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Updated: January 24, 2026

Of course I know, and I know for a fact." GLEN ELLEN. October 2, 1916. There was a great noise and racket, but no scandal, in Honolulu's Chinatown. Those within hearing distance merely shrugged their shoulders and smiled tolerantly at the disturbance as an affair of accustomed usualness.

Jack London - On the Makaloa Mat

The area of the islands, told in acres is, Hawaii, 2,000,000; Nani, 400,000; Oahu, 260,000; Kauai, 350,000; Malokai, 200,000; Lauai, 100,000; Nichan, 70,000; Kahloolawe, 30,000. The dimensions of the tremendous volcanoes that are our property now are startling: Honolulu's importance comes from the harbor, and the favor of the missionaries.

Murat Halstead - The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, : Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient