Kalae Dairy, Molokai

Object/Artifact

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Hawaii's History, A Personal Collection

Author's Personal Collection: Postmarked Aug 10, 1896 "Per S.S. Mokolii" Mokolii was a 97 ton wooden hull screw steamer built by Dickie Bros. in San Francisco. She arrived at Honolulu in September, 1878 and continued in the interisland trade until past 1900. Postoffice in Paradise Credit
Author's Personal Collection

Postmarked Aug 10, 1896 "Per S.S. Mokolii" Mokolii was a 97 ton wooden hull screw steamer built by Dickie Bros. in San Francisco. She arrived at Honolulu in September, 1878 and continued in the interisland trade until past 1900. Postoffice in Paradise Credit

Name/Title

Kalae Dairy, Molokai

Description

Kalae Dairy, Molokai Postmarked Aug 10, 1896 Meyer returned to Molokaʻi in 1853 to establish a family homestead in the remote north central area known as Kalaʻe which means "the clearness" in the Hawaiian language.[4] Meyer and his sons established and grew a business. Crops included corn, wheat, Brynn, and beans as well as traditional Hawaiian taro. After the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 removed tariffs on sugar exports to the United States, he operated a sugar mill from 1876 to 1889. Since he did not have the large cash investments of planters on other islands, only about 30 acres (12 ha) of sugarcane were cultivated, and the mill was built with older 1850s technology. The mill used animal power instead of steam. About 50 short tons (45 t) of sugar were produced a year.[7] He was the first on Molokaʻi to grow and mill sugar and coffee commercially and he exported these to Honolulu and California. King Kamehameha V hired the family to manage a vast ranch on the western end of the island called Molokai Ranch. He operated a dairy which produced butter sold locally and sent to California.[1] Wikipedia reference nos.

Web Links and URLs

Wikipedia - Rudolph Wilhelm Meyer - Dairy

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Create Date

August 14, 2023

Update Date

August 14, 2023