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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