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The Imperial Land Company was a land colonization company incorporated in California in March, 1900 for the purpose of encouraging settlement of the Imperial Valley thus providing customers for the California Development Company.
- Imperial County, California
This had been named for the Imperial Land Company, a...
- Imperial Sugar
Imperial Sugar is a major U.S. sugar producer and marketer...
- Imperial County, California
Key Dates: 1843: A commercial raw sugar mill is constructed in a southeast Texas community later named Sugar Land. 1905: The Sugar Land Plantation and sugar mill are acquired by I.H. Kempner and partner and are operated as Sugarland Industries; the first Holly Sugar factory is built in Holly, Colorado.
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To help finance the canal system, another California Development Company subsidiary, the Imperial Land Company, sold shares of water stock through locally owned mutual water companies. Chaffey began to dredge in August of 1900, creating a canal bed from Hanlon Heading
Mar 29, 2021 · The Imperial Valley took its name from the Imperial Land Co., a subsidiary of the California Development Company charged with reclaiming the water-starved but arable land east of San...
In this 1996 educational film, historian and former KPRC newsman Ray Miller summarizes the history of Sugar Land and the Imperial Sugar Company. With the aid of historical photographs, Miller traces the company's story from its origins as the Oakland Plantation to its acquisition of the Holly Sugar Corporation.
