Spreckels Sugar Company Collection

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Spreckels Sugar Company Collection

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University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

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Spreckels Sugar Company

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Organizational History The Spreckels Sugar Company was founded by capitalist, Claus Spreckels (1828-1908). Initially a San Francisco grocer, he became involved in California sugar production as early as 1863 and was one of the founders of the California sugar beet industry. Spreckels established his first sugar company, Western Beet Sugar, at Watsonville (1888). By that date Spreckels had also gained control over much of the cane sugar indust...