In 1863 he, Maurice Clark & Samuel Andrews founded a Cleveland oil company: in 1870 it changed its named to Standard Oil
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Historical Overview  Overview  Standard Oil vs. Everyone - projects  American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire ... The company's origins date to 1863, when Rockefeller joined Maurice B. Clark and Samuel Andrews in a Cleveland, Ohio, oil-refining business; ... Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) changed its name to Exxon Corporation in 1972.
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The Standard Oil monopoly, by the Linux Information Project (LINFO)  May 21, 2004 ... It occurred at a time when the country was undergoing its rapid ... Standard Oil Company was founded by John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland, Ohio in ... his father, and in partnership with another young man, Maurice B. Clark, he set up ... a refinery in Cleveland with Clark and a new partner, Samuel Andrews,...
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Standard Oil Company and Trust | American corporation | Britannica ...  Apr 3, 2015 ... American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the ... joined Maurice B. Clark and Samuel Andrews in a Cleveland, Ohio, oil-refining business; in 1865 Rockefeller bought out Clark, and two years later he invited Henry ... Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) changed its name to Exxon...
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John D. Rockefeller, Senior . The Rockefellers . WGBH American ...  From his father he had learned how to draw up notes and other business papers. ... Most of their selling was done on commission, so Clark & Rockefeller took no ... the oil refining business in 1862 and the firm of Andrews, Clark & Company was ... built another refinery in Cleveland which they named the Standard Works.
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John D. Rockefeller - Wikipedia  John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839  May 23, 1937) was an American oil industry ... Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company, Inc. in 1870 as an Ohio .... In 1853, his family moved to Strongsville, Ohio and he attended Cleveland's ... which was composed of Clark & Rockefeller, chemist Samuel Andrews, and M. B....
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Henry Clay Folger | American lawyer and business executive ...  Mar 31, 2016 ... Henry Jr. was a nephew of J.A. Folger, the founder of Folgers Coffee. ... and in 1911 he became president of Standard Oil Company of New York. ... Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. ... Learn More in these related articles: ... collected no fewer than 70 copies of one bookthe first collected...
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STP (motor oil company) - Wikipedia  History. Chemical Compounds was founded in 1953 by three businessmen, Charles Dwight (Doc) Liggett, Jim Hill and Robert De Hart, with $3,000 in start-up capital in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Their sole product was STP Oil Treatment, the name was derived from Scientifically Treated Petroleum.
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'Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger,' by ...  Apr 23, 2014 ... Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930) could trace his descent back to ... from the company founded by an uncle (The best part of waking up / Is Folger's in your cup). ... When Folger retired, he was president of Standard Oil of New York. ... Folger merely assured these suppliants that one day everything would be...
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Cosmetics and Skin: Chesebrough Manufacturing Company  Nov 17, 2015 ... In 1858, Robert Chesebrough went into the coal-oil business using ... as paraffin oil or kerosene  and he sold this under the Luxor Oil brand ... There are different ideas about the origin of the name 'Vaseline' but I think ... (the German word for water) and 'elaion' (the Greek word for oil)  it was a 'water-oil'.
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First American Oil Well - American Oil & Gas Historical Society  American oil history begins along a creek in northwestern Pennsylvania on ... production industry is born on August 27, 1859, near Titusville when a well .... Visitors to the Drake Well Museum along Oil Creek in Titusville can tour a ... A monument to Edwin Drake was dedicated in 1901 in Woodlawn Cemetery in Titusville.
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History  Chevron.com  The first logo contained the company name against a backdrop of wooden derricks set ... Within the next year, Coast Oil built California's largest and most modern ... To feed this new colossus of West Coast refineries, Standard laid a pipeline from ... To meet the growing market for motor fuels, the company came up with a...
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British Thomson-Houston - Wikipedia  British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, ... The holding company, Associated Electrical Industries (AEI), later merged with GEC ... by the merger of Thomson-Houston and Edison General Electric Company in 1892) and Westinghouse. ... Hunter & Co., to build their factory on it.
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Henry Ford - Wikipedia  Henry Ford (July 30, 1863  April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the ... After his promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893, he had enough time and ... in another group of investors and convinced the Dodge Brothers to accept a .... On May 1, 1926, the Ford Motor Company's factory workers switched to a...
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The Standard Oil monopoly, by the Linux Information Project (LINFO)  May 21, 2004 ... Standard Oil Company was founded by John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland, Ohio ... It was also in 1859 that Rockefeller started his first business. ... ascent of a major new industry based largely on the use of kerosene for lighting. ... (6) Dispatching thugs who used threats and physical violence to break up the...
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John D. Rockefeller - Famous Business Leaders, Entrepreneur ...  Sep 12, 2016 ... John D. Rockefeller was the richest man in America in his time and one of the first major tycoons. He founded the Standard Oil Company, a monopoly that was ... 1839, John Davison Rockefeller moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, ... With success came acquisitions, as Standard began buying out its...
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Oil Industry - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Oil Industry, including videos, interesting ... and oil became the dominant fuel of the 20th century and an integral part of the ... Eastern cities linked to the oil fields by rail and boat boomed also. ... Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), which became the parent company. .... Sign up for more!
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Preparation for the Leduc Discovery - Conventional Oil - Alberta's ...  In 1946, Imperial Oil ran a major seismic survey across central Alberta. ... National and Provincial Historic Site  Bitumount Provincial Historic ... The first producing oil well in Western Canada is drilled. .... Home > Conventional Oil > The Leduc Era: 1947 to 1970s > Preparation for the Leduc Discovery ... Leduc Field Booms.
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John D. Rockefeller - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became ... In 1870, Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, along with his ... (Rockefeller owned multiple residences, including a home in New York City,...
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RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: GEER ANCESTRY  Jul 7, 2016 ... He became a bookkeeper in Cleveland at the age of 16. ... As a result, the trust dissolved and Rockefeller and his associates ... That year Rockefeller, at age 72, retired as president of Standard Oil. .... Although he held the title of president of Standard Oil until 1911, Rockefeller retired from active leadership...
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Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil ...  Muckraking journalism emerged at the end of the 19th century largely in ... Keenly aware of social problems since her days as a teacher, Tarbell wrote about ... book entitled, The History of the Standard Oil Company, published in 1904. Tarbell...
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Henry Morrison Flagler facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ...  Get information, facts, and pictures about Henry Morrison Flagler at Encyclopedia.com. ... self-made millionaire and industrialist who co-founded the Standard Oil Company. ... At the age of 14, Flagler left school and moved to Bellevue, Ohio, near ... Flagler and Rockefeller's oil company was one of several in Cleveland and...