ʻO kahi hale hōʻikeʻike ʻo Old Cowtown kahi huki no nā mākaʻikaʻi pahi

ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā Robert lāua ʻo Phyllis Johnson ko lāua hui i ka Pōʻaono ma Old Cowtown.

"Pono mākou e hui ma ʻaneʻi i ke awakea a hoʻi i luna o ke kaʻa, akā ʻaʻole mākou ʻike i hea nā mea ʻē aʻe," wahi a Phyllis Johnson.

ʻO ke koena o ka hui ma kahi huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa mai Louisiana ua ʻākoakoa a hoʻoholo lākou ʻaʻole makemake lākou e haʻalele.

"Makemake mākou e noho lōʻihi," wahi a Frances Ross. “He wahi hoihoi kēia.”

Ua makemake ka hui e holo ana i ka pahi kaʻa Diamond Tours i ka home mai Colorado Springs e nānā i ka Dixie Lee Saloon Girls i loko o ka hale lole a me ka hakakā ʻana o nā Cowtown Cowboys i ka hanana ʻo Celebrate America i kēia hopena pule ma ka hale moʻolelo moʻolelo ola o ka makahiki 1870.

ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa kaʻaahi keʻokeʻo e noho ana ma ke kahua kaʻa ma Old Cowtown he hōʻailona ia o ke ʻano o ka Wichita attraction, ka mea i hakakā i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, e hoʻāʻo nei e huki i nā malihini.

ʻO nā huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa i waena o ʻAmelika he aha nā moku holo moana i nā kahakai kahakai, e lawe ana i nā hui nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā wahi hoʻokahi.

ʻO kahi hoʻomaha hoʻokahi lā mai kahi hui huakaʻi e hoʻonui i ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko e $ 2,536 a i $ 4,563, e like me kahi noiʻi a George Washington University no ka American Bus Association. ʻO kahi hui e noho ana i nā pō ʻelua a hiki i $16,000.

"ʻO kēia kahi kūpono loa e hele ai i nā wahi e like me nā Dakota," wahi a Cassie Fahey, nāna i hoʻonohonoho i nā huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa ma Cowtown.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fahey, ua ʻike ʻo Old Cowtown i ka ulu ʻana o nā huakaʻi kaʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka Diamond Tours ma Florida i nā makahiki i hala. ʻOiai me ka emi ʻana o ka ʻoihana, ʻike ʻia ka ʻoihana huakaʻi kaʻa ma Old Cowtown i kēia manawa.

"I ka wā mua, makemake lākou i kahi e kū ai a ʻai i ka ʻaina awakea i nā lā Sābati," wahi a Fahey. "ʻAe, ʻaʻole mākou i wehe a hiki i ke awakea o ka lā Sābati, no laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e wehe ma mua e hoʻokipa i nā kaʻa."

Ma ka Poaono, ua laina laina na lala o ka huakai e kii i ko lakou kii me Aberahama Linekona ka mea hana hou ia Tom Leahy, a pa'ipa'i a hehi pu me na mele a Dixie Lee Saloon Girls.

"Ua like kēia me ke kaona o Old West," wahi a Ross.

ʻO ka ulu ʻana o nā huakaʻi kaʻa a me nā hoʻolimalima o ke kikowaena hoʻokipa ua kōkua i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā i ka hale hōʻikeʻike, wahi a ka luna hoʻonohonoho kūikawā ʻo Rick Rekoske.

"He mare kā mākou ma ʻaneʻi i kēia pō," wahi āna i ka Pōʻaono.

Ua piʻi aʻe nā puke no nā hoʻokipa a me nā hanana ʻē aʻe ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana o ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka Diamond W Wranglers a me kā lākou ʻahaʻaina chuckwagon mai ke kikowaena malihini kipa i ka paka. ʻO ia ka mea i wehe i ke kikowaena malihini i nā hoʻokipa a me nā hanana.

ʻO nā hanana kūikawā, e like me Celebrate America, a me kahi hanana Women of the West i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻAukake e kōkua pū kekahi i nā malihini i ka paka.

ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana iā ʻAmelika, ka hanana o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Independence Day, he hanana makahiki a hiki i ka makahiki i hala, i ka wā i kū ai.

Akā, ua hoʻi mai i kēia makahiki me nā hiʻohiʻona hou, me kahi derby lawaiʻa a me nā punahele kahiko e like me ka pana anvil.

"Hāʻawi ka pana anvil i kahi pahū nui, a makemake nā poʻe i kēlā," wahi a Rekoske.