Ranching History of Lanai Island

1800's Ranching on Lanai

Sheep Farming Mormons on Lanai
In the 1860s, controversial religious leader Walter Murray Gibson built a Mormon colony and sheep farming community in the interior of Lanai Island. He paid for the land using his church's money, but he registered the land titles in his own name.

Gibson was later excommunicated, and many Mormons moved to Laie, where they built a still-thriving community.

1900's Ranching on Lanai

After tha Maunalei Sugar Company failed in 1901 Charles and Luika Gay purchased the sugar company’s interests in 1902 and began ranching and farming on Lanai.

George C. Munro was hired by the Lanai Company in in 1911 to manage their cattle ranch.

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