Ulysses S. Grant, Eighteenth U.S. President
(1869-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth U.S. President
(1877-1881)
Literature:
Frederick Douglass,
escaped slavery in 1838 and became a famous abolitionist. He purchased his home,
Cedar Hill, in 1877 in Washington D.C. and lived there until his death in 1895.
This virtual tour of his home gives a feel for the late 1800s.
Native Americans 1876-77:
Black Hills War between U.S. and Plains Indians (Great Plains)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996
Chief Joseph of Nez Perce Indians,
24 August 1877 - George and Emma Cowen caught in Indian War during their
visit to Yellowstone, the world's first National Park. This video
clip shows historical photos and describes pursuit of Chief Joseph of
the Nez Perce Indians by the U.S. Army because the tribe had refused to
move to the reservation in Idaho.
Chief Crazy Horse of
Sioux Indians
September 5, 1877 - Crazy Horse was
stabbed by a guard at Camp Robinson, Nebraska when he tried to escape
and died from the bayonet wound.
Technology:
Brooklyn Bridge
Cable spinning begins. 8 years down, 6 to go to finish.
It's magnificent twin towers, breathtaking span, cutting edge
technology, and sheer beauty make Brooklyn Bridge the grandest,
and perhaps the most important structure built in America during
the nineteenth century. It was called "the eighth wonder of the
world."
Curlee, Lynn Brooklyn Bridge New York: Atheneum Books, 2001.
