-
George Bissel and Edwin Drake drilled the first oil wellon August 28th 1859.
-
This was a railroad connecting the east and the west.
-
Standard oil was a Transporting, refining, and marketing company for oil.
-
This telephone made communicating an sending news much quicker and easier. The pace of life improved.
-
president Rutherford b Hayes was the president to have that first telephone put in.
-
Edison got the first lightbulb to burn for 13.5 hours.
-
People needed a schedule so the trains could departure and depart on time. There where four continental time zones introduced.
-
The Richmond union passenger railway had the first working trolly system
-
This act outlawed monopolistic business practices. First messure passed by the US to prohibit trusts.
-
They primarily produced steel.
-
A couple of business where apart of this company. They eventually merged with carnegie steel.