Act admitting Nebraska accepted by legislature.... .. Feb. 20, 1867 Nebraska admitted by proclamation of President Johnson.. March 1, 1867 This writ was issued by Judge Dundy, of the United States district court of Nebraska, who decides that an Indian has a right to a habeas corpus in a federal court. The Secretary of War at Washington issues immediate orders for the release of Standing Bear and his followers May 13, 1879 New school law, repealing and remodelling the old system of public instruction, passed by legislature... ....1881 A band of Indians wreck a freight train by placing obstructions on the track, and murder all the train hands. General Augur sends a detachment of troops, who engage 500 Sioux Indians in battle at Plum Creek, near Omaha..Aug. 16, 1867 Seat of government removed from Omaha to a point in Lancaster county State home for the friendless located named Lincoln, in honor of President at Lincoln, founded by act of legislature Lincoln..... in 1881, is opened.... ..Jan. 1, 1882 Gates College, at Neligh, chartered in 1881; opened.... ...1867 Union Pacific Railroad, chartered by act of Congress, July 1, 1862, is opened for ratifies traffic..... May 10, 1869 Legislature the Fifteenth Amendment.. . Feb. 17, 1870 State board of three commissioners of immigration provided for by act of legislature .1870 Gov. David P. Butler impeached for corruption in office, in appropriating to his own use $17,000 of school fund June 2, 1871 Omaha Daily Bee established by Edward Rosewater at Omaha...........1871 University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, chartered 1869, opened.... ..1871 Nebraska Relief and Aid Society, Gen. E. O. C. Ord at the head, organized at request of the governor to relieve sufferers from famine caused by drought and locusts Sept. 18, 1874 Legislature authorizes $50,000 in State bonds for relief of sufferers by locusts and famine.... ...1875 New constitution framed by a convention which met at Lincoln, May 11, 1875, completing its labors June 12, is ratified by the people.... ...Oct. 12, 1875 Convention of governors from the Western States and Territories at Omaha to consider the grasshopper pest October, 1876 Ponco chief Standing Bear and twentyfive followers on their way from the Indian Territory, which they left in January, 1879, to their old home in Dakota are arrested on the Omaha reservation by Brigadier-General Crook, to be returned to the Indian Territory. On April 8, H. Tibbles, assistant editor of the Omaha Herald, applies for a writ of habeas corpus on their behalf, to be served on General Crook. IX.-2 E 433 ...1882 At State election E. P. Ingersoll, president of the State Farmers' Alliance and candidate of the Greenback and Anti-monopoly parties, receives 16,991 votes, as against 28,562 for J. S, Morton, Democrat, and 43,495 for James W. Dawes, Republican... November, 1882 Amendment to the constitution extending suffrage to women rejected; 25,756 for and 50,693 against...... November, 1882 Nebraska Central College, at Central City, chartered and opened.. ..1885 Soldiers' and sailors home at Grand Island opened.... ..July, 1888 First Monday in September made a legal holiday (Labor Day) . . . . . ...1889 Industrial home for women and girls at Milford opened.... May 1, 1889 Asylum for incurable insane at Hastings opened . . . . . .Aug. 1, 1889 Convention of 250 delegates representing Kansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, meets at Omaha to unite in a central prohibition organization... .Dec. 18, 1889 At State election the vote for governor stands as follows: James E. Boyd, Democrat, 71,331; John H. Powers, People's Independent, 70,187; Lucius D. Richards, Republican, 68,878; B. L. Paine, Prohibition, 3,676. A separate vote on adding a prohibitory liquor clause to the constitution stood: For the amendment, 82,292; against, 111,728... November, 1890 Candidates on the Independent ticket prepare to contest the election, and taking of testimony begins at Lincoln. Dec. 5, 1890 The three candidates (Democrat, Republican, and Independent) claim the gov ernorship.... .Jan. 9, 1891 Governor Thayer surrenders possession of the executive apartments to Boyd under protest.... ..Jan. 15, 1891 Supreme Court of the State gives a decision ousting Boyd on ground that he is an alien and reinstating Thayer.. May 5, 1891 Ex-Gov. David Butler dies near Pawnee City.... May 25, 1891 Eight-hour law goes into effect Aug. 1, 1891 United States Supreme Court declares James E. Boyd to be the rightful governor of the State.... Feb. 1, 1892 Public demonstration in honor of inauguration of Governor Boyd takes place at Lincoln..... Feb. 15, 1892 Silver anniversary of Nebraska celebrated at Lincoln.... May 25, 1892 First National Convention of People's party at Omaha nominate Weaver and Field for President and Vice-President Members of the State board of public lands and buildings impeached April, 1893 [Acquitted June 5, 1893.] Newberry law, establishing maximum ailroad rates, takes effect....Aug. 1, 1893 United States Senator Allen makes the longest continuous speech (on the silverpurchase repeal bill) ever delivered in the United States Senate, speaking fourteen and three-quarter hours. Oct. 13, 1893 1896 The trans-Mississippi international exposition opened . . . . . June 1, 1898 Sugar-beet growing by convicts tried as an experiment, on a small scale, and July 4-5, 1892 found profitable.. .1900 NEVADA Nevada, one of the Western States of through Nevada down the Humboldt in the American Union, is bounded north wagons on their way to California.. 1844 by Oregon and Idaho, east by Utah Gen. J. C. Frémont's expedition crosses and Arizona, south by Arizona and Cal- Nevada from near Pilot Knob into Caliifornia, and west by California. It is fornia 1845 limited in latitude by 35° to 42° N., and Nevada included in the territory ceded in longitude by 114° to 120° W.: and to the United States by the treaty of has an area of 110,700 square miles in Guadalupe-Hidalgo. . Feb. 2, 1848 fourteen counties. Population in 1890, H. S. Beatie takes possession of the pres45.761; 1900, 42,335. Capital, Carson ent site of Genoa, erects a log-house, and City. opens a supply depot for emigrants... 1849 Father Francisco Garcés sets out from Sonora for California, and passes through the southern portion of Nevada 1775 Peter Skeen Ogden, of the Hudson Bay Fur Company, discovers the Humboldt River.. .1825 Gold discovered in small quantities in An immigrant named Hardin discovers Jedediah S. Smith crosses the southeast corner of Nevada on his way from Great Salt Lake to Los Angeles, Cal., and on his return crosses the Sierra Nevada and the entire State of Nevada from west E. Allen and Hosea B. Grosch discover to east... 1827 silver ore in Gold Cañon.... 1853 Joseph Walker and thirty-five or forty Carson City laid out in Eagle Valley by men, trappers, pass through Nevada from Abraham V. Z. Curry, who built a stone Great Salt Lake by the Humboldt River house there... 1858 into California.... 1832-33 Chinese first introduced into Nevada to A party under Elisha Stevens, some- work on a mining-ditch at Gold Cañon times called the Murphy Company, pass 1858 tersect and drain the Comstock lode at a depth of 1,600 feet........ Feb. 4, 1865 Eastern boundary of Nevada extended one degree by act of Congress May 5, 1866 First railroad locomotive enters the State, running from the California side to Crystal Peak.. Territorial Enterprise started at Genoa by William L. Jernegan and A. James Dec. 18, 1858 Penrod Comstock & Co. discover the socalled Comstock lode in Six-Mile Cañon June 11, 1859 First settlement on the site of Reno made by C. W. Fuller.... 1859 A constitution for the unorganized Territory of Nevada, prepared in unconstitutional an act of Nevada legisJuly, is adopted by the people lature levying a capitation tax of $1 on every person leaving the State by any railroad, stage-coach, or other carrier of passengers .1868 Sept. 7, 1859 First pony express reaches Carson Valley in eight and a half days from St. Joseph, Mo. The news by it is telegraphed to San Francisco and published there in nine days from New York April 12, 1860 First Catholic church in Nevada erected at Genoa by Father Gallagher...... 1860 War between the settlers and the PahUtes Indians opens by an attack on Williams Station, May 7. Battle at Pyramid Lake fought May 12, and at Fort Storey, June 3, after which the Indians disperse 1860 Territory of Nevada organized by ConMarch 2, 1861 Jesse L. Bennett, a Methodist preacher in Carson Valley during 1859, delivers the first sermon ever preached in Virginia City, then the capital... . 1861 Governor Nye proclaims the Territory organized.. ......July 11, 1861 Carson City declared the permanent seat of government by act of the legislature gress... Nov. 25, 1861 Butler Ives, commissioner on the part of Nevada, and John F. Kidder, of California, meet in Lake Valley to establish the boundary-line between California and Nevada..... May 22, 1863 Discovery of a salt basin five miles square, near the sink of the Carson River, containing pure rock-salt to a depth of 14 feet... 1864 Under act of March 21, 1864, a convention to form a State constitution meets at Carson City, July 4; Nevada was admitted by proclamation ....1867 United States Supreme Court declares Legislature ratifies Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States . March 1, 1869 United States branch mint at Carson City, founded in 1866, begins operations Nov. 1, 1869 Corner-stone of the State capitol laid, June 9, 1870, and building completed and occupied.. August, 1871 Lieutenant-Governor Denver refuses to surrender the State prison to his successor in office, P. C. Hyman, until compelled by militia and sixty armed men under General Van Bokkelen, with one piece of artillery .. .1873 State University of Nevada, chartered in 1864, is opened at Elko..... .1874 Bishop Whitaker's school for girls opened at Reno.. .1876 Legislature by joint resolution amends the constitution so as to exclude from the privilege of electors any bigamist or polygamist ... .1877 State fish commission appointed by act of legislature, and a hatchery established at Carson City..... .1878 Completion of the Sutro tunnel celebrated in the Carson Valley June 30, 1879 Nickel-mines discovered in Humboldt county.... ...1882 United States branch mint at Carson City closed.... ...1885 State university removed from Elko to Reno and reopened . . . . . . March, 1886 Acts of legislature passed providing for State immigration bureau and for the observance of Arbor Day in the State 1887 Oct. 31, 1864 Freemasonry established in the State in February, 1862, and the grand lodge of Nevada organized. . . . . . . . . . January, 1865 Sutro Tunnel Company chartered to voted upon by the people, who reject one build a tunnel some 4 miles long to in- to authorize lotteries, and adopt one giv Fourteen constitutional amendments Governor Stevenson dies, and is succeeded by Lieut.-Gov. Frank Bell, acting ing women the right to hold school offices. Election held...... . Feb. 11, 1889 Legislature appropriates $100,000 for a hydrographic survey of the State, and provides for State board of reclamation tutional amendments proposed in 1891 orand internal improvement.... .1889 dered submitted to the people 1894..1893 Sept. 21, 1890 Twenty-five of the twenty-eight consti NEW HAMPSHIRE George Burdet, a clergyman from Yarmouth, England, succeeds Wiggin as governor of the Dover plantations......1636 New Hampshire, one of the Eastern quests, goes to a grandson, Robert Tufton, States of the American Union, lies between who takes the surname of Mason....1635 Maine on the east and Vermont and Quebec on the west, from which it is separated by the Connecticut River. Quebec bounds it on the north and Massachusetts on the south. The Atlantic, on the southeast corner, forms a coast-line of 18 miles, affording a good harbor at Portsmouth. Area, 9.305 square miles, in ten counties. Popu- the people..... lation, 1890, 376,530; 1900, 411,588. Capital. Concord. Rev. John Wheelwright, banished from Boston as a result of the Antinomian controversy, and a few friends settle Exeter. and form a government with elections by ..1638 Hampton, considered as belonging to the colony of Massachusetts, founded...1638 New Hampshire formed a part of the Burdet succeeded by Capt. John Ungrant to the colonies of Virginia and Plym- derhill 1638 outh, extending from lat. 34° to lat. 45° People of Portsmouth form a provisionN.. . April 10, 1606 al government.. . 1639 Capt. John Smith, ranging the shore Provisional government established at of New England, explores the harbor of Dover.... .Oct. 22, 1640 Piscataqua ...1614 Four governments in New Hampshire Ferdinando Gorges and Capt. John subscribe to a union with Massachusetts. Mason, members of the Plymouth coun- April 14, 1641, which goes into effect, givcil, obtain a joint grant of the prov- ing New Hampshire's representatives a ince of Laconia, comprising all the land vote in town affairs without regard to rebetween the Merrimac River, the Great ligious qualifications... ...Oct. 9, 1641 Lakes, and river of Canada Aug. 10, 1622 Gorges and Mason establish a settlement at the mouth of the Piscataqua, calling the place Little Harbor, and another settlement, 8 miles farther up the river, Dover.... ...1623 Mason, having agreed with Gorges to make the Piscataqua the divisional line, takes from the Plymouth council a patent of that portion lying between that river and the Merrimac, and calls it New Hampshire.... Nov. 7, 1629 Company of Laconia dividing their interests, Mason procures for himself a charter of Portsmouth.... ...1631 Towns of Portsmouth and Northam laid out.... .....1633 A number of families from England settle on Dover Neck and build a fortified Colonies of Connecticut, New Haven, New Plymouth, and Massachusetts (including New Hampshire) form a confederacy.. .1642 White Mountains explored by Captain Neal.. ....1642 Quakers William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson executed for returning to the province after banishment Oct. 27, 1659 William Leddra hanged for being a Quaker...... ...March 14, 1660 Warrant issued at Dover, directing three Quakeresses to be whipped out of the province. Stripped and tied to a cart, they are publicly whipped at Dover and Hampton, but freed at Salisbury through the agency of Walter Barefoot December, 1662 Indians in King Philip's War ravage church..... ....1633 Somersworth and Durham, and between Mason's estate, after a few specific be- Exeter and Hampton.... September, 1675 Four hundred Indians captured by strategy at Dover. Seven or eight are put to death, 200 discharged, and the balance sold in foreign parts as slaves Sept. 7, 1676 King's bench decided that Massachusetts had no jurisdiction over New Hampshire and Mason's heirs none within the territory they claimed. To establish Mason's title, the King makes New Hampshire a distinct province, with John Cutts, of Portsmouth, president... Sept. 8, 1679 Royal commission declaring New Hampshire a royal province reaches Portsmouth Jan. 1, 1680 President Cutts dies, and is succeeded by Maj. Richard Waldron, of Dover April 5, 1681 Mason surrenders one-fifth of his quit rents from the province to Charles II., and thus secures the appointment of Edward Cranfield as lieutenant-governor, with extraordinary powers and devoted to his interests.... ..Jan. 25, 1682 Cranfield suspends Waldron and Richard Martyn, both popular leaders, from the council... .May 15, 1682 Edward Gove, voicing the popular feeling against Governor Cranfield, with a tumultuous body from Exeter and Hampton, declares for liberty and reform. Finding the people not yet ready for revolt, he surrenders, is convicted of high treason, and imprisoned in the Tower of London 1683 People, called upon by the governor to take leases from Mason, refuse to acknowledge his claim.... Feb. 14, 1683 Assembly refuse money for the Cranfield government.. ..1684 Cranfield, by authority of the governor and council, without the concurrence of the Assembly, imposes taxes; but, unable to enforce payment, obtains a leave of absence, and returns to England, Walter Barefoot, his deputy, succeeding as chief magistrate.... ...Jan. 9, 1685 Indians attack Dover; surprise Major Waldron in his own home, and massacre him and many other settlers, taking twenty-nine captives, whom they sell as slaves to the French in Canada....Jan. 27, 1689 People of New Hampshire effect a governmental union with Massachusetts March 12, 1690 New Hampshire is purchased from the Mason heirs by Samuel Allen, of London, who prevents its insertion in the charter of William and Mary, and becomes its governor, appointing his son-in-law, John Usher, as lieutenant-governor March 1, 1692 Law passed requiring each town to provide a school-master, Dover excepted, it then being too much impoverished by Indian raids to do so... 1693 Sieur de Villieu, and 250 Indians, approach Durham undiscovered, and, waiting in ambush during the night, at sunrise attack the place, destroy five houses, and carry away 100 captives July 17, 1694 Richard, Earl of Bellomont, is installed governor of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire; council and courts reorganized of opponents of the Mason claim.. ..July 31, 1699 Earl of Bellomont dies at New York, March 5, 1701, and Joseph Dudley is appointed governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire by Queen Anne 1701 An attack of Indians on Durham is repulsed by a few women in disguise firing upon the Indians, who suppose the place well garrisoned.. . April, 1706 Indian hostilities cease on the arrival of news of the treaty of Utrecht, and a treaty ratified with them....July 11, 1713 George Vaughan made lieutenant-governor and Samuel Shute commander-in chief of the province... ...Oct. 13, 1716 Vaughan superseded by John Wentworth, by commission signed by Joseph Addison, English Secretary of State Dec. 7, 1717 Sixteen Scottish families settle at Londonderry, and the first Presbyterian church in New England is organized by Rev. James McGregorie... 1719 Capt. John Lovewell makes his first excursion against the Indians in New Hampshire.. .December, 1724 A grant of land made by New Hampshire to the survivors of the Lovewell defeat at Fryeburg, Me., overlaps a similar grant by Massachusetts in Bow county, which leads to a boundary litigation between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, which lasts forty years. Grants made.... . May 18-20, 1727 Duration of Assembly limited to three |