Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawaii

Appendix 11: Ranches in 1930

s a p p e n d i x 11 Ranches in 1930 Ranch District Acreage Started Owner Hawai‘i Greenwell Ranch N. & S. Kona 112,000 1875 Greenwell Honokaa Sugar Co. Ranch Hāmākua 2,600 1916 Honokaa Sugar Co. Huehue Ranch N. Kona 40,000 1885 Maguire Kaalualu Ranch Ka‘ū 56,000 n.a.1 Hutchinson Sugar Co. Kahua Ranch Kohala 38,000 1880 Richards Kahuku Ranch Ka‘ū 184,000 ca. 1868 Parker Ranch Keauhou Ranch Ka‘ū 35,000 1900 Brown Keaau Ranch Puna 50,000 1875 Shipman Kukaiau Ranch Hāmākua 35,000 1875 Kukaiau Plantation McWayne Ranch Ka‘ū 40,000 1907 McWayne Olelomoana Ranch S. Kona 8,000 1907 Yee Hop Kapapala Ranch Ka‘ū 75,000 1860 Hawaiian Agric. Co. Parker Ranch Kohala 230,000 ca. 1830 Parker family Puakea Ranch Kohala 25,000 1875 Wight Puu Oo Ranch Hilo 23,000 1896 Shipman Puuwaawaa Ranch N. Kona 128,000 1892 Hind Kaho‘olawe Kahoolawe Ranch 28,700 Baldwin family (continued) Kaua‘i Grove Farm Ranch Līhu‘e 7,500 1864 Grove Farm Sugar Co. Kekaha Sugar Co. R. Waimea 27,000 1870 Kekaha Sugar Co. Kilauea Sugar Co. R. Hanalei 1,000 n.a. Kilauea Sugar Co. Koloa Sugar Co. R. Kōloa 2,500 1835 Koloa Sugar Co. Lihue Plantation R. Līhu‘e 5,000 1850 Lihue Sugar Co. Makaweli Ranch Waimea ahupua‘a2 1865 Gay & Robinson Princeville Pltn. R. Hanalei 10,000 ca. 1860s Lihue Plantation Lana‘i Lanai Ranch Lana‘i 55,000 ca. 1860s Haw’n Pineapple Co. Moloka‘i Molokai Ranch Moloka‘i 68,000 ca. 1900 Cooke Maui Maui Ag Co.–Grove Ranch Makawao 12,000 1904 Alexander & Baldwin HC&S Co. Makawao/ Wailuku n.a. 1907 HC&S Co. Haleakala Ranch Makawao 34,644 1888 Baldwin family Honolua Ranch Lahaina 16,000 ca. 1880 Baldwin Packers Kaonoula Ranch Makawao 30,000 1881 Rice family Ranch District Acreage Started Owner Pioneer Mill Co. Ranch Lahaina 9,000 1912 Pioneer Mill Sugar Co. Ulupalakua Ranch Makawao 63,000 ca. 1880s Baldwin family Ni‘ihau Niihau Ranch Ni‘ihau 46,000 n.a. Robinson O‘ahu Kaneohe Ranch Ko‘olau Poko 12,000 1890 Castle Oahu Railway and Land Co. ‘Ewa/Wai‘anae, Ko‘olau Loa 34,400 1890 Oahu Railway & Land Co. Waianae Ranch Co. Wai‘anae 2,000 1870s Waianae Sugar Co. Source: Adapted from Henke, Survey of Livestock, 26–65. Henke traveled to all ranches, conducted interviews, and wrote a summary of each one. 1. n.a. = data not available. 2. Gay & Robinson purchased the entire ahupua‘a of Wiamea. ...