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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand army of the republic, the. (search)
Army of the Republic. This was held in Indianapolis, Ind., on Nov. 20 following, and representatives were present from the States of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana, and the District of Columbia. Gen. S. A. Hurlbut was elected as commander-in-chief. During the year 1867 18. Minneapolis, Minn., 1884; John S. Kountz, Ohio. 19. Portland, Me., 1885; S. S. Burdett, Washington. 20. San Francisco, Cal., 1886; Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin. 21. St. Louis, Mo., 1887; John P. Rea, Minnesota. 22. Columbus, O., 1888; William Warner, Missouri. 23. Milwaukee, Wis., 1889; Russell A. Alger, Michigan. 24. Boston, Mass., 1890; Wheelock G. Veasey, Vermont. 25. Detroit, Mich., 1891; John Palmer, New York. 26. Washington, 1892; A. G. Weissert, Wisconsin. 27. Indianapolis, Ind., 1893; John G. B. Adams, Massachusetts. 28. Pittsburg, Pa., 1894; Thomas G. Lawler, Illinois. 29. Louisville, Ky., 1895; Ivan N. Walker
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Great Lakes and the Navy, the. (search)
of the West, through private endeavor and public discussion, have been agitating the question of deep water-ways, from the Great Lakes to the seaboard. The International Deep Water-ways Convention met at Cleveland, O., Sept. 24, 1895, and among the delegates were many business men, noted capitalists, and civil engineers from the Lake States, and also from the Dominion of Canada. Through the efforts of this association the matter was brought before Congress by Senator William Vilas, of Wisconsin, who, on Feb. 8, 1895, introduced a joint resolution authorizing a preliminary inquiry concerning deep water-ways between the ocean and the Great Lakes. This resolution was incorporated in the sundry civil appropriation bill, and became a law on March 2, 1895. On Nov. 4 the President, in conformity with its provisions, appointed three commissioners, James B. Angell, of Michigan; John E. Russel, of Massachusetts; and Lyman E. Cooley, of Illinois. Soon after this, the Dominion of Canada a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall, James 1744-1826 (search)
it contains, but also for its details of the researches westward to the Rocky Mountains. These researches form the basis of all the knowledge of geology of the Mississippi Valley. In 1855 he was also State geologist for Iowa, and in 1857 for Wisconsin. In 1866-93 he was director of the New York State Museum. Dr. Hall gave much time to the investigation of crystalline stratified rocks, and he was the discoverer of the persistence and significance of mineralogical character as an indicator tons include beside those mentioned: Graptolites of the Quebec group; the paleontological portions of Fremont's exploring expedition, appendix a; Expedition to the Great Salt Lake; United States and Mexican boundary survey; United States Geological exploration of the Fortieth parallel (vol. IV., 1877); Geological survey of Iowa, and chapters on geology, paleontology and physical geography in the Report on the Geological survey of the State of Wisconsin. He died in Echo Hill, N. H., Aug. 7, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Albert Bushnell 1854- (search)
nd Tennessee—a steady procession of stalwart men and stout-hearted women; and still the same procession is in motion. About 1830 began the great western movement of foreign immigrants, which has grown till in 1890 there were 280,000 Germans in Wisconsin, 150,000 Irish in Illinois, 220,000 Scandinavians in Minnesota, 140,000 English-born in Michigan, and more than 400,000 Slavs in the Northwestern States together. In the State of Minnesota only one-fourth of the people in 1890 were born even e superior in equipment and prestige to the denominational colleges. Two of the greatest and most famous Western universities, Chicago and Michigan, chance to lie just outside the rim of the Mississippi Valley, but the renowned universities of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska, and the steadily enlarging universities of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, show a willingness to provide at the expense of the commonwealth an education of a thoroughness and advancement which cann
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Holidays, legal. (search)
st Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election. Texas. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, March 2, April 21, July 4, first Monday in September, Dec. 25, days of fasting and thanksgiving, election day. Utah. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, April 15, May 30, July 4 and 24, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving and Fast days, Dec. 25. Vermont. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Aug. 16, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25. Virginia. Jan. 1 and 19, Feb. 22, Fast Day, June 3, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25. Washington. Jan. 1, Feb. 12 and 22, Decoration Day, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election. West Virginia. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, July 4, Dec. 25, any day of national thanksgiving, general election. Wisconsin. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, Arbor Day, May 30, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election. Wyoming. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, Arbor Day, May 30, July 4, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howe, Timothy Otis 1816-1883 (search)
Howe, Timothy Otis 1816-1883 Legislator; born in Liverpool, Me., Feb. 24, 1816; admitted to the bar in 1839, and began practice in Readfield; was elected to the legislature in 1840. Subsequently he removed to Wisconsin. He was circuit judge in 1850-56; then resumed practice. He was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican in 1861, and served till 1879; was a delegate to the International Monetary Conference in Paris in 1881; and was appointed Postmaster-General by President Arthur in December of the latter year. He died in Kenosha, Wis., March 25, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Illinois. (search)
f the English. By the treaty of 1783 it was ceded to the United States, and it formed a part of the Northwest Territory. The country conquered by General Clarke, in 1778-79, the Virginia Assembly erected into a county, which they called Illinois. It embraced all State seal of Illinois. territory north of the Ohio claimed as within the limits of Virginia, and ordered 500 men to be raised for its defence. In 1809, when the present boundaries of Indiana were defined, Illinois included Wisconsin and a part of Minnesota, and in 1810 contained more than 12,000 inhabitants. On Oct. 14, 1812, Gen. Samuel Hopkins, with 2,000 mounted Kentucky riflemen, crossed the Wabash on an expedition against the Kickapoo and Peoria Indian villages, in the Illinois country, the former 80 miles from his starting-place, the latter 120 miles. They traversed magnificent prairies covered with tall grass. The army was a free-and-easy, undisciplined mob, that chafed under restraint. Discontent, seen at
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Imperialism. (search)
, hence, national territories under the sole jurisdiction of the national government, though inhabited by Indians, whose rights to the soil had never been questioned. What has been our policy with respect to this subject race in our new territorial acquisitions we shall now see. The region bounded on the north by the Great Lakes, on the east by the Alleghany Mountains, on the south by the Ohio River, on the west by the Mississippi, out of which have grown the States of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, had been claimed under their charters by Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, but they ceded their claims to the United States. The country so ceded was our first territorial acquisition, and became known as the Northwest Territory. A government was provided for it under the ordinance of 1787, and President Washington, in 1789, appointed Gen. Arthur St. Clair its governor. The various tribes of Indians inhabiting that part of the country objected t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indians, (search)
ShawneesSouth of the Ohio, W. Kentucky, and Tennessee. MiamisS. Michigan, N. Indiana, and N. W. Ohio. IllinoisS. Illinois and Indiana. KickapoosN. and central Illinois. PottawattomiesNorthern Illinois. OttawasMichigan. Sacs and FoxesNorthern Wisconsin. MenomoneesSouthern shore of Lake Superior. Chippewasor OjibwaysSouthern shore of Lake Superior. II. Wyandotte or Huron-Iroquois tribes: Eries (Huron or Wyandotte-Iroquois）Southern shore of Lake Erie. Andastes (Huronor Wyandotte-Iroquohern Mississippi. ChoctawsEastern Mississippi and Western Alabama. CreeksAlabama and Georgia. SeminolesFlorida. VIII. WinnebagoesAbout Green Bay, Wis. principal tribes West of the Mississippi in 1800-30. Name.Location. Dakotas (Sioux）Wisconsin, west to Rocky Mountains. ArapahoesWyoming, head-waters of Plate. CheyennesWyoming and Nebraska. KansasKansas, west. PoncasDakotas. OmahasNebraska. MandansMontana. AssiniboisMontana and Dakotas. Minnetaries (Gros Ventres）Montana. Misso<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Internal improvements. (search)
Washington 7 12 6 6 3 Minnesota 6 10 10 6 6 West Virginia 6 6 10 10 3 Mississippi 6 10 7 63 Wisconsin 6 10 20 （i) Is a lien on real estate for only 10 years.6 6 Missouri 6 8 10 105 Wyoming 812 an act granted lands in aid of improvements of the Des Moines River, in Iowa, and the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in Wisconsin. These rivers, when improved, were to remain highways for the United SWisconsin. These rivers, when improved, were to remain highways for the United States government forever, free from toll. The grant to the then Territory of Iowa for the improvement of the Des Moines River led to long discussions as to the extent of the grant, and to many legd for similar purposes were made to the States of Iowa, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. On March 3, 1856, a grant was made to Minnesota. All of these grants made nsas, and Texas railroads. In May, 1864, similar grants were made to the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, and others soon followed to Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,
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