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Drilled by Edwin Drake, near the banks of Oil Creek. This was the first oil well in the United States.
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The railheads of Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met at the promontory summit of Utah territory, where the last spike ceremonial spike connected their rail lines.
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Rockefeller lowered the prices of his oil to drive other companies out of business
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Alexander Graham Bell patented the first practical telephone in the United States
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President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House's first telephone installed in the mansion s telegraph room
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Eddisons first attempt at this design results in a bulb that lasts about 13.5 hours before burning out
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Operators of the new railroad lines needed a new time plan that would offer a uniform train schedule for departures and arrivals.
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The Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia, was the first practical electric trolley system
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices
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A company that made and sold steal that was owned by Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie went a long way in creating a monopoly in the steel industry when J.P. Morgan bought his steel company and melded it into U.S. Steel
