Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Yes, yes. I think they may have started off from the Germans or the Russians.
Russians, yes
Yes.
‘Cause I know that they were living out here, Waiki‘i was their camp yes, A.W. brought
them in
Yes, that’s right.
You never saw anyone use one though
No, I never did.
Ahh.
But I heard how they do it.
Oh yes, how
They got to heat that oven first, with the temperature of the heating system they had with
the firewood. Take the wood out and then the heat stays as long as the length of the time
when whatever they were baking would be able to be cooked.
Would be ready
Yes.
Oh. ‘Cause you can see inside you know, it’s like a Portuguese bread oven kind.
That’s right.
You would make the fire inside, heat ‘em all up then bring out and then put the bread on
top like that. Oh, interesting.
Yes.
You folks though, the ranch traveled all out here, and like at Ke‘ämoku, the clump of
trees out there.
Yes.
You said, had that beautiful house out there. Had a camp out there
Yes.
There were several houses
They had one main house, a big house. Rather big I say, because those days houses
were small but this was well built. And of course, the woolshed, the shearing shed was
still there.
Yes.
Just like the corn crib you know.
Yes, yes. Oh, with the lattice so the air would go through
Yes, yes.
So it wouldn’t hold moisture in the wool too
Yes. And they had the what you call, concrete what do you call that [thinking] , dipping.
Dipping vat
Bath.
Yes, yes.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:489