to showcase the collective effort of residents of Hakalau today.