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Liebel, Mary (1850 - 1950)

	Date	Event(s)
1	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
2	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.
3	1852	1852: Appleton History 1852 The Appleton Water Power Company was incorporated to construct dams and reservoirs on the Fox River.
4	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
5	1854	1854: Appleton History 1854 Appleton\'s liquor ordinance was repealed, legalizing the sale and possession of alcohol. 1854: Appleton History 1854 The system of Fox River Locks and canals began operating.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.
6	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.
7	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
8	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.
9	1863	1863: Appleton History 1863 The Lawrence Engine Company was formed with Appleton\'s first fire engine.
10	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
11	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.
12	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.
13	1870	1870: Appleton History 1870 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early leader of the women\'s rights movement, visited Appleton.
14	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.
15	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
16	1877	1877: USA History Nineteenth Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877-1881
17	1878	1878: Appleton History 1878 Famous speaker Henry Ward Beecher spoke in Appleton on Wastes and Burdens of Society.
18	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.
19	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
20	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.
21	1883	1883: Appleton History 1883 Fox River Paper Corporation was established.
22	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.
23	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.
24	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
25	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.
26	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
27	1890	1890: USA History Yosemite National Park created 1890: Kaukauna History Luther Lindauer elected Mayor of Kaukauna
28	1891	1891: Kaukauna History Luther Lindauer was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
29	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
30	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
31	1894	1894: Kaukauna History Dr. H. B. Tanner elected Mayor of Kaukauna
32	1895	1895: Kaukauna History Dr. H. B. Tanner was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
33	1896	1896: Kaukauna History Joseph McCarty elected Mayor of Kaukauna
34	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
35	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
36	1899	1899: Appleton History 1899 St. Elizabeth Hospital was established. 1899: Kaukauna History F. M. Charlesworth elected Mayor of Kaukauna
37	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
38	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
39	1902	1902: Kaukauna History H. J. Mulholland elected Mayor of Kaukauna
40	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.
41	1905	1905: Kaukauna History Construction of a public library with assistance from Andrew Carnegie.
42	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]
43	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]
44	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.
45	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.
46	1913	1913: USA History Twenty - Eighth President of the US is Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
47	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)
48	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.
49	1921	1921: USA History Twenty- Ninth President of the US is Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921-1923
50	1922	1922: Irish History 1922 - 1923 - Irish Civil War between the Free State army and IRA
51	1923	1923: USA History Thirtieth President of the US is Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 1923: Kaukauna History Construction of high school on the island.
52	1924	1924: Appleton History 1924 The Soldiers\' and Sailors\' Memorial Drive Bridge was completed.
53	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.
54	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.
55	1927	1927: Kaukauna History Dr. W. C. Sullivan was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
56	1929	1929: Appleton History 1929 A record low temperature of thirty-two degrees below zero was recorded in Appleton. 1929: Appleton History The Institute of Paper Chemistry was organized in Appleton. 1929: USA History Thirty- First President of the US is Herbert Clark Hoover 1929-1933 1929: Kaukauna History The Vaudette Theatre shows the first talkie motion picture.
57	1930	1930: Appleton History The last electric streetcar ran on April 6. 1930: Kaukauna History The Bank of Kaukauna is robbed of $40,000. 1930: Kaukauna History B.W. Fargo elected Mayor of Kaukauna
58	1932	1932: Appleton History The Irving Zuelke Office Building opened in downtown Appleton. This 168-foot building was the tallest in Appleton until 1952, when AAL built their 183-foot downtown office building. 1932: Kaukauna History Construction of the U.S. Post Office on the island. 1932: Kaukauna History B.W. Fargo was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
59	1933	1933: USA History Thirty - Second President of the US is Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945 1933: Kaukauna History Regenfuss Brewery reopens after a dry period of 14 years.
60	1934	1934: USA History Thirty - Third President of the US is Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 1934: Kaukauna History John H. Neisen elected Mayor of Kaukauna
61	1936	1936: Appleton History On July 13, 1936 a temperature of 107 was reached, the highest temperature ever recorded in Appleton. 1936: Kaukauna History John H. Neisen was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
62	1937	1937: Kaukauna History Rialto Theatre opens with Edna Ferber\'s Come & Get It. 1937: Kaukauna History L.F. Nelson elected Mayor of Kaukauna
63	1938	1938: Appleton History Appleton West High School was built on Badger Avenue. 1938: Kaukauna History L.F. Nelson was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
64	1940	1940: Kaukauna History William F. Gantter elected Mayor of Kaukauna [Died February 25, 1942 His unexpired term was filled by L.F. Nelson]
65	1941	1941: USA History U.S. enters World War II
66	1942	1942: Kaukauna History L.F. Nelson was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
67	1944	1944: Kaukauna History Look\'s Drug Store opens on Second Street. 1944: Kaukauna History L.F. Nelson was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
68	1945	1945: USA History Germany and Japan surrender, ending World War II 1945: USA History Thirty - Third President of the US is Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
69	1946	1946: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon elected Mayor of Kaukauna
70	1948	1948: Kaukauna History Dial phones come to Kaukauna. 1948: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
71	1949	1949: Appleton History Appleton's Memorial Hospital was chartered by the state.
72	1950	1950: USA History Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power and start Communist witch hunts (1950-1954) 1950: Kaukauna History Kaukauna swimming pool is dedicated. 1950: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna

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