("Hoolaha Papa", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 26, 1887) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, regarding that certain parcel of land situated at Alaakua, Kaupo, island of Maui, Hawaiian islands, being the joint land of J. W. KAWAAKOA (male) and KUNIHI (male), consisting of 42 acres, more or less, Royal Patent Grant 2800. J. W. Kawaakoa has…
Author: Kawika Gregoire
Mary Wong Ah Chin, 19, August 6, 1918
My Beloved Daughter Has Passed Away ("Kuu Kaikamahine Aloha Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, August 16, 1918) Mr. Solomon Hanohano, editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa; greetings:—If there is room, please consent to publish my tearful message of love within the columns of our precious one so that it may be borne swiftly over the swells of…
Luau at the Catholic church of Kaupo, Maui
("Ka Paina Luau o ka Ekalesia Katolika o Kaupo, Maui", Nupepa Kuokoa, October 28, 1921) On Oct. 2, a luau was held by the members of the Catholic church here in Kaupo as a means to obtain various materials to address needs of the church. Before the tolling of the hour at 9 a.m., a…
Henry Kukahiko, 23, December 1, 1922
A Eulogy for Our Dear Departed Lei ("He Hoalohaloha No Ka Maua Lei Heleloa", Nupepa Kuokoa, December 28, 1922) Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa; greetings:—Please provide space in our distinguished one so that it will flash like lightning to inform the public from where the sun rises to where it sets at Lehua that our…
Measles outbreak
(He Mai Puupuu Ulaula", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, December 2, 1861) The schoolteacher at Nuu, Kaupo, Maui writes to us with the following report: “The news at Nuu is of an outbreak of measles. It began in the final week of October, and in the first week of November, it spread to many of the children….
A song of Kaupo
("He Mele No Kaupo", Nupepa Kuokoa, March 6, 1903) Kaupo, famous for eating sea cucumbersThe fish with no eyes writhing in the sandAlluring are the eyes of the goatfishWorked into a frenzy by the net.I gaze at the beautyOf the jagged cliffs at Kou.I am your companion, a fine matchFor the days when the sun…
Owning the land: How Kaupo became private property
In the mid-1800s, the Hawaiian kingdom upended the traditional system of land management in which the ruler of an island would choose supporters of high rank (alii and konohiki) to manage the various land divisions, with the land redistributed on the ascension of a new ruler. This changed in the 1840s and 1850s, when a…
After many years
(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…
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…