Ron Brun
Year Inducted: 1999
O`ahu
Born on Kaua`i in 1939, Ron learned to rope and brand cattle on round-ups when he was 10 years old. His Dad taught him to train and shoe his own horses. As a teenager, his uncle would take him to help ranchers catch wild cattle in the mountains and bring them down to the corrals. In 1968 he moved to Honolulu and earned a reputation as a cowboy ready to help if someone needed a hand to round-up, catch or brand cattle. Besides being a cowboy all his life, Ron’s readiness to lend a hand is the quality that makes him a true paniolo.