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To: DoughtyOne

Hawaii German immigrant Claus Spreckles brought the idea of sugar plantations to Hawaii and founded C&H . He might have been Austrian or Swiss m by I think German .
There is a Sprecklesville on Maui , one of the few places with a haole name


15 posted on 01/06/2016 11:02:04 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Thanks for the mention. Interesting.


21 posted on 01/07/2016 11:42:11 AM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: LeoWindhorse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreckels,_California

Spreckles California, Once largest sugar beet plant


25 posted on 01/07/2016 11:58:13 AM PST by truth_seeker
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