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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 1863 | - 1863: Appleton History
1863 The Lawrence Engine Company was formed with Appleton\'s first fire engine.
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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 1870 | - 1870: Appleton History
1870 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early leader of the women\'s rights movement, visited Appleton.
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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 1877 | - 1877: USA History
Nineteenth Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877-1881
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| 10 | 1878 | - 1878: Appleton History
1878 Famous speaker Henry Ward Beecher spoke in Appleton on Wastes and Burdens of Society.
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| 11 | 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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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 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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Abt 1809 - 1888 (~ 79 years)
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