Pineapples are indigenous to South America and the Caribbean, ... who overthrew indigenous Hawaiian authorities in the late 19th century. One such businessman, Sanford Dole, ...

Land privatization and water depletion set the stage for the Lahaina fire 150 years ago. Now, land companies may benefit even more In the late 18th century, when the Hawaiian Kingdom became a ...

In the 19th century, pineapples joined sugar as a major crop in Hawaii, but as land and labor costs rose and tourism flourished, the big plantations have dwindled.

Pineapples became widely available in America in the 20th century thanks to James Dole. The Dole Food Company began canning the fruit, too, and to boost sales, it held a competition in 1925 for ...

Pineapples were all the rage in the 1700s. The word "salary" is derived from the word "salt," which was once an emblem of social status. In Victorian England and Ireland, fake crumbly ruins called ...

The first upside-down cakes were made in the mid-19th century with fruit like cherries and apples, ... James Dole's Hawaiian Pineapple Company debuted canned pineapple in 1903 and a machine to ...

“By 1850, 200,000 pineapples a year were being unloaded on London’s dockside,” Beauman said. “Then, when refrigeration and canning came, later in the century, they really became ubiquitous.” ...