by Paniolo Preservation Society | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Legacy, Paniolo, Paniolo Hall of Fame
Rawhide Ben leading a wild steer at Pohakuloa Mauna Kea Ebenezer “Rawhide Ben” Parker Low (Paniolo Hall of Fame Class of 2005) was born in Honolulu, October 4, 1864, the great grandson of John Palmer Parker I and Kipikane. He was handling cows before he was six,...
by Paniolo Preservation Society | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Legacy, Paniolo, Pukalani Stables
Alex Bell & Rally Greenwell – 1944 By Dr. Billy Bergin You are reading Part 2 of a 4-part story series. Read Part 1 here. Richard Penhallow, upon succeeding the stoic Hartwell Carter as manager, took a very different direction, wanting to “open the gates of...
by Paniolo Preservation Society | Jan 28, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Legacy, Paniolo, Paniolo Hall of Fame
An optimist by nature Harry Martens von Holt II was born in North Kohala in 1948. Named after his paternal grandfather, he grew up on Kahua Ranch, working side by side with Hawaiian cowboys who adapted his name from Harry von Holt to “Hale Pono Holo,” and the nickname...
by Paniolo Preservation Society | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Paniolo, Paniolo Hall of Fame
Photo credit Sarah Anderson William J. “Willy” Andrade, Sr. (Paniolo Hall of Fame Class of 2001) is fondly remembered as founder of the Hawai’i Saddle Club, career rancher and fireman, and a friend to all. He grew up in a large paniolo family in Ahualoa and Hanaipoe...
by Paniolo Preservation Society | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog, Featured, Legacy, Paniolo, Paniolo Hall of Fame
The Greenwells, a Paniolo Dynasty The history of the paniolo begins not on horseback but at sea, with the ships that brought both cattle and cattlemen to Hawaii’s shores. In 1850, after failed attempts at sheep ranching in Australia, and gold mining in California, one...
by Paniolo Preservation Society | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog, Featured, Legacy, Paniolo, Paniolo Hall of Fame
In 1928, Joseph Atherton Richards, Paniolo Hall of Fame Class of 2000, with his partner Ronald von Holt, purchased a large swatch of Kohala ranchlands from Frank Woods, a descendant of John Palmer Parker, and the husband of Eva Parker Woods. Atherton named the verdant...
