ISLAND HISTORY: Sam Mia, Madame Pele and the Coco Palms Hotel

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Originally from Kona, Sam Mia (1919-70), of 100 percent Hawaiian ancestry, was one of the original employees of Kaua‘i’s Coco Palms Hotel when it opened in 1953, and he continued to work there until the day he died in 1970.

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