Waipahu

As mentioned in an earlier post, Waipahu is not an Ahupua'a. It is named after an area in Waikele where a gushing spring was located and made famous after the mill nearby used the name for this entire area. I visited this place today and so I will use this title.
Hawaii's Plantation Village is located off of the S-turn on Waipahu St. Along side of the Waikele stream and below the flow of the famous spring that brought prosper to this area for farming as it is still being used for on a smaller scale today.
Waikele stream begins to widen here and it is said that the Pu'uloa (Pearl Harbor) guardian and shark goddess Kaahupahau would swim up here to be fed Awa by worshippers.
Another legend about this area is that an Anvil for pounding tapa rolled down the stream from far up north and was returned through two women's friendship. Also that on the nearby hill where the mill stood was a Heiau named Hapupu where the Moku of Oahu living in Waikiki came with many followers to seize the land of his brother by having him killed by many people sneaking into his living area with stones disguised as pa'i'ai poi offerings and hurling them at his enclosure. Another Heiau called Mokoula was also nearby.
An earlier post titled Waikele with petroglyphs on the Pohaku Pili is located right across the street and at the end of that post we cross a bridge at the mouth of Waikele stream. In fact the Oahu Nui post yesterday is located in this stream where it is but a small trickle most of the year and called Waikakalaua Stream as it goes higher up north.
After talking to the local volunteers, they had no old mo'olelo to tell me besides some funny stories about growing up in Hawaii and staying married after many years. Which was of no less value. I would suggest visiting here on a Monday at around lunch because one of the Aunties there brings food to share with everyone that isn't shame enough to accept. They did hint about some spirits that are near the stream and some near the restored plantation homes. A hint to finding old dwellings of the late royalty of the island is to look for very tall royal palms. One here is the tallest I have ever seen before and five more here were also said to have been here before the modern village was constructed.