1831— King Kamehameha I and his son Liholiho have passed on, leaving a child-king, Kamehameha III, at the royal complex in Lahaina. The Reverend Dr. Dwight Baldwin (1798-1886) and his wife Charlotte moved to Lahaina in the mid-1830s and lived in the Baldwin Home which remains standing today. Dr. Baldwin not only preached, but also served as Government Physician for the islands of Maui, Moloka‘i, and Lana‘i. One of his most significant contributions to island society occurred when the smallpox epidemic of 1853 took hold in the Hawaiian Islands. Dr. Baldwin was able to get Lahaina quarantined and vaccinated all of Lahaina, then set out on a mule to take care of people in the far reaches of Maui as well as on Lana‘i. In all, there were 10,000 deaths in Hawai‘i, but thanks to Dr. Baldwin, there were only 250 reported deaths on Maui. The doctor lived to 88 years of age, quite a feat in those days. Also a prolific letter writer, Dr. Baldwin painted a vivid scene of life in West Maui during the hey-day of the whaling era. Many of his letters have been archived, and some described the arrival of the Spaniard cowboys and their “bullock catching” while leading cattle to the slaughterhouse on the Lahaina shore. The notorious Joaquin Armas of Mexico was one of these first paniolo/cowboys.