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Hilo -- Pu'u'ō'ō Trail, also called Ka'ūmana Trail, was built atop the 1855 lava flow and was used for travel by horse or foot to Pu'u'ō'ō Ranch and Humu'ula. It approximates the route of earlier prehistoric trails. Much of the trail crosses smooth pāhoehoe lava and is marked by rock cairns. Where it crosses stony 'a'ā lava, larger stones were moved to each side so the trail forms a trough. The remaining section today is approximately six miles long. During the nineteenth century, use of the trail shifted from native Hawaiian bird catchers, kia manu, who worked on the eastern slopes of Maunakea, to hunters and cowboys.
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