Laie, HI Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The neat, even prim air of the town of LA'IE , three miles on from Hau'ula, is explained once you realize that it was founded by Mormons in 1864, and remains dominated by the Latter-Day Saints to this day. This was the second major Mormon settlement in Hawaii; the first, on Lanai, was abandoned when church elders discovered that its President, William Gibson, had registered all its lands in his own name. Gibson went on to be Prime Minister of Hawaii, while his congregation moved to Oahu. La'ie now holds an imposing Mormon Temple , built in 1919 as the first such temple outside the continental United States … more »