UJohn D. Rockefeller, "iNdunankulu Yomhlaba" ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, wazalwa esifundeni seFinger Lakes eNew York kodwa wathuthela nomndeni wakhe eNortheast Ohio lapho esemncane.
U-Rockefeller, owathola i-Standard Oil Company, washiya uphawu lwakhe eNyakatho Nase-Ohio, okungukuthi uCleveland , ehlinzeka ngemali yamapaki, izakhiwo nezinye zezikhungo ezithandekayo.
Ukuphila Okuqala KwaRockefeller
URockefeller wazalelwa eRichford, eNew York, edolobheni elincane eduze kweFinger Lakes.
Umndeni wakhe wathuthela eStongsville lapho esemncane futhi uRockefeller waya esikoleni saseCleveland sikaCentral High School ngaphambi kokuthatha umsebenzi njengomabhalane wabahwebi beCleveland commission Henry B Tuttle no-Isaac L. Hewitt.
I-Standard Oil Company
Ngo-1859, uRockefeller nomlingani wakhe, uMaurice Clark wamisa ikhomishana yakhe, eyathuthuka njengoba idolobha lakhula eminyakeni enguMpi.
Ngo-1870, washiya ibhizinisi lekhomishana ukuze athole i-Standard Oil Company, eyayisekelwe eCleveland Flats. Le nkampani yakhula yaba enye yezinkampani ezinkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni wase-US, ekugcineni zahlukaniswa ezinkampanini ezihlukene ezingu-34 ngenxa yesikhwama sokungahambisani naso.
I-Cleveland Years
ECleveland, uRockefeller wagijima e-Superior naseWest Sixth Street yakhe. Wayenekhaya emgcekeni we-Euclid Avenue Millionaire's and a eastside estate, Forest Hills, okuyiyona manje eyi-East Cleveland neCleveland Heights.
URockefeller washada noLaura Spelman, owokuzalwa waseWadsworth, ngo-1864 kanti lo mbhangqwana wayenamadodakazi amane nendodana eyodwa.
Babengamalungu asebenzayo e-Erie Street Baptist Church (kamuva ebizwa ngokuthi i-Euclid Avenue Baptist Church).
Umnikelo kaRockefeller eCleveland
Nakuba yena wathuthela eNew York City (nge-Standard Oil Company) ngo-1884, uRockefeller washiya uphawu lwakhe eNyakatho Nase-Ohio ezinhlanganweni eziningi azisize ukuzixhasa.
Phakathi kwazo kukhona:
- I-Alta House yase-Italy encane
- I-Western Reserve Historical Society
- Rockefeller Park kanye ne- Cleveland Cultural Gardens
- Cleveland Arcade
- I-Cleveland YMCA
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uRockefeller washiya ingxenye yeHlat Hill estate yakhe emadolobheni aseMpumalanga Cleveland naseCleveland Heights, eyayivula njengepaki ngo-1942.
Iya phambili eNew York
Abanye bathi ingcebo yakhe yayinkulu kakhulu kuCleveland; abanye bathi uHulumeni waseCleveland awunomusa kuRockefeller, enquma ukumkhokhisa esikhundleni sokuba akhuthaze ubuhlobo bakhe. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, uRockefeller wathuthela umndeni wakhe kanye nenkampani yakhe eNew York City ngo-1884, nakuba waqhubeka ehlobo e-Forest Hill kuze kube yilapho indlu ishisa emhlabathini ngo-1917.
Ngemuva komlilo e-Forest Hill, uRockefeller akazange abuyele eCleveland ephila. Wasebenzisa iminyaka yakhe kamuva ezindaweni zakhe e-Ormond Beach, eFlorida naseWestchester County, eNew York.
Iminyaka Ezayo Nokufa
UJohn D. Rockefeller wafa ngo-1937, izinyanga nje ezinamahloni zokuzalwa kwakhe kwezinsuku ezingu-98. Indoda eyaqala umsebenzi wayo eNortheast Ohio futhi eyasiza ekukhokheni izikhungo eziningi zeCleveland yabuyela eCleveland ukuba ingcwatshwe eMathuneni Amachibi Aphansi ngaphansi kwe-obelisk elula.
Ukulandela umkhuba wakhe wokupha ubumpofu kubantu abampofu, izivakashi eziya eLake View indawo idlula ethuneni lakhe nethemba lokuthola ingcebo efana noRockefeller.
(olusha 11-19-11)