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Hawaii’s Cowboy Tradition

by | Mar 23, 2010 | Features & Gunfights

Experiencing the life of the paniolo from the late 1700s to today.
The steam from the volcano diffused the dawn as the cattle drive reached the shoreline where the Pacific Ocean rolled into Kawaihae Bay. While some of the cowboys herded the cattle into stonewalled pens on the beach, others dismounted and removed their saddles. They carried them to safety in the tall dry grass beyond the surf line. They took off their


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