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Historical significance Hakalau Point is part of the Hakalau Historic District recorded in the State Inventory of Historic Places in 1973(SIHP 50-10-16-7392) The Hakalau Plantation was established after the enactment of the Reciprocity Treaty,which allowed Hawaii's sugar to enter the United States duty free.The 9,000 acre(at that time) plantation was established by Claus Spreckels in 1878,with William Irwin&Company as agents. Spreckels was the major figures in the sugar industry in Hawaii during the nineteenth century. By 1890,the plantation's mill,located on the shore at the base of a two hundred foot bluff, produced five thousand tons of sugar a year.The plantation's maximum production was 26,509 in 1944,following the 1943 merger of the neighboring Wailea Milling Company into Hakalau Plantation.Hakalau continued in operation until 1962,when C.Brewer closed the mill and merged the plantation into Pepeekeo Sugar Company.The mill was dismantled and all that remains along the shore are the concrete foundations. Most all the plantation's operations buildings also have been removed,and little remains of Hakalau town,with the poorly maintained former theater serving as the post office. So,what remains of historical significance?As summarized in Attachment A, Hakalau Point was considered significant under multiple Criteria included in the rules governing procedures for the historic preservation review, Hawaii Administrative Rules(HAR), 13-284: The Hakalau Plantation warehouses(on parcel#79)are deemed significant under Criteria A and C. Criterion A: Associated with events that have made an important contribution to the broad patterns of our history Criterion C: Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,period,or method of construction;represents the work of a master;or possesses high artistic value The Japanese/Korean Cemetery(on parcel#81)is deemed significant under Criteria D possibly E. Criterion D: Yields,or is likely to yield,information important for research on pre-history or history Criterion E: Has important value to the native Hawaiian people or to another ethnic group of the state due to associations with cultural practices once carried out,or still carried out,at the property or due to associations with traditional beliefs,events or oral accounts—these associations being important to the group's history and cultural identity Not included in the Rosendahl 2009 report to DLNR was definitive evidence of Hawaiian history before the days of the sugar plantation.Nevertheless there is an historical account of the Battle of Hakalau.This is included here as Attachment B.