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| 1 | 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1854 Appleton\'s liquor ordinance was repealed, legalizing the sale and possession of alcohol.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.
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| 2 | 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.
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| 3 | 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
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| 4 | 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.
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| 5 | 1863 | - 1863: Appleton History
1863 The Lawrence Engine Company was formed with Appleton\'s first fire engine.
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| 6 | 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
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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 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.
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| 9 | 1870 | - 1870: Appleton History
1870 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early leader of the women\'s rights movement, visited Appleton.
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| 10 | 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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| 11 | 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
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| 12 | 1877 | - 1877: USA History
Nineteenth Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877-1881
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| 13 | 1878 | - 1878: Appleton History
1878 Famous speaker Henry Ward Beecher spoke in Appleton on Wastes and Burdens of Society.
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| 14 | 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.
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| 15 | 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
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| 16 | 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.
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| 17 | 1883 | - 1883: Appleton History
1883 Fox River Paper Corporation was established.
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| 18 | 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.
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| 19 | 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.
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| 20 | 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
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| 21 | 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.
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| 22 | 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
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| 23 | 1890 | - 1890: USA History
Yosemite National Park created
- 1890: Kaukauna History
Luther Lindauer elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 24 | 1891 | - 1891: Kaukauna History
Luther Lindauer was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 25 | 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
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| 26 | 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
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| 27 | 1894 | - 1894: Kaukauna History
Dr. H. B. Tanner elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 28 | 1895 | - 1895: Kaukauna History
Dr. H. B. Tanner was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 29 | 1896 | - 1896: Kaukauna History
Joseph McCarty elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 30 | 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
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| 31 | 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
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| 32 | 1899 | - 1899: Appleton History
1899 St. Elizabeth Hospital was established.
- 1899: Kaukauna History
F. M. Charlesworth elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 33 | 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
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| 34 | 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
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| 35 | 1902 | - 1902: Kaukauna History
H. J. Mulholland elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 36 | 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.
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| 37 | 1905 | - 1905: Kaukauna History
Construction of a public library with assistance from Andrew Carnegie.
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| 38 | 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]
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| 39 | 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]
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| 40 | 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.
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1854 - 1911 (56 years)
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