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The town of Pahala was created by the sugar plantation. The area selected to house the sugar mill had several key features: In Hawaiian, PÄhala refers to the ashes of leaves from the hala tree. Long ago, when cracks were found in the sugar fields workers would stuff them with hala leaves and burn them. For years the town of Pahala consisted of a managers house, several plantation homes, a general store and the sugar mill. Many of the sugar workers were housed in small camps in and around Pahala and in camps situated throughout the outer lying sugarfields. Many of these camps were self sufficient. They consisted of 8 to 12 plantation dwellings with a small store. Some camps had specialty shops such as a blacksmith or a simple barbershop. As time passed some installed gas stations.
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Hawaii, USA
