Mr. Kern Hyde’s first memory is that of playing with small wooden sailboats that the French Harbour boys would launch in the shallow water. The boats were large – two feet long – and 1:50 scale replicas of boats their parents would sail. Sometimes boys
Larry McLaughlin was born in Coxen Hole, Roatan, in 1943, exactly 100 years after his McLaughlin Scottish ancestors and the Wesley families first settled in the Bay Islands. That heritage made him a true island boy at heart. Affectionately known as “Ole Lar,” he was
The Bay Islands are popularly — and mistakenly — associated only with Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja. I say mistakenly because the Wyke-Cruz Treaty of 1859 refers to “the islands of Ruatan, Guanaca, Elena, Utile, Barbarete and Morat.” The most remote and indeed the most isolated
Workers disassembling the TIGO tower west of Tres Flores. The Convenience of Cell Towers Also Brings Health Risks [vc_empty_space][vc_column_text][eltdf_dropcaps type="normal" color="" background_color=""]E[/eltdf_dropcaps]ach of the roughly 20 cell towers on hilly Roatan affects the lives of people receiving their signals on phones and tablets. The now-ubiquitous cell towers
He was born Mitchell Churchill Thomas on April 11, 1940, in his mother’s home at Thatch Point just east of Coxen Hole. Since he was a little boy, he was called Michael, and most people still call him that.
Island communities centered their lives around trees for generations. Sometimes villages bordered forests, built homes in the shade of mango trees and planted coconuts to stabilize soil and earn income. The islanders’ relationship with trees was complex and ever evolving. “A society grows great when
Mr. Armstrong Samuel Grant Bodden came to life on February 23, 1933 in his grandfather’s home in Coxen Hole. His father was Dyke Eggerton Grant, a tailor. For most of his life – over 30 years – he worked on a Unite Fruit ship out
It is very difficult to create a community of affordable houses on Roatan. A few have tried and most have failed. If anyone can testify to this, it’s Elmer Santamaría, a teacher who has made his life on Roatan for the past 20 years.
Mrs. Ivy was born on March 4, 1939 in a family home in West End where the Argentinean Grill is today. She is the eldest of six children of Esther Laverne Bodden Warren of West End and her dad, Henry Byron Warren from West End,
Mrs. Dellis Lois Stewart Bennett was born on May 3, 1929, at her parents’ home in Cohune Ridge neighborhood of Flowers Bay. She was the third of 11 children born to Leah Stewart and Wolney Bennett. Her mother was a seamstress making men’s shirts and