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It provided pedestrian access to former U.S. Navy communication facilities on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii [1] with more than 3,000 steps along O‘ahu's Ko'olau mountain range. [2] The pathway has been used as a hiking trail at various times but is not open to the public. The city council voted to remove the stairs in 2021.
On August 28, 1867, Captain William Reynolds of USS Lackawanna formally took possession of the atoll for the United States; [22] the name changed to "Midway" some time after this. The atoll was the first Pacific island annexed by the United States as the Unincorporated Territory of Midway Island and was administered by the United States Navy.
They are outside the customs territory of the United States and have no customs duties. [19] [20] Palmyra land was registered in Hawaii Land Court in 1912. [21] In 1959, the rest of the federal Territory of Hawaii, excluding Palmyra, became the state of Hawaii. Hawaii Land Court became a state court and lost jurisdiction over Palmyra land.
Though many Americans think of a vacation in a tropical paradise when imagining Hawaii, how the 50th state came to be a part of the U.S. is actually a much darker story, generations in the making.
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Hawaii residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of statehood in 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Admission Act on March 18, 1959, which created the means for Hawaiian statehood. After a referendum in which over 93% of Hawaiian citizens voted in favor of statehood, Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state on August 21, 1959.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. HI-4, "Wailoa Bridge, Spanning Wailoa River at Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii County, HI", 37 photos, 3 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. HI-41, " Auwaiakeakua Bridge, Spanning Auwaiakekua Gulch at Mamalahoa Highway, Waikoloa, Hawaii County, HI ", 8 photos, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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