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Standard Oil Part II

Acquired

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The Rockefellers - A History of American Life

In 19 forty five, junior donated eight and a half million dollars to just go by the land for the u.N. Building in new york. The area that is now grand teton national park was privately owned until the 19 thirties when junior started buying up the land which would eventually he would donate to become much of the park. I really could go on too with large areas of the redwood state park in california, or in barkadero, the buildings in san francisco. But that was a rockefeller investment. It's insane. Every aspect of american life was touched and modernized by the rockefellers it's insane.

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