'Ale mai ke aloha kau i ka maka ~ Ke One 'o Polo Maui Hawai'i

'Ale mai ke aloha kau i ka maka ~ Ke One 'o Polo Maui Hawai'i

Sunset Polo Beach
Wailea Maui Hawai’i

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‘Ale mai ke aloha kau i ka maka
Love comes like a billow and rests before the eyes. Said of an overwhelming love that leaves a constant yearning, with the image of one’s affections ever before one.

The name Polo Beach is from the Hawaiian expression: *Ke One o Polo (the Sands of Polo), and earlier was part of the Ulupalakua horse Ranch. This beach was considered part of Wailea Beach by old-timers and never was given a Hawaiian name.

Long before this area was developed, horses and cattle wandered down the Haleakala mountain from Ulupalakua Ranch to drink from the natural fresh water springs that emerged from the sand near the lava rocks.

The animals were often seen pawing in the sand for the spring water on calm, low-tide days. Polo Beach was called “Dead Horse Beach” during the ranching days. It was an unpleasant name for such a lovely beach and, when the construction of the Wailea resort began, the name “Ke One o Polo” (the Sands of Polo) was given to it. The name also appeared in the pamphlet “Ke Alaloa o Maui.”

Kama’aina, long-time residents know this lovely beach as Ferkany Beach. It is said that in 1950 Judge Cable Wirtz, who owned several acres of land adjoining the beach, sold a portion of it to Dr. Joseph Ferkany.

There were two beach houses on it with gabled roofs, which became landmarks to fishermen passing by offshore in their canoes and boats. The fishermen began calling the area Ferkany Beach. In 1959, the doctor changed his name from Ferkany to Andrews. It didn’t make any difference. The area was still Ferkany Beach until the resort changed the name.” (Quote is an excerpt from A Plus Resorts)

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