UJohn D. Rockefeller, "uMntu oDumileyo wehlabathi" ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, wazalwa kwiNgingqi yaseFinger Lakes yaseNew York kodwa wahamba nentsapho yakhe eNortheast Ohio xa esemncinci.
URockefeller, oye wafumana i-Standard Oil Company, washiya uphawu lwakhe eNortheast Ohio, eyi- Cleveland , enika imali kwiipaki, izakhiwo kunye namanye amaziko athandwayo.
Ubomi bokuqala bukaRockefeller
URockefeller wazalelwa eRichford, eNew York, idolophu encinane kufuphi neFinger Lakes.
Intsapho yakhe yathuthela eStongsville xa esemncinci kwaye uRockefeller waya kwiCleveland yaseCentral High School ngaphambi kokuba athathe umsebenzi njengomabhalane kwi-Cleveland abathengisi bekhomishini uHenry B. Tuttle noIsake L. Hewitt.
I-Standard Oil Company
Ngowe-1859, uRockefeller kunye nomlingani, uMaurice Clark wamisa i-commission yayo eqinile, eyaphumelela njengokuba isixeko sakhula kwiminyaka emibini yemfazwe.
Ngo-1870, washiya ishishini likomishoni ukuba afumane i-Standard Oil Company, esekelwe kwiCleveland Flats. Inkampani yanda yaba enye yeenkampani ezinkulu kunye nenkqubela phambili kwimbali yase-US, ekugqibeleni ihlukaniswe ngamaqela ahlukeneyo angama-34 ngenxa yeso sithintelo.
Iminyaka yeCleveland
ECleveland, uRockefeller wagijima kwiSitrato esiphezulu kunye neNtshonalanga yesithandathu. Wayenemzimbeni kwiRawillionaire Row Row kunye ne-eastside estate, i-Forest Hills, kwintoni ngoku i-East Cleveland ne-Cleveland Heights.
URockefeller watshata noLaura Spelman, owokuzalwa waseWadsworth, ngo-1864 kwaye isibini esinesibini sasineentombi ezine kunye nonyana omnye.
Babengamalungu asebenzayo e-Erie Street Baptist Church (ekuthiwa yi-Euclid Avenue Baptist Church).
Igalelo likaRockefeller kwiCleveland
Nangona wathuthela eNew York City (nge-Standard Oil Company) ngo-1884, uRockefeller washiya uphawu lwakhe eNortheast Ohio kumaziko amaninzi awayekunceda ukuxhasa.
Phakathi kwezi zinto:
- I-Alta House yase-Italy
- Western Reserve Historical Society
- ERockefeller Park kunye neCleveland Cultural Gardens
- Cleveland Arcade
- Cleveland YMCA
Ukongeza, uRockefeller washiya ingxenye yehlathi lakhe le-Forest Hill ukuya kwizixeko zase-East Cleveland kunye neCleveland Heights, evule njengepaki ngo-1942.
Eya eNew York
Abanye bathi ubutyebi bakhe bukhulu kakhulu kwiCleveland; abanye bachaza ukuba urhulumente waseCleveland wayengenomusa kuRockefeller, wagqiba ekubeni amrhwebe kunokuba akhuthaze ububele bakhe. Ngandlela-thile, uRockefeller wathutha intsapho yakhe kunye nenkampani yakhe kwiSixeko saseNew York ngo-1884, nangona waqhubeka ehlobo e-Forest Hill kwaze kwaba yilapho indlu ishisa phantsi ngo-1917.
Emva komlilo e-Forest Hill, uRockefeller akazange abuyele e-Cleveland ephila. Wachitha iminyaka yakhe emva kwimpahla yakhe e-Ormond Beach, eFlorida naseWestchester County, eNew York.
Iminyaka Kamva nokufa
UJohn D. Rockefeller wafa ngowe-1937, iinyanga nje nje zihlazo lwakhe lokuzalwa. Indoda eyaqala umsebenzi wayo e-Northeast Ohio kunye nabanceda ekuxhaseni amaziko amaninzi aseCleveland babuyele eCleveland ukuba bangcwatyelwa kwiLibonko yeMangcwaba phantsi kwe-obelisk elula.
Ukulandela umkhuba wakhe wokupha abahlwempuzekileyo, iindwendwe kwiLake View indawo iyafa ethuneni lakhe nethemba lokufumana ubutyebi obufana noRockefeller.
(olutsha 11-19-11)