'He was largely responsible for introducing tourism to this side of the island.'
Tourism in the Islands began prior to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, but it was in 1903, when Hawaii was a Territory, that the Hawaii Tourist Bureau was formed.
Maui belt road. The “Road to Hana,” as it is popularly referred to today, would finally be completed in 1926 — but not without loss of life, when one worker died during its construction. Fagan, the wealthy son of a banker, was born in Alameda and worked as an oil executive before joining the Army Air Corps. In 1929, he married Helene Irwin, the daughter of a Hawaii sugar pioneer. The couple divided their time between Hawaii and San Francisco. Fagan owned Puuohoku Ranch on the island of Molokai for a time, before purchasing 10,000 acres in Hana, previously sugar plantation land, and turning it into the large cattle ranch known as Hana Ranch.
He also owned a baseball field near the hotel. Fagan was the owner of the now-defunct San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, and used the baseball team to market the isolated resort by inviting the players for spring training over several years — along with sports writers to cover it.Hawaiʻi State Archives
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