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Look for the attention-getting Iao Needle, a cinder cone that rises 2,250 feet to the sky. Deeper in Iao Valley is Puu Kukui, West Maui's highest point at almost 5,800 feet. The idyllic landscape served as a backdrop to the famous and bloody battle that took place here in 1790… |
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between King Kamehameha the Great's men and the opposing Maui forces. Kamehameha (destined to unite the islands in 1810 as a single ruler) and his men defeated so many Maui warriors that Iao Stream turned a bloody red from their fallen bodies. |
