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Maui History & Cultural Activities
Museums & Historical Landmarks
East Maui
Hana Town & Hana Bay |
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History &
Information
500-800 AD Polynesians arrive in Hawaii.
 15th
Century Pi'i-lani Heiau (Temple) is built (the largest in
the state of Hawaii)
1768 Queen Ka'ahu-manu is born in a cave on the side of Ka-'uiki
Hill. Most noted for her strong will and independence, she
was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha I. See the site at
Hana Bay.
1849 George Wilfong starts the first sugar cane mill in Hana
near Ka-'uiki Hill.
1883 Six separate sugar plantations are in operation in Hana:
Kaeleku Sugar Co., Hamoa Agri. Co., Kawaipapa Agri. Co.,
Hana Sugar Co., Reciprocity Sugar Co., and Haneoo Agri. Co.
1926 The Hana Highway is completed. The gravel road makes it
possible for trucks and cars to travel from Hana to Kahului.
1900-1940 Hana is a bustling town, population 3,500. There
are two movie theaters, 15 different stores, three barber
shops, a pool hall and several restaurants.
1944 Paul Fagan starts The Hana Ranch with 14,000 acres of
land and a herd of Herford cattle from Molokai.
1946 April 1 Tidal wave hits the Hana coast. 12 people die.
1946 The last sugar plantation closes, signaling the end of
the sugar industry in Hana. Many families, unable to find
work, move to the plantations on the other side of the
island. Paul Fagan, a retired entrepreneur from San
Francisco starts the Ka-'uiki Inn, now known as the Hotel
Hana-Maui, in an attempt to attract tourists to the area.
1970 Paul Fagan dies. A lava rock cross is erected on a
grassy hill overlooking Hana Town in his memory.
1974 The famous aviator Charles Lindbergh spends his last
days in Hana before dying. He is buried in a quiet cemetary
in Kipahulu.
1984 The Hotel Hana-Maui and Hana Ranch bought by the
Rosewood Corporation of Dallas, Texas.
1989 The Hotel Hana-Maui and Hana Ranch are bought by the
Keola Hana-Maui, an international investment group made up
of Japanese, British and local investors.
July 2000 Meridian Financial Resources, an organization of
Chicago-area investors, take control of the Hotel Hana-Maui
and Hana Ranch from Keola Hana Maui.
January 2001 Meridian Financial Resources sells the 4,500
acre Hana Ranch to Hana Acquisition Partners, which is
largely financed by the Ronald Getty Trust and Susan and Roy
O'Connor.
August 2001 Passport Resorts of San Francisco buys the Hotel
Hana Maui and associated Hana Town Center businesses.
Passport Resorts also owns the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur and
the Jean-Michael Cousteau Resort in Fiji.
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