The Welcome Center’s retail corner offers a variety of Kohala-related products to commemorate your visit.
Available for purchase at the Welcome Center or order online below.
Historic Kohala T-shirts
Our exclusive design features a tapa design on the front with a full-color image of beautiful Pololu Valley on the back. Generously sized, preshrunk and available in sizes small to XX in a choice of three colors: blue, green and pepper. Durable, soft, 100% ringspun cotton.
$25 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
Historic Kohala Baseball Caps
Our exclusive cap design is embroidered with “Historic Kohala” on the front and “Discover the End of the Road” on the back. This 100% cotton cap has an adjustable velcro strap for a perfect fit. Available in Green, Royal Blue, Pink, and Khaki.
$25 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
Musicians of Kohala CD
Listen to the sounds of Kohala as you travel the island! Experience Kohala’s musical heritage with this beautiful music compilation evoking the heart and soul of Kohala as interpreted by thirteen of our finest musicians. Includes rare tracks that were previously out of print.
$15 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
Ranching Under the Rainbow: Monty Richards of Kahua Ranch
Now Available! In 1957 Monty Richards assumed management over his family’s legacy, nearly 20,000 acres of land between Hawi and Waimea called Kahuā Ranch. Adjacent to the vast Parker Ranch, Kahuā was one of the largest in Hawai`i. To Kohala, Kahuā was not only one of Hawaii’s most vital cattle ranches, it also held one of the last intact villages of old Hawai`i, home to more than 30 ranching families. From the origins of Kahuā Ranch in the early 1920s to the stories of early cattle ranching and the people of Kahuā, Monty entertains in his own delightful style of “talking story.” Softcover, 167 pages.
$20 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
A Storyteller’s Story: Kindy Sproat of North Kohala
Growing up in a remote valley in North Kohala, Kindy Sproat describes his life’s journey in his own words with a deep passion for the place he calls home and a love of music that leads him to an unexpected career as an internationally revered and award winning artist. Over 65 photos and the lyrics of 30 songs weave through this extraordinary and beautifully simple storyteller’s story about a man with a heart even larger than his fame. Softcover, 275 pages.
$20 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
The Painted King: Art, Activism and Authenticity in Hawai`i
The Painted King is Glenn Wharton’s account of his efforts to conserve the Kohala Kamehameha statue, but it is also the story of his journey to understand the statue’s meaning for the residents of Kapa`au. A veteran of public art conservation, Wharton had never before encountered a community that had developed such a lengthy, personal relationship with a civic monument. Softcover 203 pages.
$25 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
Kohala `Aina
The first comprehensive history of the Big Island’s famed North Kohala district was published in November 2003. This beautiful coffee-table book encompasses a 300-year history from before the reign of Kohala native King Kamehameha I through the close of the sugar plantations in the late 20th century to the current renaissance. The more than 150 historic photographs of North Kohala that illustrate the book, most of which have never been seen publicly, were supplied in large part by the Bishop Museum. Hardcover, 224 pages.
$60 (tax included, add $12 for shipping)
`IO LANI The Hawaiian Hawk
Brand new! This beautiful collection of photographs by Kohala’s own Yama Chillingworth with accompanying essays by John Culliney, biologist and Nathan Napoka, Native Hawaiian Historian, tell the remarkable story of the singular bird that was once the symbol of Hawaiian royalty. Softcover, 58 pages.
$25 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
Kohala Keia
This collection of articles and expressions recounts the history, places, culture and people of Kohala as written and collected by Kohala residents in 1977. Softcover with plastic binding. 139 pages.
$20 (tax included, add $7 for shipping)
