Documents in Year 1866
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Links of Interest:
Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth U.S. President
(1865-1869)
Expansion:
Santa Fe Trail - 5,000 Freight Wagons in 1866.
Literature: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) writing for
Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.
Native Americans 1866-68:
Bozeman Trail war between U.S. and Plains Indians (Great Plains)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996
Natural Resources:
Hawaii National Park Created
PBS 6 minute video clip about Mark Twain's visit to Hawaii in
1866.
Technology:
Transatlantic Cable
July 27: Improved cable is laid by Great Eastern. This time the transatlantic cable works perfectly, and soon all kinds of commercial and political messages are being sent between Europe and America.
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