The Establishment of Kilauea Military Camp The Early Years 1898-1921 jadelyn j. moniz nakamura and geoffrey mowrer Located on the island of Hawai'i, at the summit of Kīlauea, is the Kilauea Military Camp. The camp is within the boundaries of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Kilauea Military Camp occupies approximately fifty of the park's 335,259 acres, and its history is as old as the park itself. The camp was established in 1916 with the construction of the first three buildings, and it "represents some of the earliest military development in the Hawaiian Islands." 1 The history of recreational visits by soldiers to Kīlauea began in 1898, shortly after the annexation of Hawai'i by the United States. Seven years later the U.S. Army established the first military installation at Fort Shafter,
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