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flinging bars of ruddy light across it, staining its 
folds and billow-caps with blushes, purpling the 
shaded troughs between, and glorifying the massy 
vapor-palaces and cathedrals with a wasteful splen¬ 
dor of all blendings and combinations of rich col¬ 
oring. It was the sublimest spectacle I ever wit¬ 
nessed, and I think the memory of it will remain 
with me always.” 
MAUI’S FAMOUS PLACES 
Wailuku is the county seat of Maui, a delight¬ 
ful and wide-awake town amid crowding scenes 
of beauty, lying at the foot of Iao Valley. Less 
than four miles from Ivahului, principal seaport 
of Maui, and railway terminus, Wailuku is the 
tourist headquarters of the island. Hotel accom¬ 
modations are good and automobile transporta¬ 
tion is always available for wonderful drives over 
comfortable roads. 
One of the peculiarly attractive spots is Iao 
Valley with its verdant gorges, cloud-piercing 
cliffs, dashing streams, and its Needle, rising 300 
feet from the river bed, the scaling of which is a 
death-tempting adventure. Maui is well named 
the Valley Isle. Iao is called the Yoserniie of 
Hawaii, but there are many others famous for 
their beauty. Hear the sea beach at AVaiehu, not 
far from AVailuku, there is a group of primitive 
grass houses inhabited by fishermen, one of very 
few such groups remaining in the Islands. 
One of the picturesque towns of the Territory 
is Bahama, the ancient capital of Maui, situated 
on the western slope. Above Lahaina, on the side 
of Mount Ball, is Lahainaluna, famous as the first 
missionary school of the island. ILere is to be 
seen an old stone structure where was housed 
the first printing press erected west of the Hook¬ 
ies, and here was printed the first far-west news¬ 
paper, now known as The Friend and issued every 
month in Honolulu. 
Lahaina was the first capital of monarchical 
Hawaii and is the oldest white settlement on 
Maui. It was formerly a great rendezvous for 
whaling fleets during winter months. 
GLIMPSES OF OLD DAYS 
Hahiku, on the windward side of East Maui, ia 
the center of the rubber district and the gate¬ 
way to the celebrated Xoolau ditch district. A 
few remaining glimpses of near primitive Ila- 
waiian life may yet be found in Keanae valley, 
to windward. 
Haiku is the pineapple district. It is ex¬ 
pected that a million cases of the canned fruit 
will be turned out by the canneries in this sec¬ 
tion next year. 
The Puunene sugar mill, largest of its kind in 
existence, is less than three miles from the port of 
Ivahului. The plantation covers over 20,000 
acres. 
The Ivahului Railway connects Maui’s traffic 
centers, and the sugar plantations have extensive 
railroad systems for transporting cane to mill and 
sugar to shipping ports. 
Maui, years ago, boasted the only telegraph 
line in the islands. Built in 1876, it was forty 
miles long. Two years later it gave way to the 
telephone, adopting the latter convenience two 
years before a system was established in Hono¬ 
lulu. 
Maui, like Hawaii Island, affords as great va¬ 
riety in climate as in scenery. On the windward 
side, as is generally the case with all the islands, 
it is rainy, and tropical vegetation reaches full 
luxuriance. On the leeward side rains are infre¬ 
quent. At the coast the average temperature is 
about 70 degrees, seldom above 80 or below 60 de¬ 
grees, while on the gradual slopes of 10,000-foot 
Haleakala almost any kind of climate can be ex¬ 
perienced, according to the altitude. Snow often 
caps the summit of Maui’s mighty mountain. 
“Maui no ka oi,” Hawaiian for “Maui in the 
lead,” is the slogan of the Valley Isle, a motto 
that Mauites keep ever before them. 
EVENTS IN HAWAII’S HISTORY. 
1527—Shipwrecked Spaniards reach Hawaii Island. 
1555—Islands discovered by Juan Gaetano. 
1736—Kamehameha the Great born, Kohala, Hawaii. 
1778— Discovery of Islands by Captain Cook. 
1779— Death of Captain Cook at Kealakekua. 
1792— Arrival of Captain Vancouver at Kealakekua. 
1793- 1794—Vancouver’s second and third visits. 
1795—Kamehameha the Great conquers Oahu Island. 
1803—First horses landed at Kawaihae, Hawaii Island. 
1819—Death of Kamehameha the Great. 
1819— Abolition of idolatry. 
1820— Arrival of first American missionaries. 
1820— Arrival of first whale ship at Honolulu. 
1821— First Christian meeting-house built in Honolulu. 
1822— First printing in Hawaiian. 
1824—Queen Kapiolani defies Volcano Goddess. 
1827—Arrival of the first Catholic missionaries. 
1827—First laws published. 
1831—Commencement of Lahainaluna Seminary. 
1834—Hawaiian newspaper, “Kurnu Hawaii,” printed. 
1836—First English newspaper appears (“Sandwich 
Island Gazette”). 
1840—First constitution proclaimed. 
1842—Punahou school opened. 
1842— Recognition of Hawaiian independence by U. S. 
1843— Provisional cession of islands to Great Britain. 
1843—Restoration of Hawaiian independence. 
1843—Recognition of Hawaiian independence by Great 
Britain and France. 
1848— First party leaves for California gold diggings. 
1849— Treaty concluded with the United States. 
1851—Protectorate offered to the United States. 
1853—Arrival of Mormon missionaries. 
1855—Introduction of lantana bush from Chile. 
1857—Demolition of Honolulu fort (built in 1816). 
1857—Introduction of honey-bees. 
1860—First inter-island steamer, “Kilauea.” 
1869— Arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh at Honolulu. 
1870— Arrival of first steamer on Australian route. 
1871— Thirty-three whaleships abandoned in Arctic. 
1876— Reciprocity treaty with United States. 
1877— First telegraph line established (Maui Island). 
1879—First railroad opened (Maui Island). 
1879—First artesian well (Oahu Island). 
1881—King Kalakaua tours the world. 
1891—Death of Kalakaua in San Francisco. 
1891—Accession of Queen Liliuokalani. 
1893— Liliuokalani deposed. Provisional government. 
1894— Republic of Hawaii established. 
1895— Insurrection suppressed. 
1898—American annexation secured (July 7). 
1898—American flag raised at Honolulu (August 12). 
1900—Territorial government established (June 14). 
1917—Death of Liliuokalani (November 11). 
1920— Hawaiian Missions Centennial celebration, Hono¬ 
lulu (April 11-19). 
1921— Press Congress of the World (October). 
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