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COURTESY PHOTO
The Kalama Harbor Lodge in Washington state is modeled after the Pioneer Inn in Lahaina. A painting of the old Pioneer Inn by Eona Skelton can be found at the lodge, which is about 30 miles north of Portland, Ore.
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Bob Sigall informed us about John Kalama, who was born in Kula around 1814 and settled in the then-Washington territory when he was in his teens (“From Lahaina to Washington with aloha,” Star-Advertiser, Rearview Mirror, Sept. 29). A town named Kalama might have been named after him.
Interestingly, there was a well-known politician and lawyer in Makawao, Maui, in the 1870s and 1880s named John Kalama. He became the stepfather of Samuel E. Kalama, who served as chairman and executive officer of the County of Maui board of supervisors for 20 years (1913-1933). To him was attributed much of the credit for the dominance of the Republican Party in Maui County at the time.
Antonio V. Ramil
Kihei, Maui
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