Edward L Doheny first saw the light of day on 1856 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He came of venturesome Irish Canadian stock and possessed an instinct for excitement, and a mind as brilliant as a diamond. Edward had to work for the greater part of each year as he grew to manhood, but he graduated from high school at the early age of 15, and it was in high school that he learned the mineralogy and chemistry that was to earn his fame and fortune...