 Idaho,
without a seacoast,
was not accessible
to the whaling industry;
and by the time Idaho
was officially settled,
whaling was almost
finished.
However, among
the early settlers
of southwest Idaho
were a group of
native Hawaiians
-- some of whom
undoubtedly had
been on Yankee whaling
cruises out of Honolulu
and Lahaina in Yankee
ships.
Owyhee County --
spelled and pronounced
as it was by Native
Hawaiians, and as
it was known to
whalemen and appeared
on 19th-century
maps -- is named
for these Kanaka
pioneers.
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