Riding the rails in 1881
America has the same number of rail miles today that we had 128 years ago.
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President James Garfield is inaugurated, and assassinated.
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Billy the Kid escapes from jail in Mesilla, N.M.
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The Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton.
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The gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurs in Tombstone, Cochise County, Ariz.
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Sioux chief Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army at Fort Buford, Mont.
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Cecil B. DeMille and Pablo Picasso are born.
Comments
When you say we have the same amount of rails does that also include all of the subway systems? Seems like the subways are still highly relied on in states like New York.
Really??? Obama is so demanding! Well things are going like what he wanted but does it help us to cope up with the problem we are now facing? Well, the recession didn't stop them from doing it anyway, but this year's New York Auto Show was a stripped down affair. No short-term loans were needed to put on the spread, but they still unveiled new models like the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The new models shown off aren't likely to spark sales, as they have been nothing short of abysmal for the.... More
Ulysses S. Grant, General and President, was not born in 1881. He would have had a pretty tough time leading the Union to victory between 1860 and 1864 (American Civil War) had he been born in 1881. He was born in 1822 and died in 1885. His grandson, Ulysses S. Grant III, was born in 1881.
