Olaa Coffee District Shows Vast Plantings Along Volcano Road
The Olaa district along the Volcano road from Hilo reveals extensive coffee development. Farms border a thirty one mile route with bearing age trees and belts of new plantings. The road has spurred literacy and post office culture, with mail, exchanges, and local trade evident at every gate and crossroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
Ki- Invoa
Olaa
Volcano Road
Olan
Ilee
Betachise
Alwa
Coffee and land notes along the jungle road in Hawaii
A fragmentary report describes land use and scenery along a road through a forested area with coffee patches and small stations. It mentions a 160 foot strip near a volcano area and local residents, including a Portuguese family and a group of women, with references to coffee growing and a visit to a house decorated for the Holy Ghost.
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Pohakal Covuk
Rainbow Falls
Invita
Invita Portuguess
California
Australia
D. L. Hilo
White Rose flour and local ads in Honolulu and Seattle beer
An OCR fragment lists White Rose flour at $4.25 per barrel from Washington Feed Co. and promotes Seattle Beer at the Criterion. It mentions hanging pictures with proper hardware from King Bros Hotel Street, roof painting by Sterling, taxi service at Telephone 118 Port and Merchant, and notes barley malt used by Seattle Brewing Co. The item reads as a busy Honolulu ad page with multiple local business notices and the Seattle beer claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Feed Co
Fort Street
Queen
Honolulu
Seattle
King Bros
Hotel St
Sterling
Andrade
Port
Merchant Streets
Seattle Brewing Co
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Planters
Torest Reservat
Sogis
Brussels
Yatford
Taniti
Ares
Bereta
Vet
Gilet al
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!