The Filipinos of Koloa, released in May 2017, is the latest book by Catherine Pascual Lo. The 220-page coffee table book (8.5″ x 11″) focuses on the Filipinos who worked at Koloa Plantation from 1910 to 1996, their families and descendants.

Moreover, the book, which had it beginnings in 1985 in conjunction with the 150th anniversary celebration of the founding of Koloa Plantation, includes a history of the plantation, the plantation camps, life in plantation days, and the eight major ethnic groups who made Koloa Plantation a success story.

The Filipinos of Koloa includes texts on and photographs of the Sesquicentennial Celebration from July 20 to 27, 1985, including pictures of the first Koloa Plantation Days Parade on July 27.

Book Two of The Filipinos of Koloa is “Remembering New Mill Camp,” the camp directly behind and to the left of Koloa Mill, which was built in 1913 and was in continuous operation until September 1996, with the last harvest of McBryde Sugar Company.

Koloa Mill today, in the shadow of Mt. Ha`upu, is a rusting reminder of the first commercially successful sugar plantation in Hawai`i.

Proceeds from sales of the book benefit the Kauai Philippine Cultural Center — “A Place for All” cultures, envisioned by Filipinos of Kaua`i, located in Puhi, across Kilohana Estate, where Gaylord’s is located, next door to Kaua`i Community College.

The book retails for $24 + $1 tax.

We deliver FREE on Kaua`i.  Call 742-7238.

To order from off-island, send a cashier’s check payable to:

K & C Co.

Mailing (Priority Mail) and Handling:  $12.00

USPS rates increase on July 9, 2023

Total:  $37.00

Mail to :

Karl & Catherine Lo
P. O. Box 887
Koloa, HI 96756

Email: info@htcelebration.org
Tel. (808) 742-7238

Our Mission

Our mission is three-fold:

1. To record history and celebrate the past;
2. To share the past;
3. To give back to the community

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© 2017.  COPYRIGHT Catherine Pascual Lo