John D. Rockefeller's legacy as a business titan is unparalleled. As the founder of Standard Oil, he established an economic ...

It’s all about mountain views, whether you’re hiking, cycling or enjoying a picnic in Grand Teton National Park. By Ruffin Prevost New biographies by Scott Shane, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Douglas Brunt ...

As has happened every summer for 15 years the Rockefeller Foundation, with John D. Rockefeller Jr. as chairman of the trustees and George E. Vincent as president, last week made annual report of the ...

In 1927, a $5 million donation from the richest man in America - the equivalent of $92 million today - secured the Great Smoky Mountains’ then-tenuous future for protection as a national park. But ...

When William Avery Rockefeller lived near the present town of Park River, N.D., during the spring and summers of 1881 through 1889, his son, John D. Rockefeller, was becoming the richest man in the ...

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