His paternal grandparents moved from Maui to Lanai and his maternal grandparents moved from Kauai to Lanai to work for the “princely sum of 10 cents more a day on the new pineapple plantation.” ...
Lanai is known as the "Pineapple Island" because it once was home to a plantation that produced 75% of the world's pineapples. In 1922, pineapple tycoon James Drummond Dole purchased most of the ...