Designed by John Galen Howard and financed by Phoebe Apperson Hearst as a memorial to her husband George, "a plain honest man and good miner," silver tycoon, and U.S. senator. The building underwent a ...

He followed the lure of gold and spent years ... Fortune Favors the Hearsts George and Phoebe Hearst experienced the wild successes and setbacks associated with mining, but their fortune's trend ...