Standard Oil is one of the most storied companies in American history. In many senses, it is a success story that is straight out of the American dream. John D. Rockefeller built what would eventually ...

Mr. Herbert L. Pratt has been chosen to be the head of the Standard Oil Company of New York, to replace Mr. Henry C. Folger, who resigned shortly after the Board of Directors failed to secure the ...

It has been more than a century since any major producer shipped oil in an actual barrel, but the unit has been the industry’s standard since the mid-1800s, when overwhelmed Pennsylvania oilmen ...

Theodore Roosevelt is famous for many things, but we tend to focus more on his foreign policy and his establishment of the natural parks. Not this series. We're going to take a look at how Teddy ...

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2025. There are 330 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Feb. 4, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, ...

[1] Pioneering in big business, 1882-1911, by R. W. Hidy and M. E. Hidy.--2. The resurgent years, 1911-1927, by G. S. Gibb and E. H. Knowlton.--[3] New horizons, 1927 ...