James & Julia Orchard

James Orchard

Period: Jun 17, 1855 to Dec 13, 1915

Julia (Riordan) Orchard

Period: Oct 2, 1855 to Jul 13, 1941

Minnesota becomes a state

May 11, 1858

When Minnesota became a state it left the western part of the Minnesota Territory as "unorganized".

Dakota Territory is created

Mar 2, 1861

With the creation of the Dakota Territory, the leftover western portion of the former Minnesota Territory became redesignated as part of the Dakota Territory.

Jeremiah Riordan dies in a Civil War prison

Jun 15, 1864

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

Apr 15, 1865

Dynamite is invented

Jul 13, 1866

Long Depression 1873–96

Period: Jul 13, 1873 to Jul 13, 1896

At the time was called the "Great Depression".

James marries Julia

Sep 5, 1875

Battle of Little Big Horn

Jul 11, 1876

Telephone is invented

Jul 13, 1876

William "John" is born

Mar 2, 1877

Katherine "Maria" is born

Oct 1, 1879

James & Julia Immigrate to Dakota Territory

Oct 1, 1879

James & Julia move to Dakota Territory during the period called the "Dakota Boom" (1870-1880). During the "Dakota Boom", 34,500 settlers came to the territory.

Light Bulb is invented

Nov 4, 1879

Bob Orchard is born

May 7, 1880

John D. Rockefeller refines 90% of America's oil

Jul 13, 1880

Fred Orchard is born

Jan 25, 1882

Railroad is built to Grand Forks

Jul 13, 1882

Prairie Fire

Jul 13, 1882

James & Emma move family to Ramsey County, ND

Aug 4, 1882

Blizzard

Jan 13, 1883

Andrew Orchard is born

Dec 30, 1883

Automobile is invented

Jul 13, 1885

"Max" Orchard is born

Sep 13, 1885

Statue of Libert is erected

Jul 13, 1886

Phonograph is invented

Jul 13, 1887

Warden Orchard is born

Sep 30, 1888

North Dakota becomes a state

Nov 2, 1889

North Dakota & South Dakota simultaneously became states. They were both carved out of the Dakota & Minnesota Territories. Grand Forks and Devil's Lake areas were originally part of the Minnesota Territory.

Joe Orchard is born

Jul 6, 1890

Bought a thresher

Sep 8, 1891

James Augustine Orchard is born

Apr 20, 1892

Rose Orchard is born

Jan 21, 1894

Radio is invented

Jul 13, 1895

William Orchard dies (Father of James)

Jun 1, 1896

He dies in Peck, Michigan.

"Kate" Orchard is born

Sep 6, 1896

Spanish-American War

Jul 13, 1898

Theodore Roosevelt Presidency begins

Jul 13, 1901

Wright Brothers fly the Kitty Hawk

Jul 13, 1903

James & Julia turn 50

Jul 13, 1905

Russian Revolution

Jul 13, 1905

Emma dies

Dec 31, 1905

She also dies in Peck, Michigan.

Ford Model T created

Jul 13, 1908

FBI is created

Jul 13, 1908

James & Julia move to town

Apr 13, 1915

US declares war on Germany (World War 1)

Jul 28, 1917

Spanish Flu Epidemic

Jul 13, 1918

World War 1 ends

Nov 11, 1918

The "Roaring 20's" begin (a decade of prosperity)

Jul 13, 1920

Prohibition begins (1920-33)

Jul 13, 1920

Women's suffrage

Jul 13, 1920

"Roaring 20's" (decade of prosperity)

Period: Jul 13, 1920 to Oct 28, 1929

J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Directory of the Bureau of Investigation

May 10, 1924

Hoover is appointed the Directory of the Bureau of Investigation to fight against organized crime.

Rose dies in childbirth

Oct 17, 1924

Julia Turns 70

Oct 2, 1925

Television is invented

Jul 13, 1926

Charles Linbergh's Transatlantic Flight

Jul 13, 1927

U.S. Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

Great Depression

Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Jul 13, 1936

FDR is elected as President

Jul 13, 1931

World War 2 begins

Sep 1, 1939

Pearl Harbor attack

Dec 7, 1941