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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.
In 1967, the Outrigger Waikiki On The Beach hotel opened, the first to carry the Outrigger name. During the 1970s, Outrigger grew into a chain of Hawaiian hotels. In 1982, the company purchased the Prince Kuhio Hotel, its first luxury property. By 1986, Outrigger became the largest hotel chain in Hawaii when its room count reached over 7,000.
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1] There are 25 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024. [2]
In 1942, two Baptist ministers chose a farm in the western part of the county as the location for a Christian commune named Koinonia, where Black and White workers lived and worked together for nearly 50 years, generating some hostility among local residents during its early years. Sumter County counts a U.S. president among its native sons.
A Union gunboat shelled the property from the Bear River during the U.S. Civil War. [2] Kilkenny plantation was purchased by James M. Butler in 1874; it was then acquired by James H. Furber in January 1890 and became home to the Kilkenny Club, a seven-member consortium who took over the plantation and its house to host summer fishing vacations.
The Stateburg Historic District is a historic district in Stateburg, in the High Hills of Santee area near Sumter, South Carolina in the United States.It includes two National Historic Landmarks, Borough House Plantation and the Church of the Holy Cross, and at least eight contributing properties within its boundaries.
Ravenna is a historic two-and-a-half-story mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, U.S..It was built in 1835-1836 for William Harris, a merchant commissioner, planter and Natchez alderman. [2]
The Basses Choice/Days Point Archeological District is a large area (more than 400 acres (160 ha)) of coastal Isle of Wight County, Virginia, that is of archaeological interest.