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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
t Donegal, Lancaster co., Pa.......June 26, 1889 Maria Mitchell, astronomer, born 1818, dies at Lynn, Mass.......June 28, 1889 Theodore Dwight Woolsey, ex-president of Yale College, born 1801, dies at New Haven, Conn.......July 1, 1889 Sioux reservation in Dakota (11,000,000 acres) ceded to the United States......Aug. 6, 1889 David S. Terry, assaulting Judge Stephen Field at Lathrop, Cal., is shot dead by United States Marshal Nagle......Aug. 14, 1889 Cronin murder trial beginsives in the burning of their residence at Washington, D. C.......Feb. 3, 1890 Gentiles at Salt Lake City, Utah, for the first time obtain control in a local election......Feb. 10, 1890 Proclamation of the President opening part of the great Sioux reservation for settlement......Feb. 10, 1890 Proclamation by the President against the use of the Cherokee strip for grazing by whites under private contract with the Cherokees......Feb. 17, 1890 John Jacob Astor, born 1822, dies at New Yo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iowa, (search)
sides of the Mississippi, including a large part of Iowa, ceded to United States by Sac and Fox Indians, by treaty at St. Louis......Nov. 3, 1804 Territory of Louisiana, including Iowa, framed by law of......March 3, 1805 Iowa included in Territory of Missouri, erected by act......June 4, 1812 Fort Madison, built in 1808, on the site selected by Lieutenant Pike in 1805, is abandoned by the garrison and burned to prevent its falling into the hands of Indians and British......1813 Sioux annihilate Sac and Fox tribes near Dubuque; whites occupy deserted villages, but are driven out by United States troops under Lieut. Jefferson Davis, by order of Col. Zachary Taylor......1830 David Tothers makes the first settlement in Des Moines county, 3 miles southwest from the site of Burlington......1832 Treaty at Rock Island; the Sacs and Foxes cede to the United States Iowa and a part of Wisconsin, known as the Black Hawk purchase, reserving 40 miles square to Keokuk......Sept.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minnesota, (search)
......June 1, 1849 First legislature, consisting of nine councillors and eighteen representatives, meets at the Central House in St. Paul......Sept. 3, 1849 Act passed to send the Washington Monument Association a slab of red pipestone from the Minnesota quarry......1849 St. Paul incorporated as a town......November, 1849 Minnesota Historical Society organized by law......Nov. 15, 1849 Congress appropriates $20,000 for a territorial prison......1851 Treaty at Traverse des Sioux, on Minnesota River, the Sioux cede lands in Iowa and in Minnesota east of the Red River of the North, Lake Traverse, and the Sioux River......July 23, 1851 Dog-train with explorers, under Dr. Rae, after search for Sir John Franklin, arrives at St. Paul from the north......Feb. 14, 1852 Prohibitory liquor law passed; ratified by the people April 5, but declared void by Supreme Court......1852 College of St. Paul, chartered as the Baldwin School, dedicated......Dec. 29, 1853 City
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montana, (search)
......May 26, 1864 Gold discovered in Last chance Gulch, in Lewis and Clarke county, on present site of Helena......July 21, 1864 Montana Post, first newspaper in the Territory, started at Virginia City......1864 First territorial legislature meets at Bannock......Dec. 12, 1864 Historical Society of Montana incorporated......Feb. 2, 1865 First National Bank of Helena, the first in Montana, organized......1866 Helena Herald first issued......1866 Steamer Key West leaves Sioux City, April 14, 1869, reaches the Yellowstone May 6, and ascends that river to Powder River, a distance of 245 miles......1869 Congress sets apart a tract near the headwaters of the Yellowstone as a public park; a small portion lies in Montana, bordering on Wyoming......March 1, 1872 Expedition under Thomas P. Roberts explores the upper Missouri from the three forks down to Fort Benton......1872 Seat of government removed from Virginia City to Helena......1875 General Forsythe, unde
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Dakota, State of (search)
..Sept. 23, 1806 Fort Pierre established......1829 First steamboat to navigate the upper Missouri, the Yellowstone, built by the American Fur Company at Pittsburg, ascends the river as far as Fort Pierre......1831 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by the Indians, ceding to the United States the territory east of the Big Sioux River......1851 Gen. W. S. Harney, with 1,200 men, marches from the Platte River to Fort Pierre, where they encamp for the winter......1855 First settlem located at Yankton......1862 Sioux Falls destroyed by the Sioux Indians, and settlers flee to Yankton......1862 Fort Dakota built on reservation at Sioux Falls......1865 Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad built from Sioux City, Ia., to Yankton, completed......1873 Military and scientific exploring expedition, under Gen. G. A. Custer, arrives at the Black Hills, July, 1874, from Fort Abraham Lincoln. Specimens of gold are washed from the soil near Harney's Peak, w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
5Apr. 26, 1886Bodies for Dissection. 136Apr. 30, 1886Omaha a Port of Entry. 137May 8, 1886Pensions. 138 139May 17, 1886Springfield a Port of Entry. 140 to 156May 17 1886 to June 19, 1886Pensions, Private. 157May 19, 1886Public Building at Sioux City, Ia.Passed over the veto in the Senate. 158May 19, 1886Public Building at Zanesville, O. 159 to 226June 19, 1886 to July 6, 1886Pensions and Reliefs, Private. 227June 6, 1886Public Building at Duluth, Minn. 228 to 231July 6, 1886Pensions anGrant to Tacoma, Wash. 348 to 361Aug. 9, 1888 to Aug. 10, 1888Pensions, Private. 362Aug. 14, 1888Additional Copies of United States Map for 1886. 363 to 373Aug. 14, 1888 to Aug. 27, 1888Pensions and Reliefs. 374Aug. 27, 1888Public Building, Sioux City, Ia. 375 to 385Aug. 27, 1888 to Sept. 13, 1888Pensions and Reliefs, Private. 386Aug. 24, 1888Land Grant to Kansas. 387Aug. 24, 1888Sale of Military Reservation in Kansas. 388 to 424Oct. 10, 1888 to Feb. 14, 1889Pensions and Reliefs, Private
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitside, Samuel Marmaduke 1839- (search)
Whitside, Samuel Marmaduke 1839- Military officer; born in Toronto, Canada, Jan. 9, 1839; joined the United States army in 1858; served throughout the Civil War with the 6th Cavalry; was then assigned to duty on the frontier, where he served for twenty-five years. In December, 1890, he captured Big Foot and his 400 Sioux warriors, and led his regiment at the battle of Wounded Knee. During the war with Spain he commanded the 5th Cavalry; was transferred to the 10th Cavalry in October, 1898; and went to Cuba in May, 1899, where he was placed in command of the Department of Santiago and Puerto Principe in January, 1900. On the reorganization of the regular army, in 1901, he was promoted brigadier-general.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yankton Indians, (search)
Yankton Indians, A tribe of the Siouan family. In 1899 there were 1,061 lower Yanktonai Sioux at the Crow Creek agency, in South Dakota; 1,239 Yanktonai Sioux at Fort Peck agency, in Montana; a considerable number of Yanktonai Sioux at the Standing Rock agency, in North Dakota; and 1,728 Yankton Sioux at the Yankton agency, in South Dakota. For further details of this tribe, see Sioux, or Dakota, Indians.
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