Standard Oil acquires Porter, Moreland; Archbold joins
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- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book
d universal power and respect. Along Oil Creek, his desertion to Standard Oil was considered treasonous betrayal, and it demoralized local independents—precisely what Rockefeller had wanted. In early 1875, Rockefeller captured the second largest Titusville refiner, Porter, More-land and Company, which brought twenty-seven-year-old John D. Archbold— the diminutive homilist who had electrified the crowd
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