Wednesday, February 18, 2015

We've Arrived in 1890!

The first part of December 2014 we started the 1880 probate files and today we finally opened our first 1890 probate file.  I did a Google search for the decade and one thing I did notice was that lots of famous people died but many of the events probably wouldn't be recognized by many of us.

     *1890 -Congress designated Yosemite a National Park
_   *1891 -Carnegie Hall opened in New York City
     *1892 -Walt Whitman died
     *1893 -Lizzie Borden was acquitted
     *1894 -Congress established the first Monday of September as Labor Day
     *1895 -Alfred Nobel arranged in his will for his estate to fund the Nobel Prize
     *1896 -First Olympic Games were held in Greece
     *1897 -The Klondike Gold Rush began in Alaska
     *1898 -United States declared war on Spain
     *1899 -Newsboys in NYC went on strike for several weeks


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