Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer ... and the generous support of Thomas B. Hagen. This is WQLN. - The year is 1857. James Buchanan from Pennsylvania is sworn in as the United States ...

Born in a log home in Hatch Hollow, northwestern Pennsylvania, on November 5, 1857, Ida Minerva Tarbell grew up amid the derricks of the Oil Region. Her father, Frank Tarbell, built wooden oil ...