Comments on: Place Names of Hamakua http://www.leslielang.com/2009/06/29/place-names-hamaku/ I live in Hawaii. I write. Life is good. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:03:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Leslie Lang http://www.leslielang.com/2009/06/29/place-names-hamaku/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Leslie Lang Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:25:16 +0000 http://www.leslielang.com/?p=816#comment-172 What happened? Our family lost that knowledge! Oma was Cathy's and my great-grandmother, and she undoubtedly knew all those place names from her grandfather (the one I wrote about in this post). It is so sad (and common) that in recent generations that sort of information was lost in so many families here. What happened? Our family lost that knowledge! Oma was Cathy’s and my great-grandmother, and she undoubtedly knew all those place names from her grandfather (the one I wrote about in this post). It is so sad (and common) that in recent generations that sort of information was lost in so many families here.

]]> By: Cathy West http://www.leslielang.com/2009/06/29/place-names-hamaku/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Cathy West Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:13:24 +0000 http://www.leslielang.com/?p=816#comment-171 Oma also knew all those place names and would remind us of them when we rode from Hilo to Kona for our annual summer vacation. She knew every gulch name and bridge name and name of everything else along the way. Wish I had paid more attention to that, but a good memory of Oma, nonetheless. Oma also knew all those place names and would remind us of them when we rode from Hilo to Kona for our annual summer vacation. She knew every gulch name and bridge name and name of everything else along the way. Wish I had paid more attention to that, but a good memory of Oma, nonetheless.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.leslielang.com/2009/06/29/place-names-hamaku/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Leslie Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:41:25 +0000 http://www.leslielang.com/?p=816#comment-163 I have a couple of these and will have to have a close look. I really want to find a map specifically with the old names, which not all maps have. The Place Names book is a classic and helpful in some instances, once you know what name you're looking up! Thanks for pointing all these out, Devany. I have a couple of these and will have to have a close look. I really want to find a map specifically with the old names, which not all maps have. The Place Names book is a classic and helpful in some instances, once you know what name you’re looking up! Thanks for pointing all these out, Devany.

]]> By: Devany http://www.leslielang.com/2009/06/29/place-names-hamaku/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Devany Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:00:51 +0000 http://www.leslielang.com/?p=816#comment-162 Great post Leslie! Although there may be another map solely dedicated to the old historic places, we have found that the best map is Map of Hawai'i the Big Island Cartography by James A Bier Published by the University of Hawai'i. It is only $3.95. It has all Hawaiian words spelled with all accent marks and also has a special "Guide to the Index of Hawaiian Place-Names. Another thing that is really interesting is that it marks all lava flows by date. It also shows most streams & all rivers coming into the coast and where they originate. It also notes trails, caves and elevations. The University also has a book you might want to check out, Hawai'i Place Names: Shores, Beaches and Surf Sites by John R. Clark. and then Mary Kawena Puki, Samuel H. Elbert and Ester T. Mookini have complied the new Pocket Place Names of Hawai'i which is very good (Also UH Press) I am pretty sure you can find all of these at Basically Books, as I think that is where we got them. ~dvd Great post Leslie! Although there may be another map solely dedicated to the old historic places, we have found that the best map is Map of Hawai’i the Big Island Cartography by James A Bier Published by the University of Hawai’i. It is only $3.95. It has all Hawaiian words spelled with all accent marks and also has a special “Guide to the Index of Hawaiian Place-Names. Another thing that is really interesting is that it marks all lava flows by date. It also shows most streams & all rivers coming into the coast and where they originate. It also notes trails, caves and elevations.

The University also has a book you might want to check out, Hawai’i Place Names: Shores, Beaches and Surf Sites by John R. Clark. and then Mary Kawena Puki, Samuel H. Elbert and Ester T. Mookini have complied the new Pocket Place Names of Hawai’i which is very good (Also UH Press)

I am pretty sure you can find all of these at Basically Books, as I think that is where we got them.

~dvd

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