Why did tycoon Andrew Carnegie keep Bill Jones’ portrait in his bedchamber? Gratitude? Because Jones, the engineering genius, made the Carnegie-owned Edgar Thomson Steel Works (ET) the world’s most profitable steel mill. Guilt? Just two days after Jones’ death, Carnegie’s business representative and attorney visited Jones’ grieving widow, Harriett. They persuaded her to sign over […]
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The Spirit of a Place
“You’re playing hooky today,” Jerry Rohde’s mom informed him one autumn morning when he was 12. They piled into her 1954 Ford sedan and headed into the San Bernardino Mountains to explore a historic Wild West village she visited when she was a girl. Set in a pine forest surrounded by steep cliffs and rocky […]
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Republican of Year, Former Reagan Advisor Hannaford Dies
Former consultant to Ronald Reagan and conservative heavyweight Peter Hannaford died in his sleep Saturday night, just hours after appearing at an event at Eureka Books to celebrate the publication of his newest book. He was 82. Perhaps best known locally for his stint as the opinion page editor for The Eureka Reporter, Hannaford served […]