International trade brought an influx of foreigners to Hawai‘i....
On October 23, 1819, the Pioneer Company of fourteen Protestant missionaries, five of their children and four Hawaiian men sailed...
In 1839, Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) established the Chiefs’ Children’s School in Honolulu, to educate Hawai‘i’s future leaders....
Samuel Ruggles and Samuel Whitney accompanied George Prince Humehume home to Kaua‘i, where he was welcomed with great emotion by...
Within two years, the Pioneer Company desperately needed help to achieve their mission: expanding literacy and converting the population....
The printing press made an indelible impact on Hawaiian history....
The work of spreading Christianity got an unexpected boost when Rev. William Ellis landed in Hawai‘i in the spring of...
King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands at a time when foreign influences were transforming everything around him. He managed...
From the first arrival of foreigners in Hawai‘i in 1778, Hawaiians perished from introduced diseases at an alarming rate....
Kapunahou has long been celebrated for its legendary freshwater spring....