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‘Āinahou Ranch
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in
Hawai’i Volcanoes NP
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Hawai‘ian Islands
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The Shipman family leased 6,324 acres (2,559 ha) of land near the Kīlauea volcano in 1937 from the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, which they called the Ainahou Ranch. The name ʻaina hou means "new land". An older ranch called Keauhou (not to be confused with the Keauhou, Hawaii on the western side of the island) had been established here in 1921, so a primitive trail existed, and the Chain of Craters Road had recently been built within a few miles. Herbert C. Shipman built a house on the remote ranch in 1941 for the family as a refuge for the anticipated Japanese invasion of Hawaii. It was used as a working cattle ranch, raising beef for the military during World War II. After the 1946 tsunami devastated the Puna Shipman property, killing half the endangered Hawaiian geese (nēnē) he was…
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