Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-12-27

Franklin" was launched upon Its stormy career.
September 24-zachary Taylor, officer In the
War OF 1912, the Black Hawk war and the
Seminole war. the "Old Rough and Ready" of
the Mexican war and twelfth President of the
United States. was born In Orange county, vir-
ginia. A commission has been appointed by the
present governor of Virginia to arrange for q
sesqui-centennial celebration of this event In
1884.
October 29-Robert Hoe, first of a line of
printing press inventors, who revolutIonlzed the
newspaper business. was born at Hoes In Lei
cestershire. England.
December W-Stephen II. Long, American
army engineer and explorer, dlscoverer of Longs
peak In Colorado, was born In Hopkinton, N. III.
Events of 1909 which recall that '125 years
ago" on
January l9-Edgar Allan Poe. great American
poet and s~tory-writer, was born In Boston.
February 12-Abraham Lincoln was born In
Kentucky.
February l6-Cyrus Mccormick. inventor of
the reaper, was born In Walnut Grove, Va.
September 11-Sterling Price, officer In the
Mexican war, governor of Missouri and general
In the Confederate army. was born In Prince
Edward county. Virginia.
December 24-Kit Carson, famous trapper.
guide and scout, was born In Madison county.
Kentucky.
During the coming year will occur the CEN
tennial of these events:
March 20-Charles w. Elliott, educator. presI-
dent OF Harvard university and famous for bis
"Ffve-Foot Shelf Of Books" was born In Boston.
March 24--John Wesley Powell, geologist, sol.
dier, explorer of the Grand canyon. director of the
United States Geological survey. founder and
first director OF the Bureau of American Eth
nology, was born at Mount Morris. N. Y.
April 26-Charles r. Browne. famous writer
under the name of "Artemus Ward" was born
In Waterford. Maine.
May ga party OF emlgrants under the lead
ership OF Nathaniel ]. wyeth left Liberty. Mo.
for the West, later built Fort Hall, Idaho, where
the American flag was first flown over that part
of the country. and established a colony near the
present site of Portland. Ore.
May 20-Lafayette, the great Frenchman who
helped establish American independence. died
In Paris.
During the coming year will occur the seventy
fifth anniversary of these events which occurred
In 1859:
August 26-Col. e. l.. Drake sank the first
oil well In the United States near Titusville. Pa.
this giant industry In this country.
september Striving Bachelor. famous author.
was born In Pierrepont, N. Z. In 1884 $50 years
ago) he established one OF the first Newspaper
In the country.
October i6-John Brown took possession of
the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. was later cap
tured. tried for treason and executed on Decem.
Der 2, giving to the embattled ants very forces
an immortal song John Browns Body Lies
A-Moldering In The Grave"
The vaur YpQA mill xruriy tho aFa4maa
sary of these events Of 1884:
June 22-Rescue of seven survivors OF Is mem
of the Lady Franklin Bay polar expedition.
including Its commander. A. w. Greedy fnow an
ldmiraD. Sergt. ID. l. Brainard tnow q GENERALLY
he rescue party being led by Capt Winfield q
Schley, later famous In the Spanish-AmerIcan
war.
November 4-Grover Cleveland was elected
of the United States, the 6rst Demo
ratio President In 28 years.
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