Harvard graduate James Drummond Dole arrived in Hawaii in 1899. With $1,000 he bought a 64-acre government homestead. Combining his business and horticulture degrees with his love of farming, he decided to grow pineapples. In 1901, he built a cannery, planted the first pineapples and incorporated the business. Today the pineapple business is Hawaii's second largest industry and the Dole name is a household word.