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Outreach Exhibits
The Kona Historical Society has completed two
exhibits (see below) and is working on others about Kona coffee
history and the multi-ethnic people of Kona and their diverse
histories. For more information about our exhibits, please
contact the Society.
Ranching Exhibit
This three-panel exhibit illustrates the origins of
the cattle industry in Kona and its impact on the social and
economic development of the community. The Kona Historical
Society's ranching exhibit may be seen at the following hotels:
Sheraton Keauhou, Royal Kona Resort, Outrigger Keauhou, Mauna
Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows, and the Four Seasons at Hualalai.
Photo from the Kona Historical Society
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An excerpt from the exhibit:
Growing up in the 1920s, Kapua
Wall Heuer (third from right) worked cattle on her family's
Wall Ranch. In this photo she poses in the surf at Keauhou
Bay with ranch hands after a day of shipping cattle, ca.
1930.
"We used to leave here 4 o'clock in the morning and
get up there because when the sun came up bright, the cattle
went into the forest. When you got there, and it was still
shaded, the cattle were outside or around the outside. The
land up there is all forest, and then you would come across
the lava, and then it's like coming into a meadow, all grass,
and when those cattle saw you coming you could always tell
the wild ones. They'd immediately break from the tame ones
and run into the forest and hide." Kapua Wall Heuer describes
her experience working cattle in mauka Kona ca. 1920.
Martial Arts Exhibit
Martial Arts from Japan to Kona 1885-1945. This exhibit showcases
the traditional martial arts as they were practiced by Japanese
immigrants in Kona. Sumotori, Hawai`i Island - c. 1919 Two
young nisei wrestlers square off before their bout at the
sumo basho. Many nisei were encouraged by their immigrant
parents (issei) to participate in traditional marital arts
including Japan's national sport of sumo.
These wrestlers are wearing
a simple loin cloth or mawashi.
Photo courtesy the Bishop Museum Archives
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