Category: Cultural History

  • The Ranch: 1969 – 2002

    The Ranch: 1969 – 2002

    Early History Here I will recount the story of this place as I remember it… When my grandparents came to this place, it was a base station for a banana growing business called Pacific Hawaii Fruit. My grandfather, Claude Vernon Barker, became a partner in the company while he was still living on O’ahu. Things…