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Shirr, Frederika (1834 - 1916)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1834	1834: Appleton History The United States government made the first survey of the Fox River Valley, beginning with the area south of the river.
2	1835	1835: Appleton History Hippolyte Paul Grignon built his home and trading post 1835: Appleton History Walter L. Newberry and Joshua Hathaway, Jr., land speculators from Chicago and Milwaukee, became the first to buy land that would one day be a part of Appleton. 1835: Kaukauna History Dam dug at DePere -- one of the first construction projects which was part of the Fox River Locks system 1835: Kaukauna History Paul Beaulieu settles on the south side of Kaukauna (on the hill east of Konkapot Creek). He and James Boyd, a son-in-law to George Lawe, buy and operate Whitney\'s sawmill.
3	1836	1836: Appleton History Wis. Territorial Governor Henry Dodge, representing the U.S. government, purchased about four million acres of NE Wisconsin from the native Indians. 1836: Kaukauna History Paul Ducharme sells the remainder of his Kaukauna holdings to Judge John Lawe to cove his debts to Lawe. Lawe in turn gives the holdings to his son, George.
4	1837	1837: Kaukauna History Charles Grignon builds his mansion in the woods as a gift for his bride
5	1839	1839: Kaukauna History The village of Kaukauna is incorporated 1839: Kaukauna History George Lawe moves to Kaukauna, builds a home, opens a trading post and a farm.
6	1841	1841: USA History Ninth President of the US is William Henry Harrison 1841 1841: USA History Tenth President of the US is John Tyler 1841-1845
7	1842	1842: Kaukauna History Nancy Grignon dies at age 53 at Buttes de Morts. 1842: Kaukauna History Immigrant Michael Klein who born in Germany in 1803, settles on the south bank.
8	1843	1843: Appleton History The U.S. government began surveying the land north of the Fox River.
9	1844	1844: Appleton History Eleazar Williams made a loan agreement with Amos A. Lawrence, using his wife\'s land on the Fox River for collateral. Williams later defaulted on the loan, and Mr. Lawrence took possession of the property. 1844: Kaukauna History Immigrant Peter Deidrich, born in Holland, settles and operates a ferry service directly across from Michael Klein farm.
10	1845	1845: Appleton History 1845 Paul Grignon bought the land on which he had lived for the past ten years, becoming the first to purchase land north of the Fox River that would one day be a part of Appleton. 1845: Appleton History 1845 The Reverend Reeder Smith met with Amos A. Lawrence to discuss establishing a college on the Eleazar Williams property in Wisconsin. 1845: Appleton History 1846 Bela Murch became the first farmer to settle in what is now Appleton on November 6. 1845: Irish History 1845-1849 The Irish Potato Famine: Many Irish emigrate to America and the population of Ireland drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration 1845: USA History Eleventh President of the US is James Knox Polk 1845-1849
11	1846	1846: USA History Mexican-American War begins
12	1847	1847: Appleton History 1847 Reeder Smith purchased land on behalf of Amos A. Lawrence as a site for the Lawrence Institute. 1847: Appleton History 1847 The Wisconsin Territorial Legislature granted a charter to the Lawrence Institute on January 17. 1847: USA History Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War
13	1848	1848: Appleton History 1848 On August 4, Rev. Reeder Smith, Rev. William H. Sampson, Joel S. Wright, a surveyor, and Henry Blood, a Methodist volunteer, moved onto the Lawrence Institute land and began laying out the plots for the school and for a village. 1848: Appleton History 1848 The name Appleton\ was first used for the tiny village that was growing around the Lawrence Institute. The village was named to honor Sarah Appleton 1848: Appleton History 1848 Wisconsin entered the union as the 30th state on May 29. 1848: Appleton History 1848 Wisconsin Methodist Church leaders raised the $10,000 necessary to match Amos A. Lawrence\'s gift of $10,000 to endow the Lawrence Institute.
14	1849	1849: Appleton History 1849 On July 3, construction began on the first Lawrence Institute building. 1849: Appleton History 1849 The first meeting of the Township of Grand Chute was held in the village of Appleton on April 3. 1849: Appleton History 1849 The name of the Lawrence Institute was changed to Lawrence University and on November 12, the first classes began with 35 students. 1849: Appleton History 1849 The three villages of Appleton, Lawesburg, and Martin (later called Grand Chute) were established. 1849: USA History Twelfth President of the US is Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 1849: Kaukauna History Andrew Black, from New England, settles as a neighbor to Diedrich.
15	1850	1850: Appleton History 1850 Between September 2 and 10, the first United States census was taken in the area, showing a population of 619 people in the Grand Chute Township. 1850: Appleton History 1850 The first school opened in Appleton. 1850: USA History Thirteenth President of the US is Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
16	1851	1851: Appleton History 1851 In April, the first county elections were held. 1851: Appleton History 1851 On February 17, Outagamie County was created by the State Legislature, with Grand Chute as the county seat. 1851: Appleton History 1851 The first meeting of the Outagamie County Board was held in Appleton on April 18. 1851: Wisconsin History June 1851 Morgan L. Martin's crew of 500 workers began excavations at Kaukauna for the locks and dams system. 1851: Kaukauna History March 1851 the Wisconsin state legislature changed the name of the town from Grand Kaukalin to Kaukauna. 1851: Kaukauna History Alexander Grignon plats the town of Springville located on the eastern end of the Grignon land, near a sulphur spring. The town could not compete with Kaukauna and failed.
17	1852	1852: Appleton History 1852 The Appleton Water Power Company was incorporated to construct dams and reservoirs on the Fox River.
18	1853	1853: Appleton History 1853 On April 14, the first meeting of the Appleton Village Board was held. John F. Johnston was elected village president. 1853: Appleton History 1853 Samuel Appleton died at his home in Boston on July 12. 1853: Appleton History 1853 The cornerstone for Lawrence University\'s Main Hall was laid. 1853: Appleton History 1853 The village of Appleton was incorporated, encompassing the former villages of Lawesburg, Appleton, and Grand Chute. 1853: USA History Fourteenth President of the US is Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
19	1854	1854: Appleton History 1854 Appleton\'s liquor ordinance was repealed, legalizing the sale and possession of alcohol. 1854: Appleton History 1854 The system of Fox River Locks and canals began operating. A boat from the Mississippi River met a boat from the Great Lakes for the first time at Appleton. 1854: Appleton History 1854 The village of Appleton was divided into two fire districts, east and west of Appleton Street, and a fire warden was appointed for each district.
20	1856	1856: Kaukauna History Completion of the Fox Locks and dam system. The economic boom for Kaukauna ends as canal workers move on. Vacant buildings are purchased and moved.
21	1857	1857: Appleton History 1857 Amos A. Lawrence visited Appleton for the first time and inspected the school named for him in May. 1857: Appleton History 1857 Appleton was incorporated as a city on May 2. 1857: USA History Fifteenth President of the US is James Buchanan 1857-1861
22	1861	1861: Appleton History 1861 The Chicago-Northwestern Railroad was extended to Appleton from Neenah and Menasha. Trains started serving Appleton for the first time on February 27. 1861: USA History American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter 1861: USA History Sixteenth President of the US is Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 1861: Kaukauna History The Chicago and Northwestern Railway, the main line between Green Bay and Milwaukee comes to town.
23	1863	1863: Appleton History 1863 The Lawrence Engine Company was formed with Appleton\'s first fire engine.
24	1865	1865: Appleton History 1865 The Appleton City Gas Light Company was incorporated. 1865: USA History Abraham Lincoln assassinated 1865: USA History Seventeenth President of the US is Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 1865: USA History United States Civil War ends
25	1866	1866: Appleton History 1866 The Appleton City Railway Company was incorporated to provide streetcar service to the city of Appleton. Horses provided power for the streetcars.
26	1869	1869: Appleton History 1869 The United States Supreme Court ruled for Lawrence University and against the claims of Edward Meade, resolving a long dispute over ownership of Appleton\'s downtown property. 1869: USA History Eighteenth President of the US is Ulysses Simpson Grant 1869-1877 1869: Kaukauna History Augustin Grignon dies at age 80 at Buttes de Morts.
27	1870	1870: Appleton History 1870 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early leader of the women\'s rights movement, visited Appleton.
28	1872	1872: Appleton History 1872 Riverside Cemetery was established, with the remains of pioneers moved from Appleton\'s first cemetery at the present site of The Post-Crescent newspaper offices. 1872: Appleton History 1872 The United States government bought the Fox Locks for $145,000. 1872: USA History Yellowstone National Park established 1872: Kaukauna History Railway tracks from Manitowoc to Antigo laid along the south bank of the river. 1872: Kaukauna History The Kaukauna Water Power Company plats the village of Ledyard on the south side of the river.
29	1874	1874: Appleton History 1874 Victoria Woodhall, a prominent figure in the women\'s rights movement, delivered a lecture in Appleton entitled, Tried as by Fire
30	1877	1877: USA History Nineteenth Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877-1881
31	1878	1878: Appleton History 1878 Famous speaker Henry Ward Beecher spoke in Appleton on Wastes and Burdens of Society.
32	1880	1880: Appleton History 1880 The Appleton Telephone Company was organized with 23 patrons. 1880: Wisconsin History The Kaukauna Water Power Company organized in 1880 by officials of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western railway platted the Village of Ledyard. 1880: Kaukauna History The Kaukauna Times newspaper is started. 1880: Kaukauna History The Kaukauna Water Power Company is organized by officials of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western railway.
33	1881	1881: Appleton History 1881 All of Appleton was united into one school district. 1881: USA History Twentieth President of the US is James Abram Garfield 1881 1881: USA History Twenty - First President of the US is Chester Alan Arthur 1881-1885
34	1882	1882: Appleton History 1882 On Saturday night, September 30, the Vulcan Paper Company and the Hearthstone, the business and the home of H.J. Rogers, became the first buildings in the world lighted by the Edison system generating electricity by water power. 1882: Appleton History 1882 The Appleton Gas Light Company received permission to string wires for electric lights in the city.
35	1883	1883: Appleton History 1883 Fox River Paper Corporation was established.
36	1884	1884: Kaukauna History On June 20, the village of Ledyard on the south side of the river was granted a charter and John Hickey was elected village president.
37	1885	1885: Appleton History 1885 The Appleton Edison Light Company was organized. 1885: USA History Twenty-Second President of the US is Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 1885: Wisconsin History The act of incorporation for the City of Kaukauna was passed by the state legislature in early March, 1885. 1885: Kaukauna History The Kaukauna Sun newspaper is started. 1885: Kaukauna History In March, the villages of Ledyard and Kaukauna are incorporated into the City of Kaukauna. 1885: Kaukauna History On April 5th, Colonel H.A. Frambach was elected the city\'s first mayor. 1885: Kaukauna History Colonel H. A. Frambach elected Mayor of Kaukauna 14 Jun 1885: Wisconsin History June 14, 1885: The first observance of Flag Day in the U.S. took place at Waubeka in Ozaukee County by Bernard J. Cigrand, a teacher at Stony Hill School. He campaigned to have June 14 a national remembrance day. This was the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day in 1916.
38	1886	1886: Appleton History 1886 A Board of Public Works was established and plans were made for a sewer system in the city of Appleton. 1886: Appleton History 1886 A successful movement began to urge the public to plant shade trees in the city. 1886: Appleton History 1886 Amos A. Lawrence died of heart disease in Boston on August 22. 1886: Appleton History 1886 On August 16, the Appleton Electric Street Railway Company began operation with a track running for four miles. 1886: Appleton History 1886 The Thompson and Houston Electric Light Company of Boston received the franchise to provide electric lights for the city. 1886: Kaukauna History Thomas Reese elected Mayor of Kaukauna
39	1887	1887: Kaukauna History Peter Reuter elected Mayor of Kaukauna in both 1887 and 1888. 15 Aug 1887: Wisconsin History August 15: 1887: Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on this date. Her first job was as a reporter for the Daily Courant of Appleton. She also wrote for the Milwaukee Journal and the Chicago Tribune. Ferber developed a flair for short story writing, drawing much of her material from her life in Wisconsin. Much of her magazine fiction centered on the family, small towns and working women. Some of her novels are Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace. Ferber died in 1968.
40	1889	1889: USA History Twenty - Third President of the US is Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 1889: Kaukauna History Free Public High School organized. 1889: Kaukauna History Michael Sullivan elected Mayor of Kaukauna
41	1890	1890: USA History Yosemite National Park created 1890: Kaukauna History Luther Lindauer elected Mayor of Kaukauna
42	1891	1891: Kaukauna History Luther Lindauer was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
43	1892	1892: Appleton History 1892 Reeder Smith died at his home in Appleton on January 24. 1892: Kaukauna History Luther Lindauer was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
44	1893	1893: Appleton History 1893 John F. Johnston, considered Appleton\'s first resident, died at his Appleton home. 1893: USA History Twenty - Fourth President of the US is Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 1893: Kaukauna History Peter Reuter elected Mayor of Kaukauna
45	1894	1894: Kaukauna History Dr. H. B. Tanner elected Mayor of Kaukauna
46	1895	1895: Kaukauna History Dr. H. B. Tanner was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
47	1896	1896: Kaukauna History Joseph McCarty elected Mayor of Kaukauna
48	1897	1897: USA History Twenty - Fifth President of the US is William McKinley 1897-1901 1897: Kaukauna History Joseph McCarty was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
49	1898	1898: Appleton History 1898 Appleton was connected by streetcar to Neenah and Menasha. 1898: USA History Spanish-American War 1898: Kaukauna History Charles E. Raught elected Mayor of Kaukauna
50	1899	1899: Appleton History 1899 St. Elizabeth Hospital was established. 1899: Kaukauna History F. M. Charlesworth elected Mayor of Kaukauna
51	1900	1900: Appleton History 1900 On March 28, Appleton\'s new City Hall and Library building was dedicated. It was the first building constructed specifically for those purposes. 1900: Kaukauna History Julius Kuehn elected Mayor of Kaukauna
52	1901	1901: USA History Twenty - Sixth President of the US is Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 1901: Kaukauna History C.D. Boyd elected Mayor of Kaukauna
53	1902	1902: Kaukauna History H. J. Mulholland elected Mayor of Kaukauna
54	1904	1904: Appleton History 1904 Ryan High School was destroyed by fire. The following year, Union High School was completed to replace it. Union High School is now Appleton Central High School. 1904: Kaukauna History Charles E. Raught elected Mayor of Kaukauna and reelected in 1906.
55	1905	1905: Kaukauna History Construction of a public library with assistance from Andrew Carnegie.
56	1908	1908: Appleton History 1908 Lawrence University changes its name to Lawrence College. 1908: Kaukauna History Julius Kuehn elected Mayor of Kaukauna [Died October 24, 1908]
57	1909	1909: USA History Twenty - Seventh President of the US is William Howard Taft 1909-1913 1909: Kaukauna History Julius J. Martens [Filled the unexpired term of Julius Kuehn]
58	1911	1911: Appleton History 1911 For the next seven years, Appleton was governed by a commission form of government. 1911: Appleton History 1911 On October 26, President William Howard Taft spoke at Lawrence University. 1911: Appleton History 1911 The Soldiers\' Square monument was dedicated.
59	1912	1912: Appleton History 1912 An ice jam on the Fox River caused flooding at the electric power plant on January 10. The city was without electricity as 100 men worked to unblock the ice jam in a temperature of 22 degrees below zero.
60	1913	1913: USA History Twenty - Eighth President of the US is Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
61	1916	1916: Kaukauna History Charles E. Raught elected Mayor of Kaukauna and reelected in 1918, 1920 and 1922. (He had previously served terms in 1898 and 1904)

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