The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-28
Hawaii National Park.


Hawaii National park was established by act
of congress approved August l. 1916 (39 Stat
1872 The park at the present time is composed
of three noncontiguous areas, two on the ls9no
of Hawaii the largest island of the group COM
posing the territory of Hawaii, and one OF the
island of Maui Briefly, the park lands may be
described as follows:
The Kilauea section, which embraces the crater
of Klauea and much of the surrounding region.
Its area is 1886 acres.
The Mauna Loa section which includes the
crater of Mokuaweoweo the Summit Greater OF
the great mountain Mauna Lea, with some ada
cent lands The total area is 1920 acres.
The Haeakaa section, which is on the island
of Maui, and includes the ctater of the extinct
volcano Haleakala Its total sarea is 21,l5O acres
A tract that will contain 36D acres, and will con-
meet the Mauna Loa and Kilauea sections OF the
park.
Mauna Loa is internationally active and the
worlds largest volcano. Near the top OF this
great mountain, towering to- a height OF 5000
feet above the sea, is the crater of MOkuaweoweo,
with an area of 237O acres "a circumference OF
9.47 miles. length of 81 miles, and width OF
LA miles, In October, 1919, great flow OF lava
from the west side of Mauna Loa took place.
1t began in a rift well up toward the summit,
and sweeping it's way through virgin forests pc
low finally reached the sea. where it pushed up
sand cone Of great dimensions. 1t was CAMEO
the Alika flow. because it passed over the Aiikia
section of South Kona. 1t destroyed l,SOO linear
feet of the main highway around the island Lead
ing from the crater itself and in the region just be-
low are several riffs of great scientific interest
From these riffs. which in many cases are Mghiy
colored numerous lava flows have issued, among
them the great flow Of 1881 which nearly de-
stroyed the city of Hilo. In the line OF these
riffs are many spatter cones and other pecuhar
<l,1 nffn i'm of q
list.
Halekala 1.-THE House of the Sum-" Is the larges'
uuiescent volcano in the world. The elevation
of its summit is 1OO32 feet Its crater is nine
teen square miles, or II 100 acres; the circumfer
ence Of the rim, twenty miles; extreme length
74S miles; extreme width 2.37 miles The almost
vertical walls drop half mile or more. 1t Is I'M
possible to realize the great area Of the crater
The whole Of New York city, below Central park
could be buried within its depths, and the highest
of that city's church spires would be but toys by
the side Of its einder cones; cones which rise like
young mountains from the bottom of the crater
and which are relatively but far-sized ant hills
when viewed from the summit.
This vantage point is above the usual cloue
elevation The level rays of the setting sun IL
illuminate every nook and corner Of the stupendou'
crater and bring to view the outlines and delicate
tints of the majestic pictures which have beer
hung in this mammOtu sdHcIy, " uiAAA 0nu IVY
all who look upon them.
Sunrise on HaleakaIa.
Sunrise, seen from Haleakala's summit, Is {
moving picture of natures painting. Says 'visi
tor:
.Ten thousand feet above the ocean, which w
could see far below, we waited, and soon wer
rewarded by faint glow; then, as the sun ros
higher above the horizon, the glow gradual,
changed to beautiful orange red and the cloud
ike great white downy rivers flowed and disap
reared into the crater on the edge Of which w
stood. AS the sun rose higher the colors in tn
crater became more and more intense, the shad
ows deeper and bluer, and then the sunlight be
gan to brighten the sugar cane fields far beios
fully 10 or 10 minutes after we had seen the hrs
glow. We watched for almost an hour. It scenes
like two worlds one above the other, one alive ant
the other coming into life as the sun warmed It.
Hawaii is a territory of the United States, an
nexed in 1893 The inhabited islands comprise
chain of eight, stretching over distance Of NOR
than four hundred miles, with total area 9
$500 square miles and population OF 200. ~
From northeast to southwest the islands are Nj
hau. Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, kahot
lave and Hawaii, the latter giving It's name
the rroup Honolulu, island of Oahu, Is the car
ffal and chief commercial city.