Kaunakakai, Hawaii
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Kaunakakai is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. It is the largest town on the island of Molokaʻi. The population was 3,419 at the 2020 census. It has the largest port o
Downtown Kaunakakai, July 2006
Kamehameha V
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Kamehameha V, reigned as the fifth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1863 to 1872. His motto was "Onipaʻa": immovable, firm, steadfast, or determined; he is said to have worked diligently for his
Kaunakakai, Hawaii
…1930s by the song "The Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai", beginning an ongoing tradition of designating an honorary mayor for the town. In the mid-1800s, King Kamehameha V sometimes spent his summers on Moloka'i at a home in Kaunakakai. The main street of Kaunakakai, Ala Malama Avenue, was named after the king's summer…
Photograph c. 1865
Prince Lot Kapuāiwa, traveling abroad in 1850.
Kamehameha V in military uniform, c. 1865