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Kalaupapa postmark Kalaupapa Peninsula as seen from a descent down the sea cliffs The Kalaupapa Leper Settlement. Kalaupapa (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəlɐwˈpɐpə]) [1] [2] is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land [3] on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in Kalaupapa, Hawaiʻi, on the island of Molokaʻi.Coterminous with the boundaries of Kalawao County and primarily on Kalaupapa peninsula, it was established by Congress in 1980 to expand upon the earlier National Historic Landmark site of the Kalaupapa Leper Settlement.
The Kalaupapa Peninsula developed from lava that erupted from the ocean floor near Kauhakō Crater and spread outward, forming a low shield volcano. This was the most recent volcanic episode on the island and of the larger East Molokaʻi shield volcano, occurring after the formation of the cliffs by erosion.
Apr. 18—John Arruda was sent to the isolated Kalaupapa Peninsula in 1945 following his Hansen's disease diagnosis and Friday celebrated his 100th birthday in the Kalaupapa Settlement, where only ...
Kalawao (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kələˈvɐo̯]) is a location on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, which was the site of Hawaii's leper colony between 1866 and the early 20th century. Thousands of people in total came to the island to live in quarantine.
William Ragsdale, popular Hawaiian attorney and politician, who served as superintendent at Kalaupapa for four years (1874–1878) [53] Arthur Albert St. Mouritz, physician to the leper settlement in Molokai, Hawaii, from 1884 to 1887. [22] [23] [24] He explained how leprosy was spread. [25] Kirby Wright, poet and writer; Lois-Ann Yamanaka ...
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Diamond Head: Honolulu: Oahu: State Monument Towering exposed basaltic cinder code, located within the middle of Honolulu's urban core.
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 ...