Kingo Gushikuma
Year Inducted: 2000
Parker Ranch | Hawai'i
Double-Rainbow Ranch | O'ahu
Kingo worked for Parker Ranch before joining the army in 1944. After service he worked as an independent contractor for cattle and was in the horse breeding and ranching business in Waiawa and Waihona valleys.
Kingo is best known as a master saddle maker. His saddle craft made him famous as the designer of the "Kingo Slick" and "Kohala Slick" saddles, now being manufactured in Utah and Texas. Kingo still runs his own stable in Pearl City, “the Double Rainbow”, where he has shared his secrets and skills with young and old alike.