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| 1 | 1890 | - 1890: USA History
Yosemite National Park created
- 1890: Kaukauna History
Luther Lindauer elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 2 | 1891 | - 1891: Kaukauna History
Luther Lindauer was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 1894 | - 1894: Kaukauna History
Dr. H. B. Tanner elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 6 | 1895 | - 1895: Kaukauna History
Dr. H. B. Tanner was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 7 | 1896 | - 1896: Kaukauna History
Joseph McCarty elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 1899 | - 1899: Appleton History
1899 St. Elizabeth Hospital was established.
- 1899: Kaukauna History
F. M. Charlesworth elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 11 | 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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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 1902 | - 1902: Kaukauna History
H. J. Mulholland elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 14 | 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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| 15 | 1905 | - 1905: Kaukauna History
Construction of a public library with assistance from Andrew Carnegie.
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| 16 | 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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| 17 | 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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| 18 | 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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| 19 | 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.
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| 20 | 1913 | - 1913: USA History
Twenty - Eighth President of the US is Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
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| 21 | 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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| 22 | 1920 | - 1920: Appleton History
1920 Appleton\'s two newspapers, The Appleton Post and the Appleton Crescent, merged their operations and became the Appleton Post-Crescent.
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| 23 | 1921 | - 1921: USA History
Twenty- Ninth President of the US is Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921-1923
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| 24 | 1922 | - 1922: Irish History
1922 - 1923 - Irish Civil War between the Free State army and IRA
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| 25 | 1923 | - 1923: USA History
Thirtieth President of the US is Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
- 1923: Kaukauna History
Construction of high school on the island.
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| 26 | 1924 | - 1924: Appleton History
1924 The Soldiers\' and Sailors\' Memorial Drive Bridge was completed.
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| 27 | 1925 | - 1925: Appleton History
1925 Edna Ferber, the author who spent her teen years in Appleton, won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel So Big.
- 1925: Appleton History
1925 Street addresses in the city of Appleton were changed to provide greater organization and consistency.
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| 28 | 1926 | - 1926: Appleton History
1926 Erich Weiss, better known as the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, died on Halloween night in Detroit, Michigan. Houdini spent his childhood in Appleton where his father, Mayer Samuel Weiss, served as a rabbi.
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| 29 | 1927 | |
1890 - Abt 1927 (36 years)
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