William Randolph Hearst And Building Hearst Castle

In 1887, Hearst took over a newspaper that his father had received as payment for a gambling debt. Determined to make the San Francisco Examiner a success, he scoured the industry for the most talented journalists and bought

Construction on The Empire State Building began on October 1, 1929 just a few weeks before the biggest stock market crash in United States history. On September 9, 1930, Al Smith the former Governor of New York, marked the spot of the cornerstone of what would become the worlds tallest and the century’s best building. That day Smith gave a speech to a crowd of over five thousand, which included mostly workers in hopes of a job on the upcoming project. The Empire State Building opened its doors just eight months later on Friday, May 1, 1931. For a country in midst of a great depression The Empire State Building was a symbol of hope in dark times and showed that Americans would persevere even in a

This would take approximately 40 days using a five-day work week. I figured this out by taken each task step by step and adding them together since site preparations will take 3 days, plus setting building footers another 3 days which now equal 6 days. Then I will add the foundation 5 days, plus another 3

Joseph Pulitzer owned the Journal and William Randolph Hearst owned the World. One day, they were discussing means to make more money and increase profits. Ideas were thrown back and forth. Including laying people off, lowering wages, and even firing people whose jobs were not important. Until they came under the conclusion to increase the tax of a ¨newsie bundle,¨ or 100 papers, from 50¢ to 60¢. The newsies could hardly pay for the papers as is. They knew they had to do something about it, so that's when the newsies took matters into their own

Benedict Arnold was born January 14, 1741 to a wealthy mother and a successful businessman. Due to such a money healthy family, Arnold got his education from private schools, but after 3 of Arnold’s father’s siblings died from yellow fever, Benedict Sr. began

Benedict Arnold was born in Connecticut on January 14, 1741. Arnold's mother was Hannah Waterman King, a wealthy woman. The family was rich for a while, however poor business deals caused some problems for the family. Arnold's father didn’t handle losing money very well, and he became depressed, or unhappy. Arnold was able to survive his home life by focusing on school. He attended a school called Canterbury. While he was there, some of his siblings died of yellow fever and so his home was even more miserable than before.

Andrew Carnegie’s family started in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland where Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835. After a downturn in the economy, his family immigrated to the United States. From a young age, Carnegie worked to support his family, starting in a cotton factory at age 12. By age 14, Andrew Carnegie started working in a telegram office where he rose to more important job titles for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (“Andrew Carnegie”). Carnegie’s ambitious childhood prompted him to work hard for what he wanted and helped him to understand business.

Lord Salisbury and William McKinley operated quite differently in social environments. McKinley was very much a people person. He came from a large close knit family and enjoyed meeting people. McKinley was warm and concerned with his constituent’s perception of him. McKinley’s social aptitude affected his political endeavors as well as his social interactions and some historians interpret his political behavior as indecisive and irresolute. Lord Salisbury on the other end of the spectrum had a miserable lonely childhood with few friends likely instrumental in shaping his general outlook on life. He was reportedly likeable yet competitive. He remained reserved yet somewhat cynical. Salisbury was thought quite fearful of change and loss of control in his political interactions.

Charles W Adams was born on August 16th, 1817. He was born to Benjamin and Susannah (Goodhue) Adams. In 1819 the family moved to New Albany, Indiana. Adams worked in a home mercantile from 1830-1835. He later moved to Helena, Arkansas. He was officially a lawyer in 1839. In 1840 he went into law partnership with William K Sebastian, who later became the United States Senate in 1846. Adams judged 1852-1854. Adams married Lucy Everett and they had a granddaughter named Helen Keller who went to accomplish many things in her life. This is just some of many of his accomplishments.

Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741 in Norwich, Connecticut. His family fortunes were good for a while, but luck would soon run out and that fortune was lost. His father wasn’t much of an influence in Arnold’s life after financial problems revealed themselves. Despite his family’s financial problems, Arnold made it has a very

Andrew Carnegie, born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, was the owner of Carnegie Steel Corporation; one of the biggest of its kind in the world. Carnegie moved to the United States at the age of twelve with his parents after his father, a handloom weaver, was gradually replaced with power looms. Carnegie was from a poor family and could not afford an education, but he always had access to books and through reading was able to educate himself, at least a little. Once in America he worked in one of the many factories in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, making $1.20 a week. After that he managed to find a job as a telegraph messenger. He taught himself how to send the telegraph messages and eventually became a telegraph operator at the age of seventeen. Through his life he learned two different things from his parents. His father believed in helping the less fortunate, from his mother he learned to put himself before anyone else.

Drug addiction, death, and Burroughs lifestyle are perfect examples of voices from the fringe. William S. Burroughs was born on February 5, 1914, in St. Louis, Missouri. Burroughs died in Lawrence, Kansas, on August 2,1997. He supposedly died from complications of a heart attack, which he incurred the day before. He was buried in the family plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery, which is located in St. Louis Missouri. His gravestone read his full name and the engravement "American Writer" on it. The grave was placed to the right side of William Seward Burroughs I (1857–1898), which was Burroughs grandfather. (Burroughs, Bio) Burroughs was the younger of two sons born to the parents Laura Hammon Lee and Mortimer Perry Burroughs. The Burroughs family was recognized as wealthy and of English descent in St. Louis, Missouri. Burroughs grandfather was known for founding the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. It later became known as the Burroughs Corporation. Burroughs mother was known as the daughter of a minister. The ministers family was apparently related to the famous and remarkable Robert E. Lee. Ivy Lee, Burroughs maternal uncle was an advertising innovator. He later got employment being a publicist for the famous Rockefellers. Burroughs father ran an antique and gift shop, known as Cobblestone Gardens with their first location being in St. Louis, Missouri and then later on in Palm Beach, Florida. Burroughs lived on Pershing Ave. in St, as a child in St. Louis’s Central West End.

After Ernest graduated from high school, he either wanted to join the armed forces or write. Of course, his dad wanted him to go to college. His dad forbid him to go to World War I also. In 1917, he decided to apply for a job at The Kansas City Star as a journalist. He got the job and moved to Kansas City (Life and Works 3). He only made $15 a week while he worked for the newspaper (Parry 865). He lived with his uncle when he first arrived in Kansas City. He later moved into an apartment with Carl Edgar. While working for The Star, he covered many interesting stories such as The Police, The Union Station, and The General Hospital. His first training job was on stolen goods, crimes and accidents. He also wrote about the many famous people who came through The Union Station. Ernest worked very hard to improve his writing with the help of his mentor Lionol Calhoun Moise. Ernest would later be impressed with Moise’s lifestyle. Moise was famous for violence, alcohol, and cursing. While he worked for The Star he learned many things, but he also became bored. He wanted real action. He was caught up in the war fever of World War I. One thing that stopped him though,

This construction was started building in 1575 by Paris architect Jacques Germain Soufflot. He designed and took charge of it. This task takes during 34 years and just finished until 1791.

William Graham Sumner was born on October 30, 1840 in Paterson, New Jersey. He is the son of Thomas Sumner and Sarah Graham. His mother died when William Sumner was eight years