Timeline: Kern, Agnes: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

A Historical Genealogical Archive Database for the families and their descendants who settled in and around the Fox Valley area of East Central Wisconsin.

1926 - 1994 (67 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.

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