Smokestack Traditional Cache
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The 200-foot-tall Pioneer Mill smokestack is the only remaining symbol of the one flourishing Pioneer Mill Company's sugar mill. This landmark still guides fishermen and boaters back to Lahaina Harbor
Pioneer Mill Company was founded in 1860. It was one of Hawaii’s last remaining sugar plantations at the time of its closure in 1999. By 2002, the abandoned mill, fallow fields, and plantation-era homes were all that remained of the sugar company’s once-dominant influence on West Maui life. Now there is only the smokestack as the mill was demolished in 2006.
Plantation camps, developed to house workers and their families, were once scattered among the cane fields from Olowalu to Honokohau.
Modern subdivisions now stand on these lands. Nearby Lahaina, the Hawaiian Islands’ former capital, served plantation residents as West Maui’s center of commerce and entertainment and now is a popular tourist destination.
Enjoy reading the various plaques in the area that describe island history. The cache is on the Lahaina 1 locamotive. Be stealthy, rehide cache well, and bring a writing implement. This is an easy P and G!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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