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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Supreme Court, United States (search)
cut, New York, Vermont. Third— Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Fourth—Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. Fifth—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas. Sixth—Kentucky. Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee. Seventh—Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin. Eighth—Arkansas, Colorado, Indian and Oklahoma Territories, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming. Ninth—Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. On the following page is given a complete list of the justices of the United States Supreme Court, the names of the chief-justices being in italics. While United States minister to England, the Hon. E. J. Phelps wrote an essay on the Constitution of the United States, in which the Supreme Court of the United States is described as follows: The judicial power of the United States government is vested by the Constitution in one Supreme Court, and in such
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph 1830-1898 (search)
Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph 1830-1898 Mining engineer; born in Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia, April 29, 1830; came to the United States in 1850; and later went to California, where he was in business for ten years; visited Nevada in 1860; learned of the unfavorable condition of the mines; and planned the great Sutro tunnel, through the heart of the mountain where lay the Comstock lode. He interested capitalists in the project; obtained a charter from the Nevada legislature, Feb. 4, 1865; and the authorization of Congress, July 25, 1866. The tunnel was begun Oct. 19, 1869; before the close of 1871 four vertical shafts had been opened along its line, one of which was 552 feet deep; and it was completed at a cost of nearly $4,000,000. The main tunnel is 1,650 feet from the surface, 20,000 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 10 feet high. Mr. Sutro sold his interest in the tunnel and went to San Francisco, where he invested in real estate, and became one of the richest men on the Pacific coa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ans185995,274 34KansasAmericans186181,318 35West VirginiaEnglish186323,000 36NevadaAmericans1864104,125 37NebraskaAmericans186775,995 38ColoradoAmericans1876104,the army......March 1, 1861 Territorial government established in Dakota and Nevada......March 2, 1861 [No restrictions as to slavery in the acts establishingtary governor of Louisiana......March 15, 1864 Enabling act for admission of Nevada and Colorado......March 21, 1864 New York Sanitary Commission fair (receip N. C.......Oct. 27, 1864 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va.......Oct. 27, 1864 Nevada, the thirty-sixth State in order, admitted into the Union by proclamation of th...April, 1866 Race riot in Memphis, Tenn.......May 1-2, 1866 Boundary of Nevada extended 1° E., by act of Congress......May 5, 1866 Jefferson Davis indictedia, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Hampshire, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Minneso
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arizona, (search)
Arizona, A territory of the United States between lat. 31° and 37° N., and between long. 109° and 114° 40′ W. Utah and Nevada lie on the north, on the east is New Mexico, Mexico on the south, California and Nevada on the west. It contains about 113,916 square miles. It has eleven counties—Apache, Cochiso, Coconimo, Gila, Graham, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma. Population, 1880, 40,440; 1890, 59,620; 1900, 122,931. Capital, Phoenix. First explorations made by Vasquez Nevada on the west. It contains about 113,916 square miles. It has eleven counties—Apache, Cochiso, Coconimo, Gila, Graham, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma. Population, 1880, 40,440; 1890, 59,620; 1900, 122,931. Capital, Phoenix. First explorations made by Vasquez Coronado, sent from Mexico by Viceroy Mendozo......1540 Spaniards again enter and establish a military post where Tucson now stands......1580 Jesuit missionaries on Santa Cruz River, about......1600 Spaniards from Mexico form settlements from Tucson to the Mexican line, and partly occupy the country for nearly 150 years. They are finally driven out by the Indians before......1821 First hunters and trappers from the United States probably visited Arizona in......1824 All Arizon
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
California (Spanish, calida formax, meaning a hot furnace), a Pacific coast State, lies between lat. 32° 28′ and 42° N., and long. 114° 30′ and 124° 45′ W., having a coast line of over 700 miles. It is bounded on the north by Oregon, east by Nevada and Arizona, south by Mexico, and west by the Pacific Ocean. Population in 1890, 1,208,130; 1900, 1,485,053; area, 158,360 square miles, in fifty-four counties. Capital, Sacramento. Hernando d'alarcon sails to the head of the Gulf of California, and sends boats up the Colorado River......May, 1540 Juan Cabrillo, sailing north, discovers a harbor, supposed to be San Diego Bay, Sept. 28, 1542, and reaches Monterey......Nov. 14, 1542 After Cabrillo's death at San Miguel, Jan. 3, 1543, Farallo, his pilot, reaches a point recorded as 44° N., but now believed to have been Cape Mendocino, 40° 30′ N......March 10, 1543 English explorer Sir Francis Drake touches the coast at lat. 43° N., June, 1579; sailing south, he lands
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
Idaho (Indian, Edah hoe), one of the States of the northwestern division of the Union. Its name signifies light on the mountains. It lies between lat. 42° and 49° N., and long. 111° and 117° W. The Dominion of Canada bounds it on the north, Montana and Wyoming on the east, Utah and Nevada on the south, and Oregon and Washington on the west. Area, 84,800 square miles, in eighteen counties;. population, 1890, 84,385; 1900, 161,772; capital, Boise City. First white men in Idaho, Lewis and Clarke's exploring expedition......1805-6 First settlement at Fort Hall, by N. J. Wyeth......1834 Coeur d'alene mission established......1842 Gold discovered on the Oro Fino Creek, followed by a large immigration. 1858-60 Idaho created a Territory.......March 3, 1863 General school law passed......Jan. 12, 1877 Test-oaths abjuring polygamy and plural and celestial marriages required of all county and precinct officers......1884-85 New capitol completed at Boise City......1887
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nebraska, (search)
Lincoln......Feb. 15, 1892 Silver anniversary of Nebraska celebrated at Lincoln......May 25, 1892 First National Convention of People's party at Omaha nominate Weaver and Field for President and Vice-President......July 4-5, 1892 Members of the State board of public lands and buildings impeached......April, 1893 [Acquitted June 5, 1893.] Newberry law, establishing maximum railroad rates, takes effect......Aug. 1, 1893 United States Senator Allen makes the longest continuous speech (on the silverpurchase repeal bill) ever delivered in the United States Senate, speaking fourteen and three-quarter hours......Oct. 13, 1893 Inter-State irrigation congress meets at Omaha......March 21, 1894 The legislature of Nebraska adopts the golden-rod as the State floral emblem......1896 The trans-Mississippi international exposition opened......June 1, 1898 Sugar-beet growing by convicts tried as an experiment, on a small scale, and found profitable......1900 Nevada
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nevada, (search)
ediah S. Smith crosses the southeast corner of Nevada on his way from Great Salt Lake to Los Angeles crosses the Sierra Nevada and the entire State of Nevada from west to east......1827 Joseph Waltimes called the Murphy Company, pass through Nevada down the Humboldt in wagons on their way to Ca844 Gen. J. C. Fremont's expedition crosses Nevada from near Pilot Knob into California......1845 Nevada included in the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo..ere......1858 Chinese first introduced into Nevada to work on a mining-ditch at Gold Cañon......1blish the boundary-line between California and Nevada......May 22, 1863 Discovery of a salt basinate constitution meets at Carson City, July 4; Nevada was admitted by proclamation......Oct. 31, 186 feet......Feb. 4, 1865 Eastern boundary of Nevada extended one degree by act of Congress......Ma of artillery......1873 State University of Nevada, chartered in 1864, is opened at Elko......187[7 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oregon, (search)
Oregon, One of the Pacific coast States of the American Union, has a coast-line of 300 miles, extending from lat. 42° N., which marks the boundary between the State and California and Nevada, to the Columbia River, which separates the State from Washington on the north in lat. 46° 15′ N. Idaho lies to the east, the Snake River forming about half of the eastern boundary. It is limited in longitude between 116° 45′ to 124° 30′ W. Area, 96,030 square miles, in thirty-one counties. Population, 1890, 313,767; 1900, 413,536. Capital, Salem. A Spanish expedition, sent out under Bruno Heceta in the Santiago, discovers the mouth of the Columbia River......1775 Captain Robert Gray enters the Columbia River in the American ship Columbia from Boston......May 7, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends the Columbia River about 100 miles to the region of the cascades......October–November, 1792 By purchase, the United States acquires the claims of France to Ore
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Utah, (search)
Utah, A State of the United States, the forty-fifth in admission, is bounded on the north by Idaho and Wyoming, east by Wyoming and Colorado, south by Arizona, and west by Nevada. Area, 84,970 square miles, lying between long. 109° and 114° W., and north of lat. 37° N. Population, 1890, 207,905; 1900, 276,749. Capital, Salt Lake City. Franciscan friars Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Dominguez, looking for a route from Santa Fe to Monterey, Cal., reach Utah and Seh and fifteen trappers march from Great Salt Lake to Utah Lake, and thence to San Gabriel Mission, Cal., 1826; return to Utah......1827 J. Bartleson and twenty-seven emigrants for California proceed from Soda Springs to Corrine and thence into Nevada......August, 1841 Marcus Whitman and A. L. Lovejoy, on their way from Oregon to the United States, pass through Utah......1842 Col. John C. Fremont, with Kit Carson and three others, explores Great Salt Lake in a rubber boat......Sept. 8, 1
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