Gerard's wife, Mary, was the daughter of copper magnate Marcus Daly, head of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company that developed the mines of Butte, Montana.
First, they purchased Anaconda Properties from Marcus Daly for $39 million, with the understanding that the check was to be deposited in the bank and remain there for a definite time (National City Bank was run by Rockefeller's friends).
Neiman Marcus | Marcus Garvey | Marcus Aurelius | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Greil Marcus | Marcus Brigstocke | Marcus Stephen | Tim Daly | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Herman Daly | Marcus Rojas | Last Call with Carson Daly | Marcus Ullmann | Chris Daly | Tyne Daly | Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted | Marcus Roberts | Marcus Liberty | Marcus Hahnemann | Marcus Didius Falco | Marcus Tregoning | Marcus Neff | Marcus J. Ranum | Marcus Daly | Marcus Buckingham | Marcus Borg | Marcus Aurelius Probus | Marcus Adoro | John Daly | Daly City |
The Copper Kings, industrialists William Andrews Clark, Marcus Daly, and F. Augustus Heinze, were collectively known for the epic battles they fought in Butte, Montana and the surrounding region during the Gilded Age over the control of the local copper mining industry, a fight which had ramifications for not only Montana, but the United States as a whole.