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This is a video that does a good job giving a brief explantation of the history of Kalaupapa in relation to leprosy.

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Today Kalaupapa is a national park offering a beautiful view, and a fun hike for visitors. It also still serves as a place to educate people on what happened there in the past. There are still 16 former patients remaining as registered residents of Kalaupapa.

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-1835: Leprosy observed in Kamuli
-1850: Hawaii's first board of Health is established primarily to deal with the problem of cholera but increasingly finds itself engaged in the discussion of leprosy.
-1865: "An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy" is signed into law by King Kamehameha V on January 3rd authorizing the setting apart land for the purpose of isolating persons with leprosy
-1879: Ambrose Hutchison arrives at Kalaupapa on January 5th, where he lives for the next 53 years and serves as Resident Superintendent for a total of 10 years
-1888: 588 individuals are sent to Kalaupapa, which is the largest number of people ever sent to Kalaupapa in one year.
-1897: The Petition Against Annexation is brought to Kalaupapa on September 11th and signed by more than 21,000 people in Hawaii
-1892: Hawaii annexed by the United States August 12
-1909: The U.S. Leprosy Investigation Station at KAlawao is opened with Dr. Walter Brinckerhoff as director
-1939: The board of Hospitals and Settlements take over control of the leprosy program from the board of health on July 1st. A survey is made of Kalapupapa and the Territorial legislature authorizes construction of a modern hospital and largely rebuilds the rest of the settlement.
-1941: A cure for leprosy, Promin, is discovered at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, but is not introduced to Kalaupapa until 1946. After being introduced to the cure people noticed changes to their health practicually over night.
-1969: Hawaii's isolation laws are abolished.

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This is a map of Kalapapa giving insight to just how isloated it truly is. The only viable way to get here was by boat

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Kalapapa become a national park in 1980, to serve as a place of education dedicated to preserving the memories and lessons of the past

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Since 1866, more than 8,000 people, mostly Hawaiians, have died at kalaupapa

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The Kalapapa peninsula was formed over multiple eruptions which bulit up land from the sea's floor. The land mass created by cool water eventually connected with the main part of the island

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Kalaupapa was chosen as the quarantine location because the peninsula was remote and fairly inaccessible, being located in the far north. The area to the south was cut off by a sheer cliff reaching approximately 2,000ft, with the ocean covering the rest of the area to the east, north, and west. The only viable way to get to this part of the island is by boat, and due to the currents and rocks, conditions must be perfect to sail here. Along with its location, this was an ideal place to quarantine people because the part of the island had previously been inhabited by Native Hawaiians, making the grounds good for farming, and there being a viable water source. Though this description of the land may not seem too bad, what these people had to go through is tragic. Most people were too ill and demoralized to be self-sufficient, ultimately all these people were simply left here to die.

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In the early 1800's mysteriously there was a leprosy outbreak in Hawaii. Leprosy is a deadly disease that is highly contagious and at the time was incurable. In an effort to battle the spread of leprosy through Hawaii King Kamehameha V banished all affected to be isolated at Kalaupapa for life. The picture above is a few of the people sent to live in exile.