Mormon Pacific Historical Society
Keywords
Lahainaluna, Hawaii, high school, missionaries
Abstract
On the mountainside above Lahaina town is Lahainaluna High School. The school was started by Protestant missionaries in 1831 and is the oldest high school west of the Mississippi. The best and brightest young men of Hawaii, usually alii, were selected to attend including Hawaiian historians David Malo and Samuel Kamakau. Many of the early stalwarts of the LDS Church in Hawaii were also educated here: Jonathan H. Napela, J.H. Uaua, J.W.H. Kauahi, George Raymond, Keau Kalawaia, J.H. Keanu, and J.W. Kaleohano.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
(2012)
"Lahainaluna,"
Mormon Pacific Historical Society: Vol. 33, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mphs/vol33/iss1/7
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