Documents in Year 1839
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Links of Interest:
Martin Van Buren, Eighth U.S. President
(1837-1841)
- Education:
Horace Mann (1796-1859) "Father of American Education"
"established three normal schools (teacher training
institutions), the first such schools in America. The first of these
normal schools was established in 1839 at Lexington, Massachusetts."
Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 127 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010
see 1847 for next event...
Native Americans 1831-39:
Relocation of southeastern tribes to Oklahoma (southeast)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996
Technology: Charles Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber in 1839.
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