Kapaau, Big Island, Hawaii: King Kamehameha I Statue #1
This statue was supposed to be unveiled in 1879, but sank in a shipwreck. It was dredged up by fishermen in the Falkland Islands, and used as a kind of cigar store Indian. When it finally reached Honolulu, a replacement -- King Kamehameha I Statue #2 -- had already gone up in its place. This one wound up in front of the King's birthplace.
- Address:
- Akoni Pule Hwy., Kapaau, Big Island, HI
- Directions:
- East side of town. On the south side of Hwy 270/Akoni Pule Hwy, just east of Kappan Waterworks Rd.
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King Kamehameha I is in front of a community center, we happened to catch a group of seniors learning a hula dance inside. Signage about the statue's shipwreck past is around it.
[Miss Erin, 04/13/2018]
At top of yellow steps, east end of "downtown."
[Dan Wilson, 09/07/2013]Nearby Offbeat Places
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This statue of Hawaii's only king was lost at sea in 1880 in a shipwreck en route from Italy, where it was forged. It was recovered in 1912, off the Falkland Islands, and eventually placed near his birthplace on Hawaii's Big Island.