Water of Kama

The Story of the Bailey House Site

`Iao Valley by Edward Bailey

By: Linda McCullough Decker, Trustee, Maui Historical Society

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This is the story of the land, land at the mouth of a great valley.

It is the story of the great and powerful Hawaiians who for centuries ruled here in such peace and prosperity that all the chants speak of the island as Royal Maui, who valued the water, the soil, the sunlight, and the ocean, the great valley and its spirits, mana of the great navigators and kings buried there, the creative energies of its earth.

It is the story of missionaries, who dreamed of a world in harmony with the Divine Being, who gave their lifework, their skills, knowledge and energy, and often their health and their families, so that the lives of the people of these islands would be healthier, more fruitful, safer from the threats of selfish nations, greedy people, and the Devil himself.

It is the story of a school where young Hawaiian women received an education better than young women of America were being given.

It is the story of one man who lived here for half a century, who came to teach Hawaiians many things they would need to know as the world around them changed beyond recognition who found himself struggling to feed his family and to keep on making life better for the people of Hawaii.

It is the story of the Society which today takes care of the land and the old house and the beautiful things that tell the story of this island and all who have lived here.
TIMELINE

Royal Maui c. 200 A.D. -1790

16th C. Pi’ilani & Kamaläläwalu

18th C. Kahekili

1790 Kamehameha conquers Maui
Wailuku Female Seminary

1832 Wailuku Mission established

1837 Seminary opens under Rev. Green

1842 Bailey becomes head of Seminary

1849 Seminary closed by ABCFM
Edward Bailey

1814 birth in Holden, Massachusetts

1836 marries Caroline Hubbard, sails for Hawai’i as ABCFM teacher

1837 assigned to Big Island: Kohala

1840 at Lahainaluna

1841 assigned to Wailuku Mission

1842-1849 head of Wailuku Female Seminary

1850s surveying for Dept of the Interior; some teaching; buys land

1865 founds E. Bailey & Sons Sugar Plantation, begins painting in oils

1866 lawsuits over water begin

1870 sells land & mill to his sons

1880 sons sell land & mill to Wailuku Sugar Co.

1888 Edward & Caroline Bailey move to California

1903 death of Edward Bailey
Maui Historical Society

1957 opens Hale Ho’ike'ike (House of Display) in Old Bailey House

1974 renovates Bailey House

1990 Wailuku Sugar Co. sells property

1992 Masaru "Pundy" & Shirley Yokouchi give Bailey House & its land to MHS