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The village Kalawao on the isolated Kalaupapa Peninsula thus became the home for thousands of leprosy victims subsequently moved here from throughout the Hawaiian Islands. On January 6, 1866, the first group of nine men and three women were dropped off at the mouth of Waikolu Valley, the closest accessible point to Kalawao on the southeast side ...
Feb 28, 2024 · The isolated Kalaupapa peninsula was once home to the Molokai leper colony, where patients were quarantined by law and left stranded with no hope for a cure. Today, it’s possible to visit the site of this historical significance, which many say has one of the best sunsets in all of Hawaii.
Molokai, Hawaii (USA) Europeans began recording leprosy in Hawaii early in the nineteenth century. The parliament introduced a bill to prohibit its spread on January 3, 1865. The legislation requiring life-time involuntary isolation continued until 1969.
It is administered by the National Park Service. [5] [6] Its goal is to preserve the cultural and physical settings of the two leper colonies on the island of Molokaʻi, which operated from 1866 to 1969 and had a total of 8500 residents over the decades.
Sep 9, 2015 · The remote Kalaupapa peninsula on the Hawaiian island of Molokai housed a settlement for Leprosy patients from 1866 to 1969. When it was closed, many residents chose to remain.
Nov 28, 2009 · Cut off from the rest of the world by 1,600-foot cliffs on one side and ocean on the other, Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai, is a naturally beautiful prison.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park. The sheer cliffs overlook the Pacific, descending from 1,700 feet with Molokaʻi's North Shore Pali just to the east—the tallest sea cliffs in the world as recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records, measuring 3,600 to 3,900 feet.
