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Highway 450
A large wooden cross marks the site and the ruins where the first outpost of Christianity was founded in Molokai. This original mission was formed in 1844 and was built near the primary population site of the island by Reverend Harvey Hitchcock. This church was used for worship until the 1940's and was one of the largest Western-style structures in the islands. When Captain Cook sailed to the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, he bypassed Molokai because it looked so bleak. This spared "the Lonely Island" from Western influence until 1832 when the Protestant missionaries arrived in Kaluaaha to establish their church. The missionaries recorded the population of the island at 6,000 - just a few hundred less than the current population on the island.This historic site has not been maintained. However, a marble headstone on a hill east of these ruins marks the grave of Reverend Hitchcock.
Directions:
Located off Highway 450, on the mountain side of the road, around Mile Marker #14.
Useful Information:
Be respectful as this is a religious and historic site
A large wooden cross marks the site and the ruins where the first outpost of Christianity was founded in Molokai. This original mission was formed in 1844 and was built near the primary population site of the island by Reverend Harvey Hitchcock. This church was used for worship until the 1940's and was one of the largest Western-style structures in the islands. When Captain Cook sailed to the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, he bypassed Molokai because it looked so bleak. This spared "the Lonely Island" from Western influence until 1832 when the Protestant missionaries arrived in Kaluaaha to establish their church. The missionaries recorded the population of the island at 6,000 - just a few hundred less than the current population on the island.This historic site has not been maintained. However, a marble headstone on a hill east of these ruins marks the grave of Reverend Hitchcock.
Directions:
Located off Highway 450, on the mountain side of the road, around Mile Marker #14.
Useful Information:
Be respectful as this is a religious and historic site
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