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Historically, Kalihi Kai was the site of the former Leprosy Receiving Station, where those suspected of leprosy were examined prior to treatment or being sent to Kalaupapa on the island of Molokaʻi. Kalihi was also known for its fishponds – ʻĀpili, Pahouiki, Pahounui, ʻAuiki, and Ananoho – near the present Sand Island Access Road (Route ...
This flow extended the shoreline out an estimated 1 mile, adding some 4 km 2 of land to the island. [3] The southern part of this point is sometimes referred to as Kalihi Point. [4] [5] The Ahupuaʻa (ancient name of the community in this area) was Kalaoa, still used by the census.
1614 Monte St, Kalihi Valley: Founded in 1870, church dedicated in 1903 [5] St. Anthony: 640 Puuhale Rd, Kalihi-Kai [6] St. John the Baptist: 2324 Omilo Ln, Honolulu Founded in 1840s, church dedicated in 1857 [7] St. Philomena 3300 Ala Laulani St, Salt Lake Founded in 1942, church dedicated in 1973. [8] St. Stephen 2747 Pali Hwy, Honolulu [9]
A week later, the ten missionaries received their assignments: Farrer and Dixon headed to the island of Kaua'i, Cannon, Keeler, and Bigler to Lahaina on the island of Maui, Blackwell and Hawkins to the Big Island of Hawaii, with Morris, Whittle, and Clark staying behind in Honolulu. This group formed the basis of the Sandwich Islands Mission. [8]
On the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, the Bishop Museum administers the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, specializing in indigenous Hawaiian plant life. Since 1920, the Secretariat of the Pacific Science Association (PSA), founded that year as an independent regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization, has been based at Bishop Museum.
Oahu is the only major island in Honolulu County. The location of the city of Honolulu, Oahu is the most populous island in the state. There are 169 properties and districts on the island, including 16 National Historic Landmarks. Five formerly listed sites were demolished and have been removed from the Register.
The Catholic faith was brought to Kalihi about 1840 when Brother Calixtus built an altar in a rented store for Sunday Mass. The parish was canonically erected in 1916, when Father Ulrich Taube, SS.CC., built the first wooden church that was consecrated that same year under the title of Saint Anthony of Padua by Msgr. Libert H. Boeynaems, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands.
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