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Founded in 1835, the Koloa sugar plantation and mill was the first successful large-scale sugar operation in the Hawaiian Islands. [13] Poipu Bay Golf Course – Home of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from 1994 to 2006 [14] [15] Saint Raphael Catholic Church - The oldest Catholic church in Kauai; Spouting Horn – park with blowhole; Hoʻai heiau
The Old Sugar Mill of Kōloa was part of the first commercially successful sugarcane plantation in Hawaiʻi, which was founded in Kōloa on the island of Kauai in 1835 by Ladd & Company. [3] This was the beginning of what would become Hawaii's largest industry. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 29, 1962. [2]
The present sanctuary of St. Raphael's Church in Koloa, Kauai (Hawaii) was constructed in 1856 and renovated in 1936. Saint Raphael Catholic Church in Koloa is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii in the United States. Located in Koloa on the island of Kauai, the church falls under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Honolulu and its ...
Kilauea Point Lighthouse Huliheʻe Palace. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by island and county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site, all of which list properties simply by county; [3] they are here divided ...
The gardens were created in the 1930s by Alexandra Moir while her husband was manager of Hawaii's first sugarcane plantation, Koloa Plantation, near the site. [2] By 1948 the private gardens were reportedly identified as "one of the ten best cactus and succulent gardens in the world." They opened to the public in 1954.
Spouting Horn is a blowhole located on the southern coast of Kauai in the Koloa district. This area of Kauai is known for its crashing waves (nearby Poipu translates to "crashing" [ 1 ] ). These waves erode lava rocks on the coastline which can create narrow openings, as is the case with Spouting Horn.
Poʻipū is located at (21.884079, -159.464195 It is bordered to the north by Koloa and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km 2), of which 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2) are land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km 2), or 11.08%, are water.
William Ladd was born May 11, 1807, in Hallowell, Maine.His father, John Ladd, sailed for South America and died about 1820. The younger Ladd married Lucretia Goodale (1807–1874) who was related to an earlier missionary to Hawaii, Lucy Goodale Thurston.