Tumultuous Teens Middle East assassination started the century on a bloody journey There are 91,972,266 of us in the United States as the century's second decade begins. And, for the first time in our history, we're becoming city folks. A decade ago, more than half of us lived on farms. Now, it's fewer than 30 percent. America's last execution by hanging The lights come on in rural farmhouses.
Street cars reach the end of the line.
Local radio signs on the air. The Ohio River sees its worst flood ever. And the nation's last public execution fills the streets of Owensboro. A bridge finally spans the Ohio River at Owensboro. More than 5,000 of us march away to war, and 226 of us don't come back.