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ISLAND HISTORY: Renowned Kauai-born hula dancer Kealoha Holt - The Garden Island (opens the original)
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Born at Lihue, Kauai, the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Kealohapauole Hoopii Holt, hula dancer and Hollywood actress Kealoha Holt’s (1919-2010) ancestry could be directly traced to Hawaiian royalty, and she would become one of the most celebrated hula dancers of all time. For, in 1938, following her graduation from Kauai High School, she was crowned Hula Queen at the Inter-Island Hula Contest — believed to be the greatest hula contest ever held — which was sponsored by Metro-Goldwyn-Maye
ISLAND HISTORY: The Menehunes and the killer shark of Donkey Beach, Kauai - The Garden Island (opens the original)
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Long ago, in legendary times, one of the favorite swimming spots of the Menehunes was Paliku Beach, also historically referred to as Homaikawaa Beach, but most commonly known for quite some time now as Donkey Beach. It is located along the coast about 1.5 miles north of Kealia Beach, and named after the donkeys Lihue Plantation once kept in a pasture behind it. Long ago, in legendary times, one of the favorite swimming spots of the Menehunes was Paliku Beach, also historically referred to as Hom
ISLAND HISTORY: Detective Chang Apana, the real-life Charlie Chan and Sherlock Holmes - The Garden Island (opens the original)
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Honolulu police detective Chang Apana (1871-1933) was the real-life detective who inspired American novelist and playwright Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) to create the famous fictional police detective Charlie Chan. Biggers featured Charlie Chan in six of his novels, which were later adapted into several films released during the 1920s and 1930s, starring Swedish-American actor Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Chang Apana, because of his extraordinary career as a detective, is also regarded as “Haw
ISLAND HISTORY: The historic banyan trees at Niumalu and Nawiliwili, Kauai - The Garden Island (opens the original)
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The historic Kanoa Banyan Tree, which still flourishes in Niumalu along the road to the Menehune Fishpond on what was once the property of Stanford Achi (1926-1995) and his wife, June Achi (1929-2012), was declared to be exceptional by Kauai County at the request of the Achis in 1990, thereby giving it legal protection. But, long before the Achis resided there, their property had been the residence of Paul P. Kanoa (1832-1895), the governor of Kauai from 1882 to 1886. And, it was Gov. Kanoa’s me
ISLAND HISTORY: Visiting the old Sinclair homestead at Kiekie, Niihau - The Garden Island (opens the original)
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During 1993, while employed by the USDA as an agricultural science technician engaged in insect surveys, I had the good fortune of visiting Niihau — with the permission of Niihau’s owners Bruce and Keith Robinson — one day a month for several months. On those days, Tom Mishler, the Robinson’s helicopter pilot, would fly me from the Robinson heliport, situated mauka of Pakala, to 10 insect study sites established throughout the island of Niihau at Pakehoolua, Kauwawea, Apana Reservoir, Puuwai Vil
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