Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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What’s the Kimo Hale part with the Purdy
That was his Hawaiianized name, James Purdy.
Oh, Purdy was his name
Kimo Hale.
Oh, James Purdy was called Kimo Hale
Kimo Hale. When you hear it you’re actually talking about the same guy, you say that’s
Kimo Hale’s place, they’re saying that was James Purdy’s place.
Uh-hmm.
That’s how the families, for some reason how the family…
Yes, that’s how they did it.
Good stuff. Anything about Honoköhau
Get me that report.
[chuckling]
I think I told you everything [chuckling].
You did. I loved and what was really, really neat too, is how you and your brother at times
filled in for one another. You recalled things that James didn’t, and you also could see all
the cross over. It was neat because you were confirming what one another had to say.
Did you ever resolve that thing Rally Do you remember when your father took us down
to Honoköhau Beach many, many years ago He showed us the rock out in the ocean
that’s part of the surveyor’s mark
[thinking]
He showed us a rock.
No, no. The only rock that he showed us and we talked about, was down at Lanihau,
where Thurston got his land and where the old airport, there was a rock right there.
Maka‘eo The rock was out in the water
Yes.
That’s Maka‘eo Stone.
Whatever it is, I mean that’s the only one that we talked about.
I thought we were.
That’s the only stone, I don’t think there’s any stone out at Honoköhau.
Okay, I thought it was, you know where the Filipino Condominium is
Yes.
I thought it was on the Waimea side of that, on the beach that he was pointing to a rock.
It was down at Thurston, okay. That stone should have some significance other than
being a marker.
Yes.
Something in Hawaiian lore, something.
Yes. I don’t recall seeing a specific story about how it was given, but it is a prominent
point. You mentioned you know, if we think about Honoköhau Iki for a moment, there was
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