SAN SIMEON, Calif. -- William Randolph Hearst called his estate complex here "La Cuesta Encantada" -- the enchanted hill -- and there is little doubt that the Hearst Castle is the single most famous ...
Senator, prospector, and businessman George Hearst purchased roughly 48,000 acres of the Piedra Blanca Rancho near San Simeon Bay in 1865. Along with his wife, Phoebe, and son, William Randolph, ...