Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Out here was extensive.
Did you come across that in the field too, Rally while you Did any of the old-timers say
anything about any of these places out here that you recall
[thinking] No, just that they referred to the place as Spencer’s, there were all stone…or
still are.
Yes. You know what’s amazing, if you look at Pu‘upä, I understand that there was
recently found, a fairly significant burial complex up here.
I’m not surprised.
Parker Ranch has been fussing around up there [chuckling].
Yes.
Because it’s cinder.
In fact, they want to do...they were harvesting cinder I think, during the war or something.
Just after the war was there, do you remember, were they harvesting cinder from Pu‘upä
for a while, quarrying
I don’t remember. I know they were taking some out of Holoholokü.
Yes.
But Pu‘upä during the war, all that area was turned over to the army.
Target practice.
You mentioned ordinance Were they doing live fire
Yes, all through here.
Was this gun live fire or artillery heavy Larger, mortar and stuff like that
Yes, because right now…correct me Rally, if I’m wrong. In about 1955, it was before we
came here to Waimea, from Kahuä, Charlie Lindsey’s fence gang was outside here doing
some work on the fence. In ‘55, ‘54 maybe ‘53, with young people there. Brass is worth
money. They found some brass casings, they put ‘um in the truck. Well, they found some
live stuff and they wanted to knock the dirt off of it.
‘Auwë!
It was very tragic. It blew up and killed one or two boys, and wounded the others. I think
the families are still here in Waimea, and then there was another accident like that,
Rally
Is this Pu‘upä vicinity or somewhere Lïhu‘e You think the Päpua‘a area
Must have been along a fence line. It wasn’t, Spencer is way up close to here.
Close to the road, yeah.
This is out in here.
Wow, that’s amazing!
It goes all the way below the Kona Road, it was ordinance, all out there.
Kawaihae
It might have been way out there.
You mean as far as into Pu‘u Hïne‘i like that as well, out that far
It went as far as Pu‘u Hïne‘i I fence, and that fence is maybe a mile Kona side of the
Saddle Road junction.
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