Rockefeller Sr. with family. Rockefeller Archives. The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's ... 30 years later in her The History of the Standard Oil Company.

An accounting clerk by trade, John D. Rockefeller turned a $4,000 investment in a Cleveland oil refinery into one of the largest fortunes in modern human history. At his all-time peak, John D.

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When Ida Tarbell traveled to Cleveland to observe John D. Rockefeller, Sr ... and beneath that pretence she slips into her 'history' all sorts of evil and prejudicial stuff, calling it ...

The official kickoff of the holiday season in New York isn't complete until the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit. The tradition dates back as far as 1933, when Rockefeller Center held the ...