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30 de abr. de 2022 · Claus Spreckels, formally Adolph Claus J. Spreckels (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908) was a major industrialist in Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican and territorial periods of the islands' history. He also involved himself in several California enterprises, most notably the company that bears his name, Spreckels Sugar Company.
15 Lease of Wailuku crown lands to Claus Spreckels by Commissioners of Crown Lands, effective July 1, 1878, book 55, pp. 196–200; book 57, pp. 299–304. Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu. 16 16 Copy of the petition is in file “Water — Maui — Molokai — Sundries, 1866–1885,” Archives of Hawaii. 17
Rudolph Spreckels' Motion to Dissolve the Sugar Stock Injunction Denied. An important victory for Claus Spreckels in the suit to recover 5000 shares of Paauhau plantation stock from Rudolph Spreckels was gained yesterday in the Superior Court, Judge Slack denying the defendant's motion to dissolve the injunction.
13 de oct. de 2019 · Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) was perhaps the most successful German-American immigrant entrepreneur of the late-nineteenth century; he was one of the ten richest Americans of his time. The career of the “sugar king” of California, Hawaiʻi and the American West consisted of building and breaking monopolies in sugar, transport, gas, electricity, real estate, newspapers, banks and breweries.
29 de may. de 2013 · For several years, Claus Spreckels was the dominant economic and political force in Hawaii, more influential than King Kalakaua. While many contemporaries denounced the California sugar king as a usurper, the document gives evidence of the different economic logics of the post-autocratic Hawaiian kingdom and the German-American entrepreneur.
1 de sept. de 2017 · Claus Spreckels donated to the construction of the first Catholic church in Aptos which was completed in 1875. In 1899, Claus also paid for the construction of the second Aptos School. It was built in today’s Aptos Village Square where Kristy’s School of Dance is located.
Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket, built a sugar empire, ... Sandra E. Bonura tells the overlooked yet genuine rags-to-riches story of Claus Spreckels and his pioneering role in developing the sugar industry in the United States and the kingdom of Hawai‘i.
