So it turns out that the public owns the historic old Haleakala Trail after all. Since early 2011, the nonprofit group Public Access Trails Hawaii (PATH) has been fighting to reopen that trail, which was already in place when the Mahele took place in 1848 and introduced the concept of private land ownership to Hawaii. In her 2012 book Haleakala, author Jill Engledow described … [Read more...] about Trial Verdict: State Of Hawaii Owns Old Haleakala Trail
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Talking Story With Jill Engledow About Her New Novel ‘The Island Decides’ And What Maui Was Like During The Hippie Days
It’s hard to believe now, but 40-plus years ago Maui went to war over hippies. The long-haired idealists had been coming to the island since 1967 at least, but at first, locals had welcomed them. By 1970, this welcome had considerably soured. “These are parasites who deride our society, contribute nothing to it, but use the services provided by our ‘grubby’ tax dollars to … [Read more...] about Talking Story With Jill Engledow About Her New Novel ‘The Island Decides’ And What Maui Was Like During The Hippie Days