That Western Life

Welcome to Part I of our Western History deep dives with our resident That Western Life historian Katie Surritt and co-host Katie Schrock. Make sure to tune in bi-monthly for all things western lifestyle on the That Western Life Podcast.  Summary: Starting with the first arrival of cattle to the Hawaiian Islands, the That Western Life team take a deep dive into the history of the Paniolo and the Hawaiian ranching and rodeo culture. From feral, dangerous cattle, to their own style of shipping and being crowned the 1908 World Champion Steer Ropers, Paniolos have changed many of how we see America. Rodeo did that.  In this episode:  Hawaii's Introdcution to cattle and horses The first calf born on the island was recorded to have been fed fish (don't worry, the British were equally as horrified) A kapu or Royal Edict was put on the cattle to protect harm or death from befalling them and were called the "King's Cattle" Within 10 years, 20,000 head of feral cattle, the ancestors of the same breed of black coated