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Rearview Mirror: From Lahaina to Washington with aloha

  • FRANK LESLIE’S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER
                                In 1874, King Kalakaua met President Ulysses S. Grant and was honored with the first White House state dinner. Grant had been stationed at Fort Vancouver, near Kalama, Wash., 20 years earlier, where hundreds of Hawaiians lived and worked.

    FRANK LESLIE’S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER

    In 1874, King Kalakaua met President Ulysses S. Grant and was honored with the first White House state dinner. Grant had been stationed at Fort Vancouver, near Kalama, Wash., 20 years earlier, where hundreds of Hawaiians lived and worked.

  • KALAMA HARBOR LODGE
                                The Pioneer Inn in Lahaina, above, which opened in 1901, inspired the architecture of the Kalama Harbor Lodge in Washington state. The Maui hotel was destroyed in the Aug. 8 wildfire.

    KALAMA HARBOR LODGE

    The Pioneer Inn in Lahaina, above, which opened in 1901, inspired the architecture of the Kalama Harbor Lodge in Washington state. The Maui hotel was destroyed in the Aug. 8 wildfire.

  • PIONEER INN / 1915
                                The Pioneer Inn in Lahaina, above, which opened in 1901, inspired the architecture of the Kalama Harbor Lodge in Washington state.

    PIONEER INN / 1915

    The Pioneer Inn in Lahaina, above, which opened in 1901, inspired the architecture of the Kalama Harbor Lodge in Washington state.

I love finding stories that connect dots that are seemingly unrelated. This week’s column begins with the Pioneer Inn, which tragically burned down in Lahaina last month. Read more

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