07-27-2018, 06:03 AM
All this the Shipman's this and the Shipman's that...
Anyone that really wants to know about the Shipman's and their history here should read The Shipmans of East Hawaii...
https://www.amazon.com/Shipmans-East-Haw...0824816803
It's a bit dry, Emmett was never known for the eloquence of his prose, but it is a page turner none the less, for those that find the history of Hawaii intriguing..
And yeah, their's is a long game.. predicated on leasing the land rather than making a stand on whatever the passing fancy is of the time... coffee.. sugarcane.. the successes and failures are all the same as long as the tenant pays the rent. I suspect they're happy as pie at the latest turn of events where Pahoa stands to turn into a outpost at the end of the road, while Keeau is soon to come into it's own as the major hub of Puna.
Anyone that really wants to know about the Shipman's and their history here should read The Shipmans of East Hawaii...
https://www.amazon.com/Shipmans-East-Haw...0824816803
It's a bit dry, Emmett was never known for the eloquence of his prose, but it is a page turner none the less, for those that find the history of Hawaii intriguing..
And yeah, their's is a long game.. predicated on leasing the land rather than making a stand on whatever the passing fancy is of the time... coffee.. sugarcane.. the successes and failures are all the same as long as the tenant pays the rent. I suspect they're happy as pie at the latest turn of events where Pahoa stands to turn into a outpost at the end of the road, while Keeau is soon to come into it's own as the major hub of Puna.