Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement and National Historical Park

Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement and National Historical Park - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Kalaupapa National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, on the island of Molokai. Coterminous with the boundaries of Kalawao County and primarily on Kalaupapa peninsula, it was established by Congress in 1980 to expand upon the earlier National Historic Landmark site of the Kalaupapa Leper Settlement. It is administered by the National Park Service. Its goal is to preserve the cultural and physical settings of the two leper colonies on the island of Molokai, which operated from 1866 to 1969 and had a total of 8500 residents over the decades. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1866
official website: http://www.nps.gov/kala/

Source: en.wikipedia.org