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The 2,400 acres (9.7 km 2) of the resort are owned by a subsidiary of Kamehameha Schools [8] which sponsors cultural events at the facilities. There is a small boat ramp for public use and commercial tour companies such as Dolphin Discoveries [ 9 ] to Kealakekua Bay , and the Keauhou Canoe Club for canoe races. [ 10 ]
Davis and a stranded British sailor named John Young became important military advisors to King Kamehameha. Young built a house and ranch nearby, and that site is also within the park. News of Kamehameha's large following had spread to the other islands, who joined forces and attempted to invade from the northeast.
Kamakaʻimoku was also the half-sister of Heulu (through their mother Umiula-a-kaʻahumanu), the father of Keawe-a-Heulu, another ancestor of the House of Kalākaua. Kamehameha I of the House of Keōua Nui conquered the separate islands in 1795, uniting them under a single Kingdom of Hawaii. His direct descendants area called the House of ...
willed to the City of Honolulu by Prince Kūhiō; became the Kuhio Beach [32] Rooke House: Honolulu Queen Emma: during the 1900s it was a kindergarten named Queen Emma Hall in honor of the last owner of the house. Later the site of Rooke House was occupied by the Liberty Theater (which closed in 1980) and is now a parking lot. [33] Ululani or ...
The last person buried here was a son of Kamehameha I in 1818. Radiocarbon dating has not been done extensively in the area. Testing of the nearby 'Āle'ale'a heiau site gave deceptive results. Oral traditions compiled by Dorothy Barrère are still considered the best for chronological order of the surrounding complex. [9] [6]
Although Kamehameha controlled the West side of the island, repeated raids never resulted in a clear victory for either side. In 1790, after escaping another attack, his party was caught in an eruption of Kilauea, and lost two thirds of his army to lava. He was killed in 1791 when Kamehameha invited him to the Puʻukoholā Heiau in Kohala.
The god Kū-ka-ili-moku was left to Kamehameha I by his uncle Kalaniʻōpuʻu. The origins of the House of Kamehameha stems from the progenitor, Keōua Kalanikupuapa`ikalaninui who was the sacred father of Kamehameha I and by the royal court of his brother Kalaniʻōpuʻu [3] who later became king and gave his war god Kuka'ilimoku to Kamehameha I. Kalaniʻōpuʻu's father was ...
The point to the north was called Kūkaʻilimoku, [10] which means Kū, the thief of the islands, was named for the war god Kū honored by Kamehameha I. It is now the site of the Kailua lighthouse. The property is now part of King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel; none of the houses or walls remain.