Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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The only time we used it was if we went to Häpuna Beach swimming or something. We’d
come to Kawaihae, park the car and then walk in.
Oh yeah, back in the ‘30s like that
Yes.
I know by Mau‘umae like that, isn’t that right, Carter I think had…
Yes.
Uh-hmm.
Had a property down there as well.
That was…
Queen Emma’s.
Queen’s Hospital land.
That’s right.
And Hartwell wanted a beach home so they went to Queen’s Hospital people. Talked
them into selling, and that’s how Hartwell got that.
Mau‘umae.
Mau‘umae.
‘Ae. May I just ask you real quickly, in ‘Öuli and you know Mauna Kea Hotel sits basically,
I think right about in here. The Mauna Kea Beach on Kauna‘oa Bay. Was Kauna‘oa
Bay... Do you remember, you folks would travel across that place
Yes.
Did the ranch have any activities going on in ‘Öuli, up above
No. Not until you got above the stone wall.
That stone wall was really the boundary
That’s right.
Even in the later years, when you mentioned that they were bringing cattle down to
Puakö like that
No, they never.
Okay, never had anything in ‘Öuli.
In probably ‘54, ’55, somewhere around in there, they did have some cattle down at
Puakö. Just in the Puakö area, this side no more.
I don’t know if you recognize, this is John Hind Paddock, there’s a Grant here. A big
corral area where the sugar mill also was going to be
I don’t know, wasn’t there. What I remember was nothing but kiawe.
Was all kiawe already
Yes.
Were you folks shipping out of Puakö also, or just keeping cattle down there
No. Never shipped any cattle out of Puakö. In fact, there was no place where you could
ship cattle out of Puakö. It’s all, too shallow out there. Kawaihae and the next one over
was Kïholo, where Hind’s used to ship cattle.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:15