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Honolulu Town

By Laura Ruby, Ross W. Stephenson
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By Laura Ruby, Ross W. Stephenson
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Before Honolulu became one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, there was a small Hawai’ian settlement at the edge of a natural harbor known as Kou.

Named Kou for the sheltering, orange-blossomed trees, the area was ideal for launching canoes for fishing and cultivating fields adjacent to the Nuuanu Stream. In 1845, King Kamehameha III moved the permanent capital of the Hawai’ian Kingdom from Lahaina to O’ahu, and the Honolulu we know today started to take shape. The name H...

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