Page 15 - HP3A 006 John Davison Rockefeller
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one. John decided to jump into this



                                                                                                                                         market. He created a company called




                                                                                                                                         Andrews, Clarks and Rockefellers.



                                                                                                                                         Many Americans would travel to



                                                                                                                                         Cleveland then which happened to




                                                                                                                                         be an oil-rich state in search of  oil.



                                                                                                                                         It was largely a gamble as lots of



                                                                                                                                         money was spent looking for oil


            night and man could now do some                                                                                              and by the time they finally got oil




            work at night. Crude oil was needed                                                                                          after many attempts, half  of  the oil



            to make kerosene which was needed                                                                                            would spill out and be wasted. John



            in every single home in America and                                                                                          who had an eye for efficiency decided




            virtually the whole world at that                                                                                            that looking for oil was a waste of



            time. The market was a very big                                                                                              his resources, he decided to refine it
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