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
Geronimo
Leader of the Apache Indians, captured September 4, 1886 at Skelton
Canyon, Arizona, ending the Indian lifestyle.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West
In New York's Madison Square Garden one of the decades biggest
traveling shows entertained audiences for two hours. "The audience saw
"How the West was won" with real cowboys and hundreds of Native
Americans. Bandits attacked a stagecoach. Annie Oakley shot a cigar
right out of her husband's mouth. Cowboys rode bucking broncos and roped
cattle. Indian warriors attacked a pioneer settlement and were soundly
defeated" (Pascal, Janet B.).
Natural Resources:
US Cavalry protects Yellowstone,
1886 - Military Quarters built near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone
where the US Cavalry protects the World's first National Park for 32
years until the National Park system is formed in order to keep the park
from being ruined by tourists.
Technology:
Electrolytic process for Aluminum extraction discoveredElectrical smelting
considered one of the "greatest events in metallurgy". Price of aluminum dropped to 2% of
its cost in ten years. This led to the company ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America).
The Men Who Built America (Electricity)
"America's advancement in the last three decades is staggering. Railroads (Vanderbilt) have replaced wagon trails to
unite the nation. And the Country's cities stand tall on steel (Carnegie). First kerosene (Rockefeller) transformed the night and
now electricity (Edison/Morgan) is about to light homes from coast to coast."
Edison financed by JP Morgan is providing DC electricity for New
York City and Tesla is working on his patent for AC electricity.
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