The rodeo proved to the mainland what Hawaiians, who greeted the returning heroes with a parade, already knew: that Hawaiian cowboys, called paniolo, are some tough customers. The Hawaiian ...

Meanwhile, the paniolo’s labor and expertise powered the islands’ ranching industry, which grew throughout the 19th century as foreign powers tightened their grip on the Hawaiian Kingdom. Beginning in ...

Such is the case with the paniolo, or Hawaiian cowboy. In 1793, while Hawai‘i was still an independent republic, British Captain George Vancouver gifted King Kamehameha I a small amount of ...