In the late 1860's, outbreaks of disease among Texas cattle completely destroyed almost every herd that came into contact with the disease. After the end of the Civil War, Texas cattle ranchers began shipping their calves to markets in the north to be sold. Northern ranchers began to realize, however, that whenever the “southern' cattle, cattle raised in pre-Civil War slave states,...
In the late nineteenth century, several factors contributed to the establishment of the post-Reconstruction era South. Such factors include creating a balance between agrarian and industrial economic profit, establishing a sustainable political atmosphere, and moving towards development that would place the South in equal ranks with the North in terms of industrialization and productivity. Despite...
In an effort to regulate drinking and in hopes of creating revenue, South Carolina passed a law in 1893 to have the state assume control of alcohol distribution and to take in a share of the profits from the sale of liquor. Under the statute, the profits . . . are to be equally divided between the State and the county, and out of the county's share one quarter goes to the municipal government...
The Virginia State Democratic Committee met in Richmond, Virginia and made its decision on their nominees for Committee positions in the coming campaign year. J. Taylor Ellyson, the Chair of the Virginia State Democratic Committee, sat down with the Secretary, James R. Fisher, to write letters to the nominees. In Ellyson's September 4, 1893, letter to E.P. Buford, Esquire, he congratulated Buford...
According to The State, at two in the morning of September 27, Calvin Stewart was lynched. After being captured due to accusations of murdering Charles Carter, a white man, on September 16, Stewart was taken to Langley to be held for several hours; however, a mass of angry whites gathered and a group of men escorted Stewart toward Aiken in hopes of getting him to a jail for safe keeping...
Clarke County, Alabama was the site of great social and political discontent throughout the late 1800's. Affects of the Civil War had created a dominant middle class, as well as a strong African American vote, in Clarke County. When the 1892 elections for Governor of Alabama arrived, most Clarke County residents supported one of two political parties- the Democratic Party or the Farmer's...
The Chicago World's Fair, or the World Columbian Exposition, opened its gates to the American public on May 1, 1893, having constructed over 200 new buildings in order to house the enormous number of exhibits the fair would open to the international public. Among its hundreds of exhibits and performances were models of new industrial machinery, specially-made buildings, and Buffalo Bill's...
On September 7, 1893, Professor John Howard Ford returned from Chicago where he had placed an exhibit of Rollins College at the Chicago World’s Fair.[1] The exhibit was placed in three different sections at the Fair: the Educational Department of Liberal Arts, the Denominational Department, and in the Florida Building.[2] Ford was acting president at the college, having stepped into the position...
On May 5, 1893, the United States economy began a steady decline. Americans became unable to turn in their bank notes for gold because the limit for gold in the federal reserve was met. Over 500 financial institutions throughout the country were forced to close down and 153 national banks in the South and West failed. Rumors spread like wildfire about the failing U.S. economy and the depleted U.S....
On August 21, 1891, a group of citizens from counties surrounding Smithville, Virginia came before the Madison, Roanoke, and Walton County School Boards to ask that a high school to be established in the town. The citizens had decided they could only afford to spend 250, so they needed additional money from the school funds in each district. At first, the task was deemed as impossible because...