Just what was happening in the world when the Ellings immigrated to America in 1859?
...Oregon was admitted to the Union as our 33rd state.
...A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens was published.
...France declared war on Austria.
...The Comstock Lode, the most lucrative silver ore mine in history, was discovered near Virginia City, Nevada.
...The electric range and escalator were patented and the first Pullman car went into service.
...John
Brown and his followers, in an attempt to get weapons for a slave
insurrection, seize the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now
WV.) They were quickly captured,
convicted and hung.
...Billy the Kid was born, aka William Bonney
...Charles Darwin published Origin of the Species.
...The first oil well was discovered in the U.S. in Titusville, PA.
...Our president was Buchanan.
...One of the first reports relating tobacco to cancer was published in France!
...Capt.
James Simpson searched for the shortest way across Nevada, finding a
path that was then used by the Pony Express (1860) and the Overland Mail
and Stage (1861.)
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