Paauhau, Hawaii
| Paauhau, Hawaii | |
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| — Unincorporated community — | |
 Paauhau, Hawaii
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| Coordinates: 20°05′07″N 155°26′26″W / 20.08528°N 155.44056°WCoordinates: 20°05′07″N 155°26′26″W / 20.08528°N 155.44056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Hawaii |
| County | Hawaii |
| Elevation | 420 ft (130 m) |
| Time zone | Hawaii-Aleutian (UTC-10) |
| Area code(s) | 808 |
| GNIS feature ID | 362920[1] |
Paauhau is an unincorporated community on the island of Hawaiʻi in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. Paauhau is located near the north coast of the island, 2 miles (3.2 km) east-northeast of Honokaʻa.
[edit] History
The ancient Hawaiian village in the area was Pāʻauhau, which means "tribute enclosure" in the Hawaiian language.[2][3]
In 1878 Rufus Anderson Lyman and his family moved to the Hāmākua district and opened a sugarcane plantation. His business partners were Samuel Parker, William G. Irwin, and Claus Spreckels. It was headquartered at coordinates 20°5′9″N 155°26′6″W / 20.08583°N 155.435°W, on a cliff about 300 feet (100m) above the ocean. Fields reached up the slopes of Mauna Kea, with an innovative transportation system. After the cane was loaded onto a rail car, the full car rolled down to the edge of the cliff by gravity, and pulled an empty car uphill on a parallel track. A small railroad then transported the cane to the mill, along what is now called "Lower Cane Haul Road". It became one of the first fully irrigated plantations in 1911.[4] A small town for worker housing grew up above the mill.[3] Lyman opened the first post office in Hāmākua and served as its postmaster.[5] The company was sold to Honokaʻa Sugar Company in 1972, and it shut down in 1994.
[edit] References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paauhau, Hawaii
- ^ Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel Hoyt Elbert and Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of Paauhau ". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?j=pp&l=en&q=Paauhau&d=. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Paauhau ". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. http://ulukau.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hpn?l=en&a=d&d=HASH0181be0276aef57cc2ebcbf7. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ "Paauhau Sugar Plantation Company History". Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Plantation Archives. University of Hawaii at Mānoa Library. 2004. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~speccoll/p_paauhau.html. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ "Paauhau, Hamakua District", Island of Hawaii Postmarks, Part 4, Post office in Paradise, http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/ishawaii4.html, retrieved November 5, 2010
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