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Utah (Utah, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
44Wyoming1834Fort LaramieAmericans189097,890 45Utah1847Salt Lake CityAmericans189684,928 On Sepfree State; second, territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico without conditions as to slavery49; ratified......Aug. 24, 1850 Territory of Utah created, and territorial government establishedl the next year.] Brigham Young, governor of Utah, by proclamation forbids any armed force comingial law......Sept. 15, 1857 Mountain Meadow (Utah) massacre......Sept. 18, 1857 Mormons attackming, of the United States army, as governor of Utah......1857 William Walker makes his third filproclamation respecting the Mormon rebellion in Utah......April 6, 1858 Thomas H. Benton dies at ramie for the suppression of Mormon troubles in Utah......September, 1858 Crystal Palace burned in Nerritory of Wyoming created of parts of Dakota, Utah, and Idaho......July 25, 1868 Freedman's burident Cleveland signs the enabling act to admit Utah into the Union......July 17, 1894 Representa
Wood's Holl, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
of the Philadelphia brigade and Pickett's division, is held at Gettysburg, Pa.......July 2-4, 1887 Jacob Sharp, found guilty of bribing New York aldermen, is sentenced to four years imprisonment and a fine of $5,000......July 14, 1887 Miss Dorothea L. Dix, philanthropist, born 1805, dies at Trenton, N. J.......July 19, 1887 Failure of H. S. Ives & Co., of New York, stock-brokers; liabilities, $20,000,000......Aug. 11, 1887 Spencer F. Baird, naturalist, born 1823, dies at Wood's Holl, Mass.......Aug. 19, 1887 Ninth international medical congress meets at Washington, D. C.......Sept. 5, 1887 Three days centennial celebration of the formation of the Constitution begins at Philadelphia......Sept. 15, 1887 American party organized in Philadelphia......Sept. 17, 1887 American sloop Volunteer wins the international yacht race over the British cutter Thistle......Sept. 27 and 30, President and Mrs. Cleveland leave Washington for a tour of the West and South......
Maywood (Kansas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
f American pork......Sept. 3, 1891 New Chilean government, with Jorge Montt as president, officially recognized by the Department of State at Washington, D. C.......Sept. 7, 1891 Denmark revokes prohibition of import of American pork......Sept. 8, 1891 Forest reservation in Wyoming, adjoining Yellowstone National Park, set apart by proclamation of President Harrison, March 30, and supplementary proclamation......Sept. 10, 1891 William Ferrel, meterologist, born 1817, dies at Maywood, Kan.......Sept. 18, 1891 President proclaims the ceded Indian lands in Oklahoma Territory open to settlement on Sept. 22......Sept. 18, 1891 Opening of the St. Clair River tunnel celebrated at Port Huron and Sarnia......Sept. 19, 1891 Russian man-of-war Alenta seizes an American sealer, the Lewis, at Bering Island and carries the crew to Vladivostock for trial......Oct. 2, 1891 Human Freedom League organized in Independence Hall, Philadelphia......Oct. 12, 1891 Boatswain, mate,
New Castle (Delaware, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
folk in province of New York.July 28, 1774 Delegates to the first Continental Congress—Continued. Delegates.State Represented.Credentials Signed. 21. James KinseyNew JerseyJuly 23, 1774 22. John De Hart 23. Richard Smith 24. William Livingston 25. Stephen Crane 26. Hon. Joseph GallowayPennsylvaniaJuly 22, 1774 27. Samuel Rhodes 28. Thomas Mifflin 29. John Morton 30. Charles Humphreys 31. Edward Biddle 32. George Ross 33. John Dickinson 34. Hon. Caesar RodneyNew Castle, Kent, and Sussex on the DelawareAug. 1, 1774 35. Thomas McKean 36. George Read 37. Robert GoldsboroughMarylandJune 22, 1774 38. William Paca 39. Samuel Chase 40. Thomas Johnson 41. Matthew Tilghman 42. Hon. Peyton RandolphVirginiaAug. 5, 1774 43. Patrick Henry 44. Benjamin Harrison 45. George Washington 46. Richard Bland 47. Edmund Pendleton 48. Richard Henry Lee 49. Henry MiddletonSouth CarolinaJuly 6, 1774 50. Christopher Gadsden 51. Edward Rutledge 52.
Cape Fear (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
British and thirty Americans shot......Nov. 4-7, 1873 William M. Tweed convicted......Nov. 19, 1873 Forty-third Congress, first session, opens......Dec. 1, 1873 Vote for speaker of the House: James G. Blaine, 189; Fernando Wood, 76; S. S. Cox, 2; Hiester Clymer, 1; Alexander H. Stephens, 1......Dec. 1, 1873 Prof. Louis J. R. Agassiz, scientist, born 1807, dies at Cambridge, Mass.......Dec. 14, 1873 Virginius surrendered to the United States by Spain; she founders at sea off Cape Fear while on her way to New York......Dec. 19, 1873 Ex-Mayor Hall, of New York, acquitted......Dec. 24, 1873 Survivors of the Virginius massacre, 102, surrendered to the United States authorities at Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 18, reach New York on the Juniata......Dec. 28, 1873 Women's temperance crusade begins at Hillsboro, O.......December, 1873 Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, born in Siam, April 15, 1811, came to the United States, 1828, die at their home near Salisbury, N. C.,
Bering Sea (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
mation of the President warning persons against entering Bering Sea for unlawful hunting of fur-bearing animals......March 2President by proclamation warns persons against entering Bering Sea for the purpose of unlawfully killing fur-bearing animal887 for violating United States laws, by taking seals in Bering Sea, and appealed to the Supreme Court, is entered on behalfx county, Va.......Aug. 5, 1891 Two vessels seized in Bering sea for unlawful sealing......Aug. 7, 1891 James Russell .....Feb. 9, 1892 France, Italy, and Sweden chosen as Bering Sea arbitrators......Feb. 10, 1892 Bland free-coinage sil and the Senate, May 4, and approved......May 5, 1892 Bering Sea arbitration treaty ratified......May 9, 1892 Act to e on his special mission to Hawaii......March 20, 1893 Bering Sea arbitration opened in Paris......March 23, 1893 PresiHawaii ratifies annexation treaty......Sept. 14, 1897 Bering Sea treaty signed at Washington......Nov. 8, 1897 Postal
South America (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
izarro reaches Darien......1509 Alonso de Ojeda founds San Sebastian, the first colony in South America......1510 Diego Velasquez subjugates Cuba and founds Havana......1511 Juan Ponce de Lenies Columbus on his second voyage. With Amerigo Vespucci he explored the northern coast of South America in 1499, and established a settlement at San Sebastian......1510 Ponce de Leon, Juan, Spa....Sept. 25, 1513 Solis, Juan Diaz de, Spanish navigator; born in Spain in 1471; died in South America in 1516. Reputed the most experienced navigator of his time. Discovers the river La Plata, South America,......January, 1516 [Killed by Indians on that river.] Las Casas, Bartholomew, born in Seville, Spain, in 1474; died in Spain, July, 1566. Accompanies Columbus to America, 1493,ongress, first session (extra), convenes......May 22, 1809 Francisco Miranda, a native of South America, aiming to overthrow the Spanish power in Caracas, South America, engages a vessel, the Lean
Puritan (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
, dies at Washington......Feb. 26, 1826 South American states call a general congress, to meet at Panama in June, 1826, and to consider the rights of those states, and invites delegates from the United States. Congress appropriates $40,000, and appoints Richard C. Anderson, minister to Colombia, and John Sargeant, of Philadelphia, delegates......March 14, 1826 During the debate on the Panama congress in the Senate, John Randolph refers to the coalition of Adams and Clay as that of the Puritan and the blackleg. A duel followed between Clay and Randolph......April 8, 1826 First session adjourns......May 22, 1826 John Adams, born in Braintree, Mass., Oct. 19, 1735, and Thomas Jefferson, born in Monticello, Va., April 2, 1743, die on the fiftieth anniversary of American independence......July 4, 1826 Abduction of William Morgan from Canandaigua, N. Y.......Sept. 12, 1826 [Gave rise to a political party—the anti-Masonic—that became national in importance, though short-li
Dorset (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
ted of complicity in the Mountain Meadow massacre, executed......March 23, 1877 Packard legislature in Louisiana breaks up......April 21, 1877 Forty-fourth Congress adjourning without making the usual appropriations for the army for the year ending June 30, 1878, the President calls on the Forty-Fifth Congress to meet Oct. 15......May 5, 1877 Ex-President Grant leaves Philadelphia for an extended European tour......May 17, 1877 John L. Motley, historian, born 1814, dies at Dorsetshire, England......May 29, 1877 Ten Molly Maguires hanged, six at Pottsville, and four at Mauch Chunk, Pa.......June 21, 1877 Civil service order issued by President Hayes: No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations or election campaigns ......June 22, 1877 Strike on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins at Martinsburg, W. Va.......July 16, 1877 Proclamations of President against domestic violence in West Virginia (dated July
Mulberry Grove (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america
w York......Nov. 7, 1785 John Hancock, of Massachusetts, chosen president of the Continental Congress......Nov. 23, 1785 [Did not serve owing to illness.] James Rumsey succeeds in propelling a boat by steam and machinery on the Potomac......March, 1786 First spinning-jenny in the United States put in operation by Daniel Jackson, of Providence, R. I.......1786 Nathaniel Gorham chosen president of the Continental Congress......June 6, 1786 Gen. Nathanael Greene dies at Mulberry Grove, Ga.......June 19, 1786 Ordinance establishing the coinage passed......August, 1786 Delegates from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, at Annapolis, Md., consider the condition of the nation, and request all the States to send delegates to a convention at Philadelphia in May following......Sept. 11, 1786 Connecticut makes a qualified cession to the United States of all territory south of 41° N. lat., and west of a line 120 miles west of Pennsylvania......S
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