Episodes Nearest to January 1, 1890 to December 31, 1890: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. American Tobacco Company Established
    date January 1, 1890 to December 31, 1890map DURHAM, North Carolinatags Economy

    In the several years preceding 1890, brothers Ben and Buck Duke initiated several reforms of their tobacco manufacturing business. The brothers' company W. Duke and Sons experienced great success after the innovations. Then in response to concern about other manufacturers, in 1890, the Dukes joined four of their tobacco competitors to the form the American Tobacco Company. The American Tobacco...

  2. Missouri Farmer Sells Butter in East Because Interstate Railroad Growth
    date January 1, 1890 to December 31, 1890map KNOX, Missouritags Economy, Migration/Transportation

    J.H. Hill, a Missouri creamery owner, produced 43,500 pounds of butter in 1890. He sold all of his butter in the eastern market. Increasing railroad building and growing connections with places like Edina, Missouri made possible the sale of agricultural products across the country. While some like Hill thrived because of this more open trade, others opposed the expansion of markets. They believed...

  3. Celebrating a Leader
    date July 2, 1890map HENRICO, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Economy, Government

    The South had not lost its Confederate culture following the end of the Civil War.Those criminalized by the North were made immortal by southerners in the form of monuments.Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne and all six of his family and friends attended the festivities surrounding the laying the cornerstone of the monument for former Confederate President Jefferson Davis on July 2, 1896.The event included...

  4. Diversity in the Houston Saturday Evening Market
    date 1890map HARRIS, Texastags Arts/Leisure, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    As the sun lay low in the evening sky, the Saturday market in Houston sprang to life with a diverse and vivid collection of venders and products. Lee Hardy described how the area was full of venders alone representing every nationality, Americans being far in the minority. Open from 5 PM to 10 PM in the summer, here German traders, who had often traveled more than twenty miles to be present, set...

  5. A Long Awaited Education
    date 1890map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations

    A sense of pride and accomplishment overwhelmed Benjamin Franklin Yancey towards the end of the 1890s. He had finally achieved a dream that he believed would change the lives of generations of young African Americans. Yancey had overcome the obstacles of racist sentiments and segregation that were a widespread aspect of life in Albemarle County, Virginia.

    Benjamin Franklin Yancey...

  6. Susie Clark’s arrival in California by train from Boston
    date 1890map LOS ANGELES, Californiatags Native Americans, Railroad, Transportation

    During the 1890s Susie Champney Clark left Boston on a Raymond & Whitcomb Co. organized railroad trip across the country to California, recording her observations and notes along the way.  Though this trip may have seemed impossible to make earlier in the century, as Ms. Clark said in the first chapter of her book The Round Trip from Hub to the Golden Gate, “California [was] much nearer...

  7. ­Agriculture in California
    date 1890map MERCED, Californiatags Agriculture, Farming, California

    California’s land constitutes a diverse terrain. Between the mountain ranges and the coastlines, the deserts and the valleys, the state has always provoked an astonishing wonder from both locals and newcomers. Additionally, the climate proves to be beneficial in certain areas with minimal exposure to winter weather and ideal mild sunshine.  The people of the late 19th century acknowledged...

  8. Potentially Fatal Train Wreck near Ivanhoe, Virginia
    date June 14, 1890map WYTHE, Virginiatags Health/Death, Migration/Transportation

    On Saturday, June 14, 1890, a serious accident between a passenger train and material train occurred on the Cripple Creek division of the Norfolk and Western railroad near Ivanhoe, Virginia. The material train ran under orders to meet the passenger train at a switch approximately fourteen miles outside of Ivanhoe. The passenger train apparently ran under no such order and continued toward Ivanhoe....

  9. Ice Famine Narrowly Averted
    date March 13, 1890 to 1890map COPIAH, Mississippitags Arts/Leisure, Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Economy, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On March 13, 1890, the Jackson Weekly Clarion Ledger relayed word from Chicago that the cold weather of the past ten days has been a God-send to the ice men... The Michigan fields are being heavily drawn upon, while the crop in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin is eminently encouraging, thus relieving fears of an ice shortage. This was especially good news for Mr. Beasly of Crystal Springs, Mississippi,...

  10. Easing City Life with Public Trasportation
    date August 13, 1890map HENRICO, Virginiatags Economy, Migration/Transportation

    The expansion of Richmond required an expansion of the transportation system that made it function.Officials announced on August 13, 1890, that there would be additions made to the city's street-car system.It was announced that the tracks on Broad Street would be extended further than they were at that particular time.George Fisher, the general manager of the City Railway and Union Passenger...

  11. Going North for Education: Nothing Exceptional
    date May 17, 1890map COLBERT, Alabamatags Health/Death, Education, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Women

    Was the cat out of the bag? Would the Chicago news reach her parents back home in Tuscumbia before she made it home to tell them in person? On May 17, 1890, the Chicago Tribune ran a special on the miraculous case of Helen Keller; a blind, deaf and dumb child from Alabama. Keller's wealthy parents had sent her up north to a special institution for the blind. According to the article, Keller's...

  12. A Change of Churches
    date August 17, 1890map KING WILLIAM, Virginiatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity

    For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you. (Titus 1:5). Reverend William Troy, of Richmond, preached a powerful sermon, centered on this biblical passage, as he installed the Rev. E C Thomson as the new pastor of the Mangohick Baptist Church in King William County. Thomson, who had attended...

  13. Remembering the Brave
    date August 25, 1890map HENRICO, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Government

    There must always be homage paid to those who lost their lives in battle.Even in defeat, the Confederate States honored their unknown fallen.OnAugust 25, 1890, The State newspaper out of Richmond reported that work was being continued on the monument to memorialize these brave men.Workers at the site said that the progress was moving along at a good pace to complete the monument.The stone in which...

  14. Southern Rhetoric Concerning Womens Suffrage in Relation to African American Suffrage
    date August 26, 1890map FULTON, Georgiatags African-Americans, Politics, Women

    The Atlanta Constitution serves as an example of the negativity of Southern rhetoric concerning women's suffrage and rights in the early post Civil War era. . It also shows the development in rhetoric in the South and how discourse concerning women's suffrage evolved throughout the nineteenth century to discuss the movement more objectively. The more objective tone, which indicates change...

  15. Another Train Wreck
    date April 30, 1890map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    Rather than going to bed early Sunday night after a long day of church and family time, the city of Staunton spent the evening putting out a fire, only to then have a serious train wreck in the early hours of Monday, April 28, 1890. The No. 2 train on the C&O line from Cincinnati had cars derail after losing air power to the brakes. The train picked up even more speed because there is a descent...

  16. To Protect and Serve: Overlooked White Crimes
    date September 3, 1890map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Government, Law, Race-Relations

    The black woman was badly injured. She had been close to death for several days and her family was stricken with feelings of uncertainty and anger. They wanted the police officer who had brutally beaten their loved one to be brought to justice, yet this seemed unlikely in Charlottesville, Virginia, a predominantly white city. The family maintained hope that they would finally see...

  17. Alligators Protected to Improve Economy
    date April 26, 1890map PLAQUEMINES, Louisianatags Agriculture, Economy, Government, Politics

    In April of 1890, the Police Jury of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana made the decision to prohibit the further killing of alligators. This decision was unfortunate for the fashion industry, as purses, reticules, traveling bags, and footwear were all accessories that could be made out of alligator hide. Apparently, it was fashion's mandate to do so. In Louisiana and Florida, their abundance of...

  18. Farmers' Alliance Leaders in Tennessee Work to Influence Democratic Party before State Governor's Election
    date January 1, 1890 to July 15, 1890map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Agriculture

    After its establishment in July 1889, membership of the Farmers' Alliance grew rapidly and reached over 100,000 people in 1890. The Alliance widely proclaimed their goal to influence the Democratic Party. Throughout the year the Alliance engaged in a publicity campaign to sway Party actions and nominations. Newspapers played an important part in this publicity campaign. The Nashville Banner...

  19. Governor Nominating Conventions in Tennessee Spark Exchange between State Democrats and Republicans
    date April 3, 1890map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Race-Relations

    In the time leading up to both the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions for state governor, each party attempted to sort out its ideal choice for candidate. Each party faced the recent legislative actions regarding enfranchisement and elections. As a whole, the Democrats backed the poll-tax law recently enacted by the state legislature and favored the pending registration law. On...

  20. Debate over Sherman Anti-Trust Act and Sherman Silver Purchase Act
    date January, 1890 to June, 1890map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Agriculture, Economy

    The Sherman Anti-Trust Act represented the first action by the federal government to curb business monopolies. The Act declared the illegality of any contract or combination between business entities that resulted in restraining trade. The Act also granted government attorneys and district courts the authority to investigate these trusts. The Farmers' Alliance actively supported government...

  21. Debate over McKinley Tariff
    date January, 1890 to May, 1890map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Agriculture, Economy

    Republican Congressman William McKinley from Ohio introduced his plan for the tariff in the Spring of 1890. The legislation set the tariff rate at fifty percent, the highest in United States history. Congressman McKinley and its supporters designed the tariff to protect agriculture. However, the group forwarding the interests of the farmers, the Farmers' Alliance, called for the removal of...

  22. The Changing Structure of the Cattle Industry
    date March 11, 1890 to March 13, 1890map TARRANT, Texastags Agriculture, Economy, Government

    A letter ran in live-stock and farm journals and various western newspapers in the months leading up to March of 1890, calling those interested to attend an interstate convention of cattlemen. Formal delegates to the convention were to be appointed by the governors of those states which held an interest in the cattle industry. The letter, which was signed by Wm. L. Black, chairman (and others),...

  23. Catholicism and other denominations in the South
    date August 19, 1890 to 1890map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity

    According to Edward Ayers, religion was a Southerner's way of life and they

    often justified or condemned something based on religion. Myriad Christian

    denominations were active in the South including Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist,

    Catholic, Lutheran, Protestant, and Quaker, however; the Baptist denomination claimed

    the largest following. The Norfolk Virginian,...

  24. Calling in Sick
    date October 28, 1890map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Education, Government

    The Richmond Dispatch reported on October 28, 1890, on the status of the Richmond Public Schools.Administrators gathered at the Richmond high school building to discuss enrollment and attendance for the 1890-91 school year.The superintendent, W.F. Fox, reported that enrollment had increased from the previous year.The statistics included a category for blacks as well as whites.Interestingly, enrollment...

  25. An 1890 Constitutional Convention Role Reversal
    date September, 1890 to December, 1890map HINDS, Mississippitags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations

    During the 1890 Constitutional Convention in Jackson, Mississippi, two men, at least, seemed to be on the wrong sides of the color line; Marsh Cook, a white Republican from Jasper County, and Isaiah T. Montgomery, eventually the only black representative at the convention, stood up for things taboo to many in their respective communities. The results of each man's stand not only affected them...