Long gone now, railroads once provided much of the transportation needed by Islanders and the crops that supported them. Beginning with the first recorded locomotive run on Maui in July 1879 (between Kahului and Wailuku), trains chugged along tracks that crossed deep gulches on tall trestles, hauling their sweet cargo from field to harbor. Within…
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Pineapple Brings Back Memories
I learned to cut pineapples from a pre-movie feature at a theater in El Paso, Texas, the year Hawai`i became a state. The Islands were all the rage that year, with the advent of jet travel making it possible for the average mainlander to think of flying off to a tropical paradise newly joined to…
Lahaina: The Cutting Room Floor
I’m almost done with the text for my upcoming book, The Story of Lahaina, and am trimming things that don’t quite fit. Here are a couple of bits that are landing on the cutting room floor. Hana is a long way from Lahaina, but the two places are linked forever by the legacy of…
