Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth U.S. President
(1877-1881)
James Abram Garfield,
Twentieth U.S. President
(1881) Shot July 2, 1881 by an attorney who did not receive a government
post he wanted.
Garfield died September 19, 1881 from
infection and internal hemorrhage.
Chester Alan Arthur, Twenty-first U.S. President
(1881-1885)
Literature:
Frederick Douglass
(53 years old in 1881.)
He
escaped slavery in 1838 at 20 years old and became a famous
abolitionist. He
published his final autobiography The Life and Times of Frederick
Douglass in 1881. This virtual tour of his home gives a feel for the late 1800s.
Native Americans 1881-86:
War between U.S. and Apaches (Great Plains)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996
Technology:
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company, on January 25, 1881.
Brooklyn Bridge
Floor beams are suspended from the cables. 12 years down, 2 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.
Wild West:
Doc Holiday and the Earp brothers survive their gunfight at the
O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881.
