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Added to NRHP. June 23, 1978. James Drummond Dole (September 27, 1877 – May 20, 1958), the "Pineapple King", was an American industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii. He established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (HAPCO) which was later reorganized to become the Dole Food Company that operates in over 90 countries.
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (ML&P, NYSE: MLP) is a land holding and operating company founded in 1909 and based in Kapalua, Hawaii, United States. It owns approximately 24,300 acres (100 km 2) on the island of Maui. It develops, sells, and manages residential, resort, commercial and industrial real estate; and operates retail, golf and ...
A year later, James Dole, the president of Hawaiian Pineapple Company (later renamed Dole Food Company), bought the island and developed a large portion of it into the world's largest pineapple plantation. Upon Hawaii statehood in 1959, Lanai became part of the Maui County.
The Old Sugar Mill, established in 1835 by Ladd & Co., is the site of the first sugar plantation. In 1836 the first 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) of sugar and molasses was shipped to the United States. [1] The plantation town of Koloa, was established adjacent to the mill. By the 1840s sugarcane plantations gained a foothold in Hawaiian agriculture.
Formerly a Dole Pineapple farm, this 141-square mile island has no traffic lights and few paved roads. The smallest of the inhabited islands of Hawaii, it is only nine miles from Maui but it feels ...
An ad for Dole pineapple juice, circa 1910. In 1899, industrialist James Dole moved to Hawaii. James was the cousin of Sanford B. Dole, who had helped overthrow the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893, and became the governor of Hawaii in 1898. [11] Two years after James Dole's arrival, he formed the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (HPC).