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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 1870 | - 1870: Appleton History
1870 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early leader of the women\'s rights movement, visited Appleton.
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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 1877 | - 1877: USA History
Nineteenth Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877-1881
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| 6 | 1878 | - 1878: Appleton History
1878 Famous speaker Henry Ward Beecher spoke in Appleton on Wastes and Burdens of Society.
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