How to Visit the Molokai Leper Colony – Kalaupapa Hawaii
2021年2月10日 · Visiting the Kalaupapa leper colony is a great Molokai day trip from Oahu, but there are also other things to do in Molokai that make it worth staying overnight. Visiting Molokai, and especially Kalaupapa, can be very strenuous, so it might be a good idea to stay the night on the island once you are there.
A Brief History of Kalaupapa - U.S. National Park Service
The area achieved notoriety when the Kingdom of Hawai'i instituted a century-long policy of forced segregation of persons afflicted with Hansen's disease, more commonly known as leprosy. This mysterious and dreaded disease reached epidemic …
Kalaupapa National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
2022年12月13日 · When Hansen's disease (leprosy) was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands, King Kamehameha V banished all afflicted to the isolated Kalaupapa Peninsula on the north shore of Molokai. Since 1866, more than 8,000 people, mostly Hawaiians, have died at …
Quarantined for Life: The Tragic History of US Leprosy Colonies
2020年3月31日 · A tiny number of Hansen’s disease patients still remain at Kalaupapa, a leprosarium established in 1866 on a remote, but breathtakingly beautiful spit of land on the Hawaiian island of Molokai....
How To Visit the Beautiful Molokai Leper Colony in Kalaupapa, …
2024年2月28日 · The isolated Kalaupapa peninsula was once home to the Molokai leper colony, where patients were quarantined by law and left stranded with no hope for a cure. Today, it’s possible to visit the site of this historical significance, which many say has one of …
Kalaupapa Leper Settlement: Once Prison, Now Forbidden Refuge
2024年10月3日 · It was January 1866 when the first 12 people affected by leprosy arrived on Molokai at the isolated Kalaupapa peninsula. The ship taking them never docked. They were forced to swim to shore in the area seen in our photo below.
Kalaupapa, Hawaii - Wikipedia
The original leper colony was first established in Kalawao in the east, opposite to the village corner of the peninsula. It was there where Father Damien settled in 1873. Later it was moved to the location of the current village, which was originally a Native Hawaiian fishing village.
How isolation protects Hawaii's last leprosy community
2021年5月11日 · However, in the late 1800s, leprosy, an infectious disease spread from person to person through prolonged contact that affects the skin, eyes, and nerves, was a mysterious illness in the Hawaiian...
Plan Your Visit - U.S. National Park Service
2023年5月31日 · Welcome to Kalaupapa National Historical Park! The park was established in 1980 to preserve the memories and experiences of the people forcibly sent here. The park's mission is to provide a well-maintained community that ensures the present patient-residents of the Kalaupapa Settlement may live out their lives peacefully and comfortably.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park - Wikipedia
Robert Louis Stevenson, who suffered from tuberculosis, then also incurable, visited the Molokaʻi leper colony after Father Damien's death in 1889. He was moved by Damien's care for patients and described the settlement as a "prison fortified by nature."