![]() ![]() The idea of a railroad that went from the east coast to the west didn’t start when building began. rail networks to the west coast, the Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad") became the first continuous railroad line across the United States. Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.īy connecting the existing eastern U.S. Ida Tarbell Author of "History of the Standard Oil Company" Bornįrank Beard.Hetty Green the “Witch of Wall Street” was Born.Birth of Ybor City, the Cigar Capital of the World.John Merrick, Entrepreneur and Community Leader, Born.Founding of the National Labor Union and the 1st National Call for a 8-Hour Work Day.Renewal of the Second Bank of the United States Vetoed.Bretton Woods Conference & the Birth of the IMF and World Bank.Alonzo Herndon, Founder of Atlanta Life Born.Founding of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Signing of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Black Wall Street in Tulsa, OK Destroyed on.Dow Jones Industrial Average First Published.Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.Debut of the Standard & Poors 500 Index.Production on the Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer Began.Frances Perkins became the First Female Cabinet Member.First Bank of the United States Chartered.Albert Gallatin, the 4th Secretary of the Treasury Born.Alexander Hamilton, First Secretary of the Treasury Born.Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury Born ![]()
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