PINOLE — The intertwined history of Pinole and Hercules and their connections to the crucial and dangerous dynamite industry that helped shape California and world history will be explored at a free ...
The dynamite plant of the Hercules Powder Company suffered a fire and series of explosions on July 14, 1966. The damage to the plant was considerable. Seventy of the buildings at the 1,200-acre plant ...
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Jim Babcock and some of his co-workers on the dynamite line had just finished their lunch under a shade tree, trying to catch a break from the 100-degree heat before they went back to ...