Posted: November 4, 2018 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Teasers, tourism |
This month in history — November 1847 — the Polynesian described a three-day journey to Kilauea Volcano’s summit, which meant a chilly, voggy thirty-mile horseback ride and an overnight stay through camping or living in a grass hut.
With other travelers, an editor of the Polynesian made the three-week trip: sailing from Honolulu, climbing up and down Kilauea, and sailing home for $50.
Read more about his journey in “A Trip to the Crater of Kilauea.”
“A Trip to the Crater of Kilauea”
Polynesian, November 6, 1847, Page 98
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015408/1847-11-06/ed-1/seq-2/
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Posted: August 1, 2018 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Day in History, Teasers |
Today in history — August 1, 1916 — the National Park Service established the Hawaii National Park: Haleakala National Park on Maui and Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes on the Big Island as the Hawaii National Park.
The Hawaiians visited Haleakala mountain, a dormant volcano, as a sacred place. In Hawaiian folklore, demigod Maui’s grandmother lived in Haleakala’s summit. She helped Maui to slow down the sun to lengthen the day.
Calling it the “House of the Sun,” the Native Hawaiians mined Haleakala rocks for tools.
Read more about Haleakala.
Haleakala: https://hdnpblog.wordpress.com/historical-articles/haleakala/
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Posted: July 14, 2018 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Teasers, U.S. Annexation |
Today in history — July 14, 1898 — the United States of America claimed Hawaii as its own. Pro-annexationists celebrated and raised the American flag. Royalists mourned Hawaii’s colonization, and Native Hawaiians previously protested through a petition.
Read more about it in “ANNEXATION!: HERE TO STAY!”
Note: This article does not represent HDNP’s views.
“ANNEXATION!: HERE TO STAY!”
Pacific commercial advertiser, July 14, 1898, Image 1
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1898-07-14/ed-1/seq-1/
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Posted: July 12, 2018 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Teasers |
This month in history — July 1910 — Hawaiian music was banned on the Atlantic City boardwalk.
In the early 1900s, Hawaiian music dazzled the U.S. mainland. Record houses pumped out songs, including “Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula,” “Pretty Baby,” and “She Sang Aloha to Me.” Through Hawaii corporations (e.g. Hawaii Promotion Committee and Hawaiian Pineapple Company), Hawaiian musicians promoted Hawaii around the world.
However, on the Atlantic City boardwalk, a hotel claimed Hawaiian music lowered standards. Read more about it in “Hawaii’s Music Barred on Walk.”
“Hawaii’s Music Barred on Walk”
The Hawaiian gazette, July 29, 1910, Image 2
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1910-07-29/ed-1/seq-2/
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Posted: June 7, 2018 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Deaths, Kingdom of Hawaii, Royalty, Teasers |
Today in history — June 7, 1915 — Charles Reed Bishop died in San Francisco.
Hailing from Glens Falls, New York, Bishop was a businessman, philanthropist, and husband of Bernice Pauahi Bishop and founded the Bishop Museum, which was dedicated to her. Read about his funeral in “Funeral of Late Charles Reed Bishop Attended by Royalty and High Officials.”
“Funeral of Late Charles Reed Bishop Attended by Royalty and High Officials”
Hawaiian gazette, June 25, 1915, Page 8
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1915-06-25/ed-1/seq-8/
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Posted: April 16, 2018 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Firsts, Sports, Teasers |
Today in history — April 16, 1895 — The Daily Bulletin makes the earliest mention of golf in a Hawaii newspaper:
“Golf has been introduced in Honolulu. It is played at Punahou near the college. This is a favorite Scottish summer game.”
Five months later, The Hawaiian Gazette suggests the land in the back of Oahu College (now Punahou School) as “an admirable place for golf links.”
On January 3, 1896, The Hawaiian Gazette
reported that six people, including President Sanford B. Dole and Walter Dillingham, have formed a golf club, which planned to “[awaken] genuine golf enthusiasm on the islands” and increase the club’s membership.
Sources
“Local and General News”
“Local Brevities”
The Hawaiian gazette., September 13, 1895, Page 5
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1895-09-13/ed-1/seq-5/
“Game of Golf”
The Hawaiian gazette, January 3, 1896, Image 1
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1896-01-03/ed-1/seq-1/
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Posted: April 7, 2018 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Deaths, Kingdom of Hawaii, Liliuokalani, Royalty, Teasers |
This month in history — April 25, 1889 — Queen Liliuokalani’s mother-in-law, Mary Lambert Jones Dominis, died. She had a close relationship with her son, Prince Consort John Owen Dominis. Mrs. Dominis reportedly denigrated her non-Caucasian daughter-in-law, but, in her last years, appreciated Liliuokalani as a respectful wife to her son.
Read more about the owner of Washington Place (right image) in “Death of Mrs. Dominis.”
“Death of Mrs. Dominis: The Aged Mother of Ex-Governor Dominis Passes Away–Tokens of Respect”
Pacific commercial advertiser, April 26, 1889, Image 3
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1889-04-26/ed-1/seq-3/
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