Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Oh, the blacksmith, the house like that
Verandah up there.
With the verandah on it.
Yes.
Oh.
And you know, we had a number of caterpillars. And the caterpillar over here, all lined up
in here. Off season the mechanic would come and work on the caterpillars, service the
caterpillars.
Yes.
And that building there where the concrete base.
Yes.
Besides the corn crib. That was to store the Humu‘ula wool, you pick up the Humu‘ula
wool in the bale, bring ‘em down here and store ‘em in there. And from here it goes down
to the Kawaihae Harbor. They ship it out, yes.
Wow! So they would…first leg of the trip, would be bring the bale’s from Humu‘ula,
Kalai‘eha
Yes.
Over to here Was that all on wagon back then too
No.
On the truck by that time
On the truck, yes. Some of the heavy shearing season, mid-season.
Yes.
Right after that you know. Some of the bale wool will go direct to Kawaihae Harbor but
whatever is leftover, they store ‘em up in here.
Ahh.
Oh, these folks are busy up there, I think.
I see the school was...
The school was right here.
Yes, right here. Right by the Norfolk pine tree.
Yes, that’s right.
[commenting on convoy in progress] Marine Corps. coming in for training for a few
weeks.
Yes, they’re training. Oh boy, I wonder if this is their first trip up here. Just arrived or…
Yes, they’re just arriving.
Over there they had the festival.
That’s right, they had the Music Festival.
The school was some place right around here.
Yes, that’s right. Teddy them…the Norfolk pine tree that was right back there, the school
was right over there they said.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:479