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Rare historic photos reveal what America's Gilded Age was really like
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe tale of an era Photo Recall/Alamy Railroad barons, gargantuan East Coast mansions and elaborate...
See inside Kykuit, a 40-room mansion in New York that once belonged to the richest man in the world
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoKykuit Mansion.Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Kykuit, a 40-room mansion in Sleepy Hollow, New York,...
Weston Wednesday: Great Prairie Oil and Gas Co.
Examiner Enterprise via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Great Prairie Oil and Gas Company was incorporated in 1900 with offices in Neodesha, Kansas. It had been organized as a purchasing and pipeline...
Years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sank a US warship in China
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese...
On This Day, Jan. 23: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman to earn medical degree in U.S.
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell, pictured sometime between 1850 and 1860, became the first...
An 11-year-old was given an allotment of 'undesirable' land. Beneath the surface was millions of...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSarah Rector was dubbed by newspapers as 'the richest Black girl in America' after oil was...
TechnipFMC (FTI) Wins Gas to Energy Project Contract in Guyana
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoTechnipFMC (FTI) is likely to provide the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of...
The Rockefellers Are Still One of the Richest Families of All Time — 5 Ways They Created...
GoBankingRates via AOL· 4 weeks agoOnly 10% of family wealth makes it to the third generation, according to a landmark Williams Group...
Mentor Public Library hosts talk on Squire's Castle
The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio· 1 year agoMay 25—Explore the history and mysteries of Squire's Castle during a free program at 6:30 p.m. June 14 at Mentor Public Library's Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. Judy MacKeigan, the historian ...
Rockefeller Foundation, built on an oil fortune, puts climate crisis at top of philanthropic causes
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the US’s largest foundations has announced that their philanthropy from here on out is going...