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Episodes tagged "Migration/Transportation": 1 through 10 of 363

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  1. Immigrants Massacred in the Meadows
    date September 7, 1856 to September 11, 1856map IRON, Utahtags Church/Religious Activity, Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans, Crime/Violence

    A bloody massacre of immigrants on route to California by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and aided by local Native Americans occurred in Mountain Meadows, Utah. The blame for the massacre originally fell on the Native Americans. The Pittsfield Sun, a Massachusetts newspaper, provided an eyewitness account to the horrific crime and indicted the Mormons as the actual...

  2. J.E.B. Stuart Rides Around McClellan
    date June 12, 1862 to June 15, 1862map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Government, Migration/Transportation, War

    J.E.B. Stuart’s most celebrated act was his encirclement of the Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac in June of 1862. Newly appointed commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee and Jeb Stuart devised the plan to circle around McClellan and gather intelligence. The aggressive strategy stemmed from the knowledge that McClellan was hesitant to attack the Confederate troops,...

  3. Professor Frederick A. P. Barnard’s Resignation from the University of Mississippi
    date 1860 to 1864map LAFAYETTE, Mississippitags Education, Migration/Transportation, Science/Technology

    In the years preceding the Civil War, United States citizens, especially immigrants, moved to areas in the United States that supported their beliefs.  Possibly one of the most unnoted, yet influential migrations was that of college professors.  Frederick A. P. Barnard, originally educated at Yale to become a teacher, became interested in Mathematics and Astronomy, eventually becoming a professor...

  4. Immigrants Who Couldn’t Get on The Train
    date 1914map Cook, Illinoistags Migration/Transportation, Railroad

    In 1914, Stephen Graham, a traveler from Britain, was riding a train towards Chicago. Upon arriving at the station, he was comparing the American rates with the Russian rates and Great Britain rates: “The cost of working is more in America than in Russia, and the trains are twice as fast; but that is not enough to set off against the enormous differences in fares. . . It is absurd to compare the...

  5. Full Steam Ahead; Coming to America on a Steamship – How the Steamship and the Industrial Revolution Changed America.
    date June 22, 1852 to July 29, 1852map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Migration/Transportation, Economy

    On June 22, 1852, Edmund Patton took off upon a massive steamship from London on a voyage to America.  He noted the scene upon leaving within the pages of his book, “One of these noble ships leaves the port of London weekly; they are fitted up to carry several hundred emigrants, who are glad to leave Europe, in the hope of improving their condition in the New World, which offers a fair prospect...

  6. Transportation in 1846; A Journey From Boston To New York
    date January 30, 1846map SUFFOLK, Massachusettstags Migration/Transportation, Railroad

    In 1846, the United States of America was on the precipice of vast change in the way the citizens of the country transported themselves throughout the country.  In the west, gold was being discovered in California, ushering in a mass population rush towards the west coast and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  In the east, much of the routes between cities were still interconnected by dated means of transportation....

  7. Photographs as Reflection: The Wedding of Rails, Reflection of Westward Optimism Date:
    date May 10, 1869map BOX ELDER, Utahtags Western Expansion, Railroad, Migration/Transportation

    When looking at photographs from the 19th century, few examples viewed can portray the overall mentality of the people. Photography at the time was a new, relatively expensive invention, and thus photographs tended to have much more significance and meaning to the photographer and subjects than they do today. Photographs carried some of the emotional value previously given to painting, drawing, and...

  8. The First Experiment Along the Waters of the Great Canal
    date October 28, 1819map ONEIDA, New Yorktags Economy, Erie Canal, Migration/Transportation

    On the crisp autumn morning of October 28, 1819, in western New York a boat called the Chief Engineer left Rome, New York to take the first journey on the Great Canal to Utica. A group of about thirty men were passengers on the boat, many of whom were distinguished guests, including Governor Dewitt Clinton, the canal’s chief advocate. Spectators lined the banks of the canal, as if lining the streets...

  9. The Great Excursion of 1854
    date June 5, 1854map ROCK ISLAND, Illinoistags Migration/Transportation, Business

    On June 5, 1854, the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad held what would become known as "The Great Excursion of 1854." The two owners, Henry Furnam and Joseph Sheffield, invited many well known and successful politicians, artists, writers, clergy members, and academics, including former President Millard Fillmore, who met in Chicago for the June 5th departure. A New York Times correspondent noted, “…when...

  10. The Proclaimed Truth behind the Erie Canal
    date February 7, 1821map ONTARIO, New Yorktags Robert Troup, DeWitt Clinton, Philip Schuyler, Elkanah Watson, Internal Improvements, Public Works, Lake Canal Policy, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Market Revolution, Erie Canal

    On February 7, 1821, an article in the Geneva Palladium attempted to vindicate the claims of the progenitor of the Erie Canal.  The author of the article claimed that while DeWitt Clinton was often credited with the creation of the Erie Canal, Philip Schuyler and Elkanah Watson are in fact the true progenitors of this magnificent waterway.  With the help of Robert Troup’s pamphlet published in...

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