Generational stories of an American family at the forefront of modern Kansas agriculture, Hawaii’s sugar cane industry, and California’s technology boom.

Category John P. Mangelsdorf

California 2025 | John Mangelsdorf & Rachel Hunter

Last week, this blog’s creators celebrated a twenty-year friendship at The Savoy in Kansas City, Missouri. We’re Rachel and John, and we were also toasting the success of our company, Metapix.us, with a trip to Kansas and Missouri. We believe… Continue Reading →

Hawaii 1973 | Waipio Valley Treehouse

Built by Linda Beech Mangelsdorf in 1973, the Waipio Treehouse was a favorite destination of John P. Mangelsdorf and his brother Marco who spent much of 1984 living in the valley and installing hydroelectric equipment to use waterfall energy to… Continue Reading →