Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Boles, Thomas 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1925
Author: George F. Nellist, Editor

THOMAS BOLES, National Park Superintendent. Development of the Hawaii National 
Park, containing the continuously active Kilauea volcano on the Island of 
Hawaii, and Haleakala on Maui, the largest extinct volcano in the world, so 
that the scenic glories of Hawaii may be as well known as Yellowstone or 
Yosemite National Parks is engaging the attention of Thomas Boles, who has 
been superintendent of the park since it was set aside by act of Congress.
  Born in Yell County, Ark., he is the son of Judge Thomas and Catherine 
(Keith) Boles. He was educated in the grammar and high schools of Fort Smith, 
Ark., and took a civil engineering course at the School of Mines, University 
of Missouri. Mr. Boles engaged for years in various construction and 
engineering endeavors, as construction engineer for the Illinois Steel Bridge 
Co., in Arkansas and Oklahoma; assistant field engineer, Interstate Commerce 
Commission; chief engineer, Fort Smith Light & Traction Co., and chief 
engineer, Fort Smith & Western Railroad Co. He arrived in Hawaii in March, 
1922, as the first superintendent of the Hawaii National Park, appointed to 
this position by the Secretary of the Interior. He has jurisdiction over a 
total area of 118,000 acres of the volcanic area of the Territory.
  Mr. Boles served as director for Northwest Arkansas, American Association of 
Engineers; captain of engineers, Arkansas National Guard, and was elected to 
the Arkansas state senate in 1910. He is a Mason and a Republican in politics. 
He married Miss Jimmie Green and they have one child, Margaret Boles.


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