This Day…

1902-Harry Stimler and William Marsh make a gold discovery on Columbia Mountain, Nevada about 30 miles south of an earlier discovery at Tonopah. This will lead to the famous Goldfield, Nevada, Mining District.

1902-Harry Stimler and William Marsh make a gold discovery on Columbia Mountain, Nevada, about 30 miles south of an earlier discovery at Tonopah. This will lead to the famous Goldfield, Nevada, Mining District.

1815-A committee of the North Carolina legislature reports that within the past 25 years, more than 200,000 inhabitants of the state have moved west and thousands more are leaving each year.

1940-In Downey, California, a 12-day airplane plant strike begins, halting $50 million worth of plane construction. On 23 December 1941, labor and industry united to declare a no-strike policy in war-related industries.

1900-Several diseases are now epidemic among the miners and Eskimos who have decended on Nome, and most of the game in the area has been killed by hungry ‘boomers.’ Approximately 30,000 men are stranded on the beaches of Nome, of whom only a few hundred are even trying to find gold.

1855-Kansas Governor Shannon organizes a ‘Law & Order’ party at a pro-slavery meeting at Leavenworth.

1874-King Kalakaua of Hawaii visits the United States as a guest of the U.S. Government. Kalakaua is the first king to visit from any country and is received in state by President Grant. The purpose of the visit is to stregthen ties between the two countries and aid the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty. After an extended tour of the United States, Kalakaua will return to Honolulu on 15 February 1875.

1832-Congress authorizes the War Department to enlist mounted troops, known as dragoons, for use on the Western plains to protect caravans on the Santa Fe Trail.

1934-Nebraska-The legislature adopts a unicameral nonpartisan form of government, ending 20 years of discussion, in an attempt to eliminate the delays and deadlocks of a two-house body. The new system is more economical in that fewer members are elected after redistricing, but it also does away with checks and balances, making the body more susceptible to outside influence. This experiment makes the state a focus of political scientists

1829-Thirty-one men leave the Mexican village of Abiquiu to pioneer a trade route to Southern California. They are led by Antonio Armijo, who will become the last Mexican territorial governor of New Mexico.

1916-A large group of deputized policemen carrying rifles fires on some 250 International Workers of the World supporters coming off a chartered steamboat in Everett, Washington. The Workers are protesting the treatment of their fellows who were forced to run a gauntlet as they left Everett.