The book “Haleakala Ranch: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary” was recognized with an Interpretive Media Award at Historic Hawai’i Foundation’s 2015 Preservation Honor Awards Ceremony in Honolulu on June 8. Scott Meidell, vice president and general manager for Haleakala Ranch Co., accepted the award on behalf of all who contributed to the book’s success.

Maui author John Harrisson spent more than seven years researching and writing the book that chronicled the 125 years since the ranch incorporated in 1888. “This is obviously a great honor,” Harrisson said. “Of the 30-plus books I’ve written over the past 25 years, this is the book of which I am most proud because of the oral histories and rare photos collected from family, retirees, cowboys, management, staff and friends of the ranch. Our book designer, Barbara Pope, led a top-notch team that pulled all of these elements together.”

In the letter notifying Haleakala Ranch of the award, Kiersten Faulkner, executive director of Historic Hawaii Foundation, stated: “The book is not just a beautiful book, it is an accurate written record of important historic milestones presented within the context of heartfelt human stories that illuminate both the times and the personalities of the ranch’s first century and pays homage to place.”

“Haleakala Ranch: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary” has six chapters that chronicle the origins of Haleakala Ranch. Photos from the private collections of family members and ranch employees add a vivid dimension to the stories of Maui in days gone by.