he envied titled ones; and so "uncle george" hearst became a senator. the incidents that marked his upward career as miner, speculator, agent, and capitalist in california.

Hearst and his wife, Millicent, had five sons: George, William Randolph Jr., John, and the twins Randolph and David. The brothers worked for the privately-held Hearst Corporation and managed their ...

George Hearst Mines for Millions. George Hearst, originally from Missouri, moved west like many contemporaries of his time in ...

Publisher George R. Hearst III, great-grandson of William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper titan known as The Chief, had spent more than 20 years off and on while juggling competing priorities ...

William Randolph Hearst, 88, ... Sen. George Hearst, and his mother, Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, are buried. Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date. ...

June 12, 1865: San Francisco Examiner founded at 535 Washington St. 1880: Sen. George Hearst wins The Examiner from William S. Moss as payment on a gambling debt. 1887: Sen. Hearst's son William ...

Senator, prospector, and businessman George Hearst purchased roughly 48,000 acres of the Piedra Blanca Rancho near San Simeon Bay in 1865. Along with his wife, Phoebe, and son, William Randolph ...

The Examiner began with a card game in 1880, when mining, real estate and ranching millionaire George Hearst got the then-unprofitable, 5,000-circulation Examiner as partial payment on a gambling ...

The parade marshal for Cambria’s 74th Annual Pinedorado parade loves the three-day celebration, the North Coast and San Luis Obispo County, has four generations of ties to this area and ...

The history of Hearst Castle started in 1865 when George Hearst purchased 40,000 acres of land. Decades later, in 1919, his son William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper publisher, inherited the area.

Hearst and his wife, Millicent, had five sons: George, William Randolph Jr., John, and the twins Randolph and David. The brothers worked for the privately-held Hearst Corporation and managed their ...