The story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention is a genuine David vs. Goliath story. It was a struggle by Bell against the spies and schemes of the most powerful corporation of his time, who did everything in their power to stop Bell's telephone.
In 1878, Byron Benson saw a pipeline as the only way to break the railroad's hold on transporting oil. But the war to build a steel pipeline for oil to the East Coast, fought for years with gritty determination both in courtrooms and in the political arena, at times erupted into physical violence.