Chapter 12 timeline

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  • 1869

    1869

    Duluth is the fastest growing city in the nation.
  • 1870

    1870

    About 15 percent of Minnesota's population lives in urban areas.
  • 1871

    1871

    By this year, railroads have reached both Duluth and Moorhead from St.Paul.
  • 1888

    1888

    Eva McDonald publishes articles on poor conditions in a Minnesota clothing factory the women there go on strike.
  • 1889-1890

    1889-1890

    Electric streetcars start operating in Minneapolis in St.Paul.
  • 1890

    1890

    Wounded Knee Massacre occurs in South Dakota.
  • 1894

    1894

    Members of the new American Railway Union strike against James J. Hills Great Northern Railway.
  • 1895

    1895

    Automobiles first appear in the Twin Cities.
  • 1896

    1896

    Voting instructions for state elections are printed in 9 languages.
  • 1903

    1903

    In North Carolina , Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first airplane flight, which lasts 12 seconds.
  • 1905

    1905

    Aerial bridge in Duluth begins operating. New state capitol building is finished in St.Paul.
  • 1907

    1907

    Miners, mostly Finnish, participate in the first widespread strike on the iron range.
  • 1916

    1916

    A second major range takes place at iron mine Mesabi Range.
  • 1917

    1917

    United States enters World War 1. Twin City Rapid Transit Company streetcar workers go on strike in St.Paul.