Newspapers have chronicled the development of Hawaii’s geothermal resources. HGRRC has compiled lists of relevant newspaper articles below. These news articles are hosted by eVols, Chronicling America, Google Books, Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection, and Hawaiian Newspaper Translation Project.
1800s
No Ke Ahi I Loko O Ka Honua / Concerning The Fire Within The Earth | July 29, 1857 | Book: 2, Number: 18, Page: 69
Kalakaua Visits Edison: The King in Search of a Means to Light up Honolulu | September 26, 1881 | The Sun
News of Mokuaweoweo: Steamer W. G. Hall Brings Latest from Eruption (third part) | July 18, 1899 | Page 1 | The Hawaiian Star
1900s
Will Ship Water from Hawaii’s Underground River and Grow Sisal Plants on the Uplands | January 28, 1902 | Page 9 | The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Puna Water: Shipment of 6,000 Gallons for Bottling at Honolulu | March 14, 1902 | Page 4 | Hilo Tribune
An Islander Writes of the Scenic Hilo Railway | August 10, 1903 | Page 5 | The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
A Trip to the Volcano (fourth column, bottom) | June 12, 1904 | Page 2 | The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Kilauea Side Attraction | July, 1904 | Page 16 | Paradise of the Pacific
Volcano the Attraction | October 31, 1905 | Page 5 | The Hawaiian Gazette
Wonders of Hawaii Enjoyed by Editors (Last column, middle) | September 20, 1906 | Page 5 | Page 472 | Evening Bulletin
Pit Craters in Puna a Part of the Kilauea System (second paragraph, bottom half) | The Volcanoes of Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaii | 1909 | p. 94 [472]
Bath House on the Sulphur Bank | The Volcanoes of Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaii | 1909 | Page 142 [520]
Volcano Cooks Feed for Hogs: Novelty in the Agricultural Field, Which Is Utilized by American | April 24, 1909 | Page 8 | The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Boiling Ferns at Volcano Fires to Fatten Hogs | May 14, 1909 | Page 9 | The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Making a Volcano Cook | July 3, 1909 | Page 2 | The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
1920s
Power from Volcanic Heat | March 30, 1920 | Page 2 | The Garden Island
Would Transform Kilauea’s Heat Into Electricity | March 25, 1921 | Page 8 | The Daily Nippu Jiji
From Volcanic Heat into Electricity | March 26, 1921 | Page 8 | The Daily Nippu Jiji
Hilo’s Volcano to Furnish Juice | April 25, 1921 | Page 1 | Richmond Daily Register
Volcano Heat Will Provide Electric Light | April 25, 1921 | Page 1, Column 5 | Webster City Freeman
Commercializing the Power of Kilauea | August 1921 | Pages 117-120 | Mid-Pacific Magazine
Harnessing a Volcano | October 1921 | Pages 353-356 | Mid-Pacific Magazine
Running Machinery with Volcano Steam | February 19, 1922 | Page 4 | The Washington Times
Would Harness Heat of Kilauea: Borings in Volcano Suggested to See if It Can Be Converted Into Power
June 13, 1922 | Page 6 | The Bourbon News
Iron and Copper Believed Hidden in Volcanoes, Drilling Shows | July 8, 1922 | Page 2 | Evening Star
“Local Development” in Report of the Director of the National Park Service | 1922 | p. 165 | Report by the U.S. National Park Services
Science’s First Move Towards Putting a Volcano to Work
November 26, 1922 | Final Edition, Comic and Magazine Section, Image 51 | The Morning Tulsa Daily World
Volcano’s Steam Will Heat Hotel in Hawaii | December 1929 | Page 69 | Popular Science Monthly
1930-1959
1960-1992
Maui-Molokai cable ‘feasible’: Single ownership called the key | 1984
Kalakaua first geothermal booster | 1990
Kilauea Rift The Geothermal Power Struggle Diagram | 1990
Cable plan far behind schedule foes seek alternative: conservation | May 13, 1990
Geothermal: Big protests sparked by issue | May 13, 1990
California Steaming: Geyers Show Geothermal Potential | May 14, 1990
Hurdles for Cable: Environmentalist and Mother Nature | May 14, 1990
Tapping Into a Subterranean Furnace | May 14, 1990
Deadly Gas Raises Serious Questions for Hawaii | May 15, 1990
Coso Geothermal Project Walks the Line | May 16, 1990
Geothermal Debate Finds New Fuel in Rainforest Preservation Issue | May 16, 1990
Tribes Turn Up the Heat on Hot-Springs Change | May 16, 1990
In Imperial Valley, no flap over geo | May 27, 1990
California’s geo regulators have different concerns | May 29, 1990
Honolulu Advertiser and Hawaii Tribune Clippings | June 24, 1990
Hawaii Geothermal News Articles & Publications | 1991-1992
Tapping In | No Date
