Editing Lāʻie, Hawaii (section)

===Latter-day Saints===
A new phase of development for {{lang|haw|Lā{{okina}}ie|italic=no}} began when the plantation of that name was purchased by George Nebeker, the [[mission president|president]] of the LDS Church's Hawaiian [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]].  The Latter-day Saints in Hawaii were then encouraged to move to this location.<ref>Jenson, Andrew. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 324</ref> This purchase occurred in 1865.<ref name="Mulholland, p. 122">Mulholland, ''Hawaii's Religions'', p. 122</ref> The [[sugarcane]] [[sugar plantations in Hawaii|plantation]] was rarely profitable, and through 1879 the church had subsidized its operations with about $40,000.<ref name="Mulholland, p. 122"/>

Soon after the settlement a sugar factory was built.  Much of the land was used to grow sugar, but other food crops were also raised.  Significantly, {{lang|haw|Lā{{okina}}ie|italic=no}} was one of the few sugarcane plantations where both {{lang|haw|[[kalo in Hawaii|kalo]]}} ([[taro]]) and sugar were grown simultaneously.  This was unusual because sugar and {{lang|haw|kalo}} are both thirsty crops.  In the plantation economy of Hawaii in the late 19th century and early 20th century, {{lang|haw|kalo}} usually lost out to sugar. One of the reasons both {{lang|haw|kalo}} and sugar grew on the plantation is because of the commitment of Hawaiian plantation workers to growing their staple. Their dedication to growing {{lang|haw|kalo}} included their insistence that Saturday not be a work day on the plantation so that they could make {{lang|haw|[[poi (food)|poi]]}} for their families.<ref>{{cite thesis|first=Cynthia |last=Compton |title=The Making of the Ahupuaa of Laie into a Gathering Place and Plantation, The Creation of an Alternative Space to Capitalism |date=December 2005 |url=http://contentdm.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/ETD&CISOPTR=562&filename=etd1151.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807183621/http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/ETD&CISOPTR=562&filename=etd1151.pdf |access-date=2008-10-28 |archive-date=2011-08-07 }}</ref> Both schools and church buildings were constructed in the town in the ensuing years.

Samuel E. Woolley, who served as the LDS Church's mission president for 24 years, pushed the expansion of the operations at Laie.  In 1898 he negotiated a $50,000 loan that allowed for the building of a new pump.<ref>Mulholland, ''Hawaii's Religions'', p. 123</ref>

The Hawaiian Mission was headquartered in {{lang|haw|Lā{{okina}}ie|italic=no}} until 1919 when the headquarters were moved to Honolulu, but by then the temple had been built in {{lang|haw|Lā{{okina}}ie|italic=no}}, so it remained the spiritual center of the Latter-day Saint community in Hawaii.<ref>Jenson.  ''Encyclopedic History''. p. 324</ref>