Tag: J.D. Rockefeller

• Historical Snippet: The Robber Barons

  Did you ever wonder if the Robber Barons really did earn their reputation?  Well, try these few individuals on for size. Only a mild examination of the Gilded Age gives many vivid illustrations of how the Robber Barons rightfully earned such a disreputable distinction.  The expansion of the railroad led to numerous opportunities for the…

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  March 22, 2013

  History & Culture, USA

  Gilded Age, J.D. Rockefeller, Jay Cooke, Jay Gould, Joseph Huntington, monopoly, Robber Barons, Standard Oil