Episode 19 - Tycoon
As the world is transformed by steel and oil, one industrious man pockets the wealth of a nation, and one fearless woman makes a bold investment in Biscayne Bay.
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Episode 19 - Tycoon
Julia DeForest Tuttle, from Cleveland, OH, purchased the Ft. Dallas property in 1891.
Henry Morrison Flagler, cofounder of Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller, cofounder of Standard Oil.
Standard Oil depicted as a monstrous octopus consuming American business and government.
Keppler, Joseph, Next!. Puck magazine, 1904.
William Henry Vanderbilt, president of the New York Central Railroad, depicted dominating the nation’s transportation network.
Keppler, Joseph, The Modern Colussus of (Rail) Roads. Puck magazine, 1879.
Here the railroads are depicted making all the rules in the halls of Congress.
Nast, Thomas, Senatorial Round House. Harper’s Weekly magazine, 1886.
The violence of the Haymarket affair in Chicago on May 4, 1886 was a turning point in the history of labor relations around the world.
Harper’s Weekly magazine, May 15, 1886.