Pahoa's 100th anniversary next year

[Hotzcatz]

A parade! With folks dressed up in the different decades with a sign saying what sort of workers they were then. Wasn't Pahoa a big lumber camp? You could get lumberjacks and they could march down the street singing the LumberJack Song. Heheheheh!

[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.

[Rob Tucker]

I was lucky enough to meet Mr. Sato and got a signed copy. The book is an excellent example of local history preserved and an implication of what too often gets lost.

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