Timeline: Mess, Johann Bernard: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

Mess, Johann Bernard

1856 - 1872 (15 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	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.
2	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
3	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.
4	1863	1863: Appleton History 1863 The Lawrence Engine Company was formed with Appleton\'s first fire engine.
5	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
6	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.
7	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.
8	1870	1870: Appleton History 1870 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early leader of the women\'s rights movement, visited Appleton.
9	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.

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