Hank Soboleski – Special to The Garden Island
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In 1908, a conflict known as the McBryde-Koloa War broke out on Kaua‘i between Koloa Plantation Co. and McBryde Sugar Co. over irrigation rights to ‘Oma‘o Stream, its tributaries and branches. McBryde had claimed a right to ‘Oma‘o waters since

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