Itascatown Ruins
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Itascatown was part of a Department of Commerce experiment to establish a permanent U.S. presence on the Line Islands. A rotating group of four alumni and students from Kamehameha School for Boys, a private school in Honolulu, would spend three months at a time collecting samples.
The settlement was named Itascatown after the USCGC Itasca that brought the colonists to Howland and made regular cruises between the other Line Islands during that era. Itascatown was a line of a half-dozen small wood-framed structures and tents near the beach on the island's western side.
The settlement was named Itascatown after the USCGC Itasca that brought the colonists to Howland and made regular cruises between the other Line Islands during that era. Itascatown was a line of a half-dozen small wood-framed structures and tents near the beach on the island's western side.
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Coordinates: 0°48'26"N 176°37'9"W
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