Studebaker Brothers is founded at South Bend, Ind., by Pennsylvania-born wagon maker Clement Studebaker and his older brother Henry. The company will become the world's largest wagon and carriage maker. Wells Fargo and Co. is founded. David Livingstone explores Zambezi. German-American inventor Christopher Dorflinger devises an improved lamp chimney.
Hydraulic mining begins in California.
The S.S. Pacific goes into transatlantic service for the Collins Line. The 2,856-ton Pacific is the first ship to cross from New York to Liverpool in less than 10 days. Home Copyright 1999, Literary Liaisons .