Edward L. Doheny - Wikipedia
Edward Laurence Doheny (/ d oʊ ˈ h iː n i /; September 14, 1852 – September 9, 1935) was an American oil tycoon who, in 1892, drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field.
Edward L. Doheny - West Adams Heritage Association
A central figure in West Adams history, Edward L. Doheny rose from years as a drifter to become the richest man in America , only to spend his last years in prolonged court battles on charges of bribery and corruption in the famous Teapot Dome scandal.
The sensational society killings that rocked L.A. — still a ...
2019年2月17日 · Edward Laurence “Ned” Doheny Jr., the 35-year-old heir to an oil family fortune, was found dead, shot through the head, at Greystone Mansion, his 55-room, Tudor-style home in Beverly Hills. His...
Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil ...
Margaret Leslie Davis’s riveting biography follows Edward Doheny from his days as an itinerant prospector in the rugged western territories into the jungles of Mexico, where he built an oil empire that helped inaugurate a new era of petroleum.
Edward L. Doheny | American businessman | Britannica
When Edward L. Doheny discovered oil under a private residence in 1892, he set off an oil-drilling spree that made Los Angeles one of the world’s major petroleum fields. Oil fostered industrialism. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, some of …
Edward Laurence Doheny Sr. (1856-1935) - Find a Grave
Developer of the oil industry in Southern California and key figure in the Teapot Dome scandal. The son of Irish immigrants, he was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. After brief employment as a surveyor of government lands in Kansas, he spent 14 hardscrabble years prospecting for gold and silver in Arizona and New Mexico, with little luck.
Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil ...
2001年2月5日 · Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward Doheny, details the spectacular rise of one of America’s richest men and his tragic role as a principal figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
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