100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago – Harbor Welcome for Duke Kahanamoku and Fellow Olympians

100 Years Ago – Harbor Welcome for Duke Kahanamoku and Fellow Olympians

On the morning of 9 November 1920, Matson’s Matsonia arrived in Honolulu Harbor from San Francisco with a group of...

100 Years Ago – Influenza Epidemic

100 Years Ago – Influenza Epidemic

With the serious concern surrounding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization...

100 Years Ago – Falls of Clyde and Marion Chilcott Sold

100 Years Ago – Falls of Clyde and Marion Chilcott Sold

From the 26 November 1919 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser: Ship Marion Chilcott and Bark Falls of Clyde, two of the...

100 Years Ago – Falls of Clyde

100 Years Ago – Falls of Clyde

From the 16 March 1919 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser: Advices were received by the Merchants’ Exchange yesterday that the...

100 Years Ago – Travel to Kīlauea

100 Years Ago – Travel to Kīlauea

Since the mid-1800s, tourists have been attracted to Kīlauea on the island of Hawai‘i (Big Island). The growing reputation of the active...

100 Years Ago – Traveling to Kaua‘i

100 Years Ago – Traveling to Kaua‘i

One hundred years ago, the only way to travel between the islands was by sea. Sailing schedules, like this one...

100 Years Ago – Aliens on Falls of Clyde

100 Years Ago – Aliens on Falls of Clyde

FOUR ALIEN ENEMIES FOUND ON OIL TANKER IN ISLAND SERVICE Four alien enemies were found on the Associated Oil tanker,...

100 Years Ago – Captain William Matson

100 Years Ago – Captain William Matson

One of the major news stories featured on the front page of the 11 October 1917 edition of the Honolulu...

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