Castle & Cooke history

Also in 1853, Castle and Cooke purchased their first ship, the Morning Star to ship produce to California.

By 1856, the partners elected to sell the depository, located on the outskirts of Honolulu, to concentrate on their burgeoning downtown business.

In 1858 Castle and Cooke first ventured out of the mercantile business to make an investment in the new sugar industry.

On November 16, 1889, the Oahu Railway and Land Company (OR&L) began operating on Hawai`i's third largest island, Oahu.

On December 28, 1894, the Castle & Cooke partnership was incorporated and Joe Atherton was elected president.

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Although C & C had been in the shipping business for 50 years, a 1907 agreement with William Matson to be the agent for his Matson Navigation Company greatly increased the business in this area.

In 1916 Edward Davies Tenney, a Castle nephew, became chairman of Castle & Cooke and a year later president of Matson Navigation upon William Matson's death.

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When he finally returned in 1933 he found his office moved to a storeroom.

In late 1946 the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) led a strike of 28,000 workers on 33 sugar plantations.

Also in 1959, Malcolm MacNaughton became the president of C & C. He believed that an entirely new corporate structure was needed to promote the company's growth.

International development became a reality when Dole Philippines was organized in 1963 to farm 18,000 acres on the island of Mindanao.

In July 1982, Kirchoff resigned and Henry Clark assumed interim responsibilities.

Since 1988 Castle & Cooke has played a fundamental role in transforming the region into a diverse, thriving community just two hours north of Los Angeles.