Grover Cleveland, Twenty-second U.S. President
(1885-1889)
Benjamin Harrison,
Twenty-third U.S. President
(1889-1893) Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of "Old Tippecanoe," William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States.
Statehood
North Dakota (39 of 50 States) Admitted 2 Nov 1889
South Dakota (40 of 50 States) Admitted 2 Nov 1889
Montana (41 of 50 States) Admitted 8 Nov 1889
Washington (42 of 50 States) Admitted 11 Nov 1889
The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published on July 8, 1889.
The great Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 opened Indian Territory.
Rudyard Kipling's visit to Yellowstone
1889 - This delightful video clip of historical photos and reading of
dispatches for overseas newspapers written by Rudyard Kipling, an
Englishman touring America, describes his experience of joining other
tourists on the five day Grand tour of Yellowstone in the parade
of stagecoaches/buggies. The Firehole Hotel had electric lights, steam
heat and hot baths fed by the thermal springs.
Technology:
The Men Who Built America
“America is in an
age of unprecedented prosperity. The country is connected coast to coast by rail. Kerosene lamps brighten
the night (Rockefeller). And steel (Carnegie) is being used to build structures (skyscrapers) no one could have imagined even a
decade earlier.” JP Morgan is staking everything on Thomas Edison" with
DC electricity that powers New York City. George Westinghouse is backing
Nikola Tesla with AC electricity to power the nation.
World Fair celebrating the centennial of the
storming of the Bastille and the French Revolution (100 years).
Paris, France in 1889
(6 May - 31 October)
3rd of 6 World Fairs held in Paris - 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900, 1925, 1937
Location: Champ de Mars, Trocadero,
banks of the Seine, Esplanad des Invalides (237
acres)
Architectural Wonder: the new Eiffel Tower lit by gaslights stood in the center of
the park. The central axis of the exhibition ran directly under the
tower straight to the entrance of the main building, which was a
series of interconnected small galleries, each wing had a central
dome.
Visitors:
32.3
million
Novelties: the Eiffel Tower, the phonograph
Mattie, Erik World's Fairs Princeton Architectural Press, 1998, New York: New York.
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