East of Eden By 150742 1862 Adam Trask (one of the main characters) is born 1870 Young Samuel Hamilton and his wife came to the valley 1880 Adam joins the army 1885 Adam leaves the army 1885 Adam returns to the army for 5 more years 1890 Adam leaves the army for the second time 1893 Adam is a tramp and gets arrested by the police, is sentenced 6 months on a road gang 1893 Adam gets released but as soon as he is released them he gets arrested again and has to serve 6 more months 1900 Cathy has become the wife of Adam 1906 Charles (the brother of adam) dies