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Off-road to Ka Lanakila Church & Maunalei Sugar Plantation Site, Lanai, Hawaii
Ka Lanakila O Ka Malamalama ('Victory of Knowledge') Church is atop a grassy hill surrounded by palm trees located in Keomoku on the remote “backside” of Lana'i.
In 1900 Keomoku was the island's population center, with over 1,000 workers in the town to work in the newly-built sugar plantation. Unfortunately, the plantation closed down after a year of operation because the sugar mill's water supply became brackish and the population was wiped out by an epidemic.
According to a folk legend, the town's misfortune began when sacred stones of a nearby heiau (Hawaiian temple) were damaged during the construction of a railroad which angered the gods.
Today the church is slowly being refurbished, and sermons in the Hawaiian language are periodically held.
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