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The Chart Room · Year by Year

1959

21 opened · 2 closed · 1 milestone

High Water. Hawaiian statehood pours gasoline on the fire. The early 1960s are the flood tide — more tiki temples pouring than any time before or since.

On This Year’s Chart

Dated milestones

Opened

New soundings

Closed

Lights out

Trade Routes

The empires move
Stephen Crane's Kon-Tiki EmpireKon-Tiki at the Sheraton-Portland — Portland, OR opens
The Dobbs House LuauDobbs House Luau — Memphis, TN opens
The Dobbs House LuauLuau Room, Standiford Field — Louisville, KY opens
The Dobbs House LuauDobbs House Luau — Houston, TX opens