Information about the Ka Lanakila o Malamalama Church on Lanai Island in Hawaii.
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FROM LANAI MAGAZINE:
Take Keomuku Road or route 430. Keomuku is located on the east shore of Lanai.
During ancient times, fishermen and farmers settled along the coastal portions
of this area up to the valley of Maunalei. Keomuku was a small and sleepy
fishing village up until 1899, when the Maunalei Sugar Company moved in,
turning the village into a bustling sugar plantation. It was shut down in 1901.
According to a local legend, they built the railroad along the coast,
damaging the sacred stones of a nearby heiau (Hawaiian temple).
The Hawaiians believed that this angered the gods and that this is the
reason why the sugar mill’s drinking water turned salty and the population
was wiped out by an epidemic. Today, Keomuku lies abandoned and is called a
ghost town by some. Little remains of the village and there is little evidence
that once a thriving sugar industry was located here. The only structures that
are left standing are a few old wooden houses and the original structure of
the Ka Lanakila o Ka Malamalama Church, which was completed in 1903.
It is the last structure that is still intact in the village.
MORE FROM LANAI MAGAZINE
ake Keomuku Road or route 430. Keomuku is located on the east shore of Lanai. During ancient times, fishermen and farmers settled along the coastal portions of this area up to the valley of Maunalei. Keomuku was a small and sleepy fishing village up until 1899, when the Maunalei Sugar Company moved in, turning the village into a bustling sugar plantation. It was shut down in 1901. According to a local legend, they built the railroad along the coast, damaging the sacred stones of a nearby heiau (Hawaiian temple). The Hawaiians believed that this angered the gods and that this is the reason why the sugar mill’s drinking water turned salty and the population was wiped out by an epidemic. Today, Keomuku lies abandoned and is called a ghost town by some. Little remains of the village and there is little evidence that once a thriving sugar industry was located here. The only structures that are left standing are a few old wooden houses and the original structure of the Ka Lanakila o Ka Malamalama Church, which was completed in 1903. It is the last structure that is still intact in the village.
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