Only one of the 27 people onboard the steel ship 'Western Reserve' survived when it vanished 132 years ago on Lake Superior ...

a massive steel steamer of the Gilded Age that vanished without a trace in a violent storm. Its sinking took with it millionaire shipping magnate Peter G. Minch, his young family, and all but ...

Researchers have finally discovered the final resting spot of the historic Gilded Age ship Western Reserve ... Minch, his ...

His family arrived in the United States penniless, but by the end of the Gilded Age, Andrew Carnegie had amassed an unimaginable fortune. As the nation rapidly industrialized, Carnegie cornered ...

Mark Twain-1871 Andrew Carnegie, 1910. Library of Congress During the "Gilded Age," every man was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Americans who achieved wealth celebrated it as never before.