b'OPPOSITE PAGE: The anchialine ponds adjacent to the Hilton Waikoloa Village. LEFT: Statue of Kamehameha I that stands in North Hawai`i.Spa. These first people depended on the sea for their survival,downfromKamehamehaItohisdescendants,andthe and most likely traded their catch with upcountry inhabi- lands and fishponds were largely reserved for use by the tants, who grew taro and other fruits and vegetables whereroyal family. Thus, todays place names, such as Kings the land was more hospitable to farming. Shops, Queens MarketPlace, and Kings Golf Course When Captain Cook arrived in 1778-1779, `Anaeho`omaluare more than just gratuitous uses of the royal reference, had largely been abandoned, although one of Cooks men,but are historically accurate indicators of the heritage of the Lieutenant King, found clear evidence of habitation. He notedland. Indeed, the Kiholo-Puako Trailwhich is a portion in his journal that, Most, if not all, of the trails into andof what is today called the Kings Trailand ancient within `Anaeho`omalu were surely marked out by the prehis- petroglyph fields are part of the resort.toric inhabitants of the land. They led to clusters of housesWaikoloa Village Golf Club opened for play in 1972a and to water pools within the area, and to the inland coastalRobert Trent Jones II designand the first residents of trail that led to the uplands of Waimea, from whence cameWaikoloa moved in that same year. The Sheraton Royal poi and whatever other necessities or luxuries gift-exchangesWaikoloa(nowtheMarriott)andtheWaikoloaBeach of fish might bring. Courseanother Jones II designboth opened in 1981, By the middle of the 19th century, `Anaeho`omalu hadushering in an era of tourism. come to be regarded as part of the royal inheritance passedFor golf course designer Robert Trent Jones II, designing 1 7'