(Maui News, January 2, 1960) Sometime during the week before Christmas, possibly even Christmas Eve, high winds blew off a portion of the roof of St. Joseph’s Church at Kaupo, a 92-year-old structure. However, according to police reports, Father Basil Colloton did not receive news of the damage until December 27, and was not able…
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Antone Vierra Marciel Jr., 58, August 14, 1939
Marciel Dies At Home In Valley View (Maui News, August 19, 1939) HANA, Aug. 16 — Anthony V. Marciel, well-known rancher of Kaupo, died at his home at Valley View, Kaupo, at 5:45 Monday following a prolonged illness. Mr. Marciel, who was 58 years old, suffered an attack of heart disease. He was a well…
Church fair in Kaupo is successful
Bishop rededicates rebuilt church (Maui News, May 21, 1938) KAUPO, Maui, May 16—Kaupo had its first church fair Saturday and Sunday when Bishop Stephen Alencastre visited Kaupo to rededicate the 75 year old St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church. The community entered into the spirit of the occasion with a will and gross receipts totaled more…
Tarzan's epic interisland paddle to Kaupo
One day in late October 1945, Kaupo resident Abel Kawaiaea rode his horse to Mokulau around noon. The wind had calmed after days of rough seas, and the young cowboy, who had turned 20 the week before, had his fishing net in hand. As Abel scanned the ocean, he spotted a large fishing float off…
Gene "Tarzan" Smith paddles from Hawaii to Kaupo
Surf Boards From Hawaii To This Isle Gene Smith Paddles Board on 40-Mile Cruise All Alone (Maui News, October 27, 1945) Hawaii’s one-man Navy scored again! Gene Smith of Honolulu—the one man Navy, aided only by his surfboard—added another glowing chapter to his ever-growing accomplishments with a 12 hours, 25 minutes 40-mile trip unescorted from…
Nuu famine
(Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, September 21, 1878) Naaieono of Kula, Maui reports of a great famine at Nuu, Kaupo, and of panini cactus fruit being cooked in kettles as a drink to allay the intense hunger that has caused sunken eyes. (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, October 5, 1878) Word has come from W. A. Kala…
Luciana Keamalu Pihana, 56, June 22, 1931
A Eulogy for Mrs. Keamalu Pihana ("He Hooalohaloha no Mrs. Keamalu Pihana", Ke Alakai o Hawaii, September 3, 1931) Kipahulu, Maui, August 20, 1931. Dear Mr. Editor of Ke Alakai o Hawaii, greetings: Please be so kind as to devote some columns of our dear one for my tearful message of love for the one…
Young newlyweds
("Na Paa Mare Opiopio", Ka Loea Kalaiaina, October 21, 1899) On Saturday, September 30, 1899, at Nuu, Kaupo, Mr. Nalei Kaaihue and Miss Alice Kauakanilehua Kauhane were united by the golden cord that is the holy bond of matrimony by J. K. Piimanu before a crowd of guests. The marriage officiator performed the ceremony with…
Fell from a pali
(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, June 21, 1897) Lieutenant Needham, of the police force, received a letter Sunday from a relative living in Kaupo, Maui, to the effect that a native woman had fallen from a pali near that place, last week, and was instantly killed. It seems that early in the evening her husband and his…
Kaupo's many stores
Anyone familiar with Kaupo knows of Kaupo Store, a fixture in the community for a century starting in the 1920s, operating as a general store selling food, goods and other items. But what's less familiar is that Kaupo Store was just the last in a long line of general stores in the village. Americans opened…