Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,188

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,188

Born in 1856 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Doheny grew up there, the son of an Irish immigrant who worked hard jobs and a Canadian mother. He was a smart kid, graduated from high school in 1871, only 15 years old. His father died and he went west, getting a job with the U.S. Geological Survey in 1873 as a surveyor when whites were stealing lands from the Kiowa and Comanche, part of the genocide that defines this nation’s horrific history. He then l…