Rolfe was Veblens first wife, (didnt look up the genealogy, alas) — she provisioned him a retirement home on Sand Hill Road
There are a few academic papers on their relationship, so this century old gossip may still be relevant for science & sciencing!
https://allpoetry.com/The-Golf--Links
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/09/us/an-inconspicuous-consu...
Rolfe wrote a children's book, which would be in keeping with our contemporary non-governing elite profile?
https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Goosenbury-Pilgrims-C...
EDIT: and Veblen had a shack in La Honda; I don't know what that area was like then or what it's like now, but to me LH says drum circles, dazers, and funny smelling cigarettes that just don't stay lit.
To my biased eyes, Ellen ‘s weirdly
rational behavior smacks
of old moneyedom, Amidst the rustic shacks