(Maui News, October 17, 1922) A. V. Marciel was over from Kaupo for the Fair as the guest of Sheriff Clem Crowell. He was taken for a motor trip to Lahaina and visited the former capital of the county for the first time in 35 years. The last time he made the trip from Wailuku…
Author: Kawika Gregoire
The origin of Kaupo Ranch
On June 20, 2023, Kaupo Ranch changed hands for the first time in nearly 100 years when Kamehameha Schools, through the estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, took control. Dr. William Dwight Baldwin purchased the underlying land in 1929 for his son Dwight, who named it Kaupo Ranch. From 1929 until 2023, the ranch was owned…
While there are some mishaps and several cases of exhaustion all return safely
(Hawaiian Gazette, January 5, 1915) Never since the days when the Hawaiian armies camped and fought in the crater of Haleakala has the house of the sun god held so many persons as it did on Saturday when more than 100 member of the Trail and Mountain Club marched through the biggest extinct crater in…
Joseph Paele Kaaikaula Kalohelani, 63, January 6, 1923
A Lament for my Beloved Husband ("He Manewanewa No Ka’u Mea Aloha He Kane", Nupepa Kuokoa, January 25, 1923) Mr. Solomon Hanohano, caretaker of the Hawaiian nation, greetings:—Please be so gracious as to set aside columns in the Kuokoa, the news bearer of the nation, for the burden I am placing on it, and report…
Cecilia Kaahanui Keawekekahialiiokamoku Apua, 73, May 12, 1919
A Tearful Message of Love ("He Puolo Waimaka Na Ke Aloha", Nupepa Kuokoa, June 13, 1919) Mr. Solomon Hanohano, greetings:—This pen asks for your generosity regarding our tearful message of love. On Monday, May 12, at 3:30 p.m., as the wind swirled in from the eastern horizon, roaring through the center of Makiki, pain crept…
Malia Napuaalaikahikina Napeha Williams, 55, June 21, 1921
Mrs. Malie Puaala Williams Has Passed Away ("O Mrs. Malie Puaala Williams Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, July 15, 1921) Dear editor of the Kuokoa, greetings:—To inform those in every corner of this land who are friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Puaala Williams, my dear wife and companion, my sympathizer in all things related to this…
The ahupuaa of Kaupo
Kaupo, like the rest of Maui, was in ancient times divided into land sections called ahupuaa. Ahupuaa typically consisted of an area of land running from the mountains to the sea, containing most of the resources that its residents would need for their day-to-day life. According to tradition, it was Kakaalaneo and Kakae, rulers of…
Samuel Pekuholo Pupuhi, 43, September 10, 1923
Samuel Pupuhi Has Ceased Breathing the Air of This World ("Pauaho Mai O Samuel Pupuhi I Keia Ola Ana", Nupepa Kuokoa, October 4, 1923) After months of illness, the callous hands of death reached out and took the life inhabiting the body of Samuel Pekuholo Pupuhi in the evening of Monday, Sept. 10, 1923, from…
David Murray, 76, January 1917
My Husband, the Rev. D. Murray, Has Passed ("O Kuu Kane Rev. D. Murray Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, January 26, 1917) Mr. Editor Hanohano—Please grant space in your treasure for my eulogy for my husband, the Rev. David Murray, who has left me, his wifely companion, and our beloved lei of a daughter who has…
Legend of the shark gods Kanekokala and Kanewahine
Kaupo natives of old frequently served as sources for Hawaiian history and culture. Their wisdom is dotted throughout museum archives, historical newspapers and radio program collections. But other information remains concealed in family records. This includes a legend about the shark gods Kanekokala and Kanewahine in the personal files of Kaupo resident Joseph Marciel (1882-1949)….