Clarence Medeiros, Sr.
Year Inducted: 2011
Magoon Ranch | Hawai'i
CM Ranch | Hawai'i
Born on September 18, 1932, during the Great Depression, Clarence Medeiros, Sr. started working at the age of fourteen. Times were hard and he wanted to help his family.
In 1948, Clarence Medeiros started working at Magoon’s Ranch in South Kona on the Big Island and worked there until the early 1960’s. From the 1960’s to the early 1980’s, Clarence worked on contract to catch wild cattle on the slopes of Mauna Loa with the C.Q. Yee Hop Ranch in South Kona.
Mr. Medeiros is one of the founders of the Kona Ka’u Roping Club.
From the 1960’s to the present, Mr. Medeiros has been the owner and operator of CM Ranch in Waimea and South Kona. The ranch is 350 acres and Clarence runs about 80 head of cattle.