Pahoa's 100th anniversary next year

[peteadams]

I'd recommend Hiroo Sato's book Pahoa Yesterday, available in the Pahoa Library at the high school. The book is a detailed and vivid history of the town and its inhabitants, their families and industry from about the time of the founding. Many little tidbits I found fascinating, such as (on another current topic) his observation that the strawberry guava did not start spreading invasively until after the introduction of cardinal birds to the area. The book seemed to be self-published so I'm not sure about general availability.