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Sugar Plantations of Maui
by Melody Lassalle
Most Portuguese Hawaiian researchers want to know more about the plantations their ancestors worked on. Learning about those sugar plantations is just a click away! Explore the plantations of Maui via the Internet.
Alexander & Baldwin Co.
Established in 1869 by Samuel T. Alexander and Henry P. Baldwin, sons of missionaries. The first crop was produced in 1870. This was the start of the sugar empire known as A&B Co.
Location: Between Paia & Makawao
The Beginning
Haiku Sugar Co.
Established in 1870 by Alexander & Baldwin Co.
Location: Haiku
Maui History
Hana Mill
Established in 1849 by George Wilfong. The mill burned down in 1850s. Wilfong quit the sugar business at that point.
Location: Hana
King Sugar Emerges
Hana Sugar Co. aka Ka'eleku Sugar Co.
Established in 1864 by August and Oscar Unna, brothers of Dutch descent. It was originally called the Hana Sugar Co, but was later combined with Ka'eleku Sugar Co. and given that name. The plantation was purchased in 1944 by Paul I. Fagan and converted to a ranch.
Location: Hana
Hana History
End of the Road: Heavenly Hana
Hotel Hana
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.
Established in 1882. Became a part of part of Alexander & Baldwin Co. in 1898, but didn't officially merged until 1962. Sugar cane is processed at the Puunene Mill.
Location: Puunene and Kahului
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.
Maui Sugar Museum
Hamakuapoko Mill (Ruins), Puunee Sugar Mill vicinity, Paia, Maui County, HI
Olowalu Sugar Co.
Established:
Location: Olowalu
Olowalu Sugar Mill Platform - photograph
Olowalu Sugar Mill Ruins - photograph #1
Olowalu Sugar Mill Ruins - photograph #2
Paia Plantation
Established ca. 1875 by Alexander & Baldwin Co. Closed down in 2000.
Location: Paia
Paia Plantation Reunion
Paia plantation residents plan reunion for old times' sake
Sweet Days Melting for Plantation Folks
Maui Remembers Book Excerpt
Old Paia Town: A Memoir
Pioneer Mill Co.
Established in 1861 by James Campbell, an Irish Sailor. The Mill had 10,000 workers in 1910. Closed down in 1999.
Location: Lahaina
A Look Back At Maui's Agricultural Past
Spreckels Sugar Mill
Established in 1880 by Claus Spreckels, owner of sugar refineries in California. The town of Spreckelsville grew around the mill.
Location: Spreckelsville
About the Honolulu Advertiser Newspaper
Germans in Hawaii
Maui Remembers Book Excerpt
Waihee Plantation aka Lewers Plantation
Established ca. 1860. Renamed the Lewers Plantation. It was managed in 1863 by Samuel T. Alexander prior to the founding of Alexander & Baldwin Co.
Location: Waihee
An American Sugar Mill
Wailuku Sugar Co.
Originally a sugar plantation, but later became the Wailuku Agribusiness--producing macadamia nuts. Closed down in 1999.
Location: Wailuku
Bailey House
Wailuku Town Getting A New Lease on Life
Letters from Mark Twain (scroll down to: "Mrs. Jane Clemens and Mrs. Moffett, in St. Louis--Wailuku Sugar Plantation, Island of Mauai, H.I., May 4, 1866)
Wailuku Agribusiness Ends
No information could be located on these plantations:
Hamoa Plantation
Kipahulu Plantation
Nahiki Sugar Co.
Updated 1/31/2003
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© 2003 Melody Lassalle
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