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Puunene Maui Hawaii - blast from the past

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Real Estate Agent with Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers HRE# 58089 - RS

Puunene Maui Hawaii - blast from the past

This part of Maui was once a thriving community built around the HC&S Sugar Mill.  Not much remains of the homes that housed the camp workers, and there's little to remind us of how life was back then.  Even though these are new pictures, they give you an impression of how things looked once upon a time on Maui...

the old post office at Puunene Maui Hawaii

the post office in Puunene is still hanging in there

HC&S Sugar Mill in Puunene Maui HI

the old company store has closed the doors

HC&S Sugar Mill in Puunene Maui HI

the last sugar mill in Hawaii still operates in Puunene

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William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired
Hi Georgina, The photos tying back in time to the local history is wonderful. Nice job and very interesting. It did bring back memories of photos I has seen of Hawaii from back in the 50's.
Sep 05, 2013 03:46 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for sharing your photographs and a little local history.Other bloggers should consider local community history as a continuing blogging theme.

Sep 05, 2013 08:55 PM
Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

Thanks for sharing that bit of history with us, Georgie. Love the photos and the one you put on Facebook of the sugar mill.

Sep 05, 2013 11:25 PM
Kathy Clulow
Uxbridge, ON
Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Georgia - the top one looks like it could be an old tintype picture ..... you have to love what you can do with photos today and how easy it is to do it.

Sep 06, 2013 04:29 AM
Alan Kirkpatrick
Austin Texas Homes - Round Rock, TX
Alan in Austin

Georgia:

Always enjoy your post good pictures and information. Have a great week. 

Sep 08, 2013 06:15 AM
Sharon & Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette, IN - Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette homes for sale

Georgina, I would never have guessed that Hawaii was down to one sugar mill in operation.

Sep 08, 2013 07:58 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Hi and thanks for the comments. Yes it's the last sugar mill that still runs and when they close their doors it will mark the end of that era.

Sep 08, 2013 01:46 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Georgina,

It was a simplier life and the construction was much simplier back then. It is fun to see the older pictures and remember good times, less congestion and less traffic too. I sometimes wish we could go back to that era! I love your post office picture.

Sep 17, 2013 12:51 AM
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