Following a full house at his February 27 “After Dark at the Park” presentation, UH-Hilo’s Dr. Peter Mills visits the Museum to reprise this popular account of his 17 years of research into paniolo culture in the ahupua‘a of Humu‘ula on the eastern slopes of Mauna Kea. Peter has led multiple field surveys and test excavations above the forest on Mauna Kea, augmented by extensive research into many documents including store ledgers, journals, and 19th-century newspaper articles that help bring the early days of sheep and cattle ranching into sharper focus. Major events explored by the project include the death of famed botanist David Douglas in a cattle trap in 1834 … the development of the Waimea Grazing and Agricultural Company operations in the 1850s—1870s … and the operation of the Humu‘ula Sheep Company from the 1870s to 1914.