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Obscure/Interesting/Quirky "American" Facts 1865-1880
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:08 pm
History buffs, what you got?
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:09 pm to Breadstick Gun
This is a very specific subject.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:09 pm to Breadstick Gun
We aren't doing your homework for you.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:09 pm to Breadstick Gun
A pay phone was only a penny, but made no profit
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:09 pm to Breadstick Gun
New York City was by far more dangerous than the wildest of the wild west towns.
Also, about 20% of cowboys were African American.
The James Gang are knowns as western outlaws, but they mostly operated in the Midwest and South, rarely venturing further west than Missouri, and robbing banks as far south and east as Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Also, about 20% of cowboys were African American.
The James Gang are knowns as western outlaws, but they mostly operated in the Midwest and South, rarely venturing further west than Missouri, and robbing banks as far south and east as Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:09 pm to Breadstick Gun
quote:Scruffy only knows obscure/interesting/quirky American facts from 1881-1885.
Obscure/Interesting/Quirky "American" Facts 1865-1880
Sorry.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:11 pm to Breadstick Gun
The Civil War was not fought over slavery
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:11 pm to Scruffy
quote:
Scruffy only knows obscure/interesting/quirky American facts from 1881-1885.
Sorry.
Damn you Scruffy! Close Call! You almost made me laugh loud enough to wake the baby!
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:12 pm to Breadstick Gun
Reconstruction sucked.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:13 pm to Brosef Stalin
I don't think women shaved then.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:16 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:According to Time-Life, about 20% of cowboys were either black or Mexican -- not black alone
about 20% of cowboys were African American
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:19 pm to theunknownknight
quote:As one Confederate Cabinet member said after hearing this for the 10,000th time, "If we're not fighting this war for *******, I'd like to know what the hell we are fighting for".
The Civil War was not fought over slavery
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:20 pm to Breadstick Gun
The 1876 Presidential Election was rigged. Rutherford B. Hayes took the presidency in exchange for ending reconstruction.
True story.
True story.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:22 pm to Scruffy
I know an interesting fact that happened in NY at midnight on January 1, 1881. However it was still 9 PM December 31, 1880 in San Francisco.
I'll let you decide.
I'll let you decide.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:24 pm to TxTiger82
And Samuel Tilden, the man who was robbed of the 1876 Presidential Election, owned a huge collection of pornography.
True story.
True story.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:24 pm to TxTiger82
In 1871, John Wesley Hardin shot a man for snoring.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:24 pm to Breadstick Gun
No slaves were Freed by the emancipation proclamation.
George Washington Carver didn't invent peanut butter.
George Washington Carver didn't invent peanut butter.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:27 pm to Kafka
quote:
And Samuel Tilden, the man who was robbed of the 1876 Presidential Election, owned a huge collection of pornography.
I just thought that was normal behavior for back then.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:29 pm to Breadstick Gun
The first plan for a subway system in New York City was based on pneumatic tubes (1869).
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:41 pm to TxTiger82
The worst maritime disaster in Anerican history happened in 1865 whe the riverboat Sultana exploded and sank on the Mississippi River near Memphis. The country barely noticed however due to the fact President Lincoln had been killed the day before.
To give an idea of the scale if this disaster, almost 300 more people died when the Sultana went down than would die when the Titanic sank 47 years later.
To give an idea of the scale if this disaster, almost 300 more people died when the Sultana went down than would die when the Titanic sank 47 years later.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 10:42 pm
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