n United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
When men went into the earth to find old King Coal On a March day in 1888, a coal mine disaster erupted in Rich Hill, Mo. The story of those fatal explosions weaves threads of American history: labor, race and robber baron Jay Gould.
July 25, 2013 - The Kansas City Star