Key Events in American History: 1860
President: James Buchanan
VP: John Breckinridge
Date, Event
Apr 3rd The Pony Express begins its first run from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA. Riders complete the route in about 8 days
May 6th The Paiute War begins in Williams Station in Utah Territory
May 18th Abraham Lincoln is selected as the nominee for the Republican Party presidential race
Nov 6th Abraham Lincoln wins the election for President as the first Republican to hold that office
Dec 18th Texas Rangers defeat a band of Comanches & Cynthia Ann Parker is returned to her family after 24 years
Dec 20th South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union
Other
Dime novels are first published
Wells Fargo reports approximately $48,000 in losses from stagecoach robberies & reward payments
It is reported that a large majority of the occupants of a Denver cemetery met violent deaths
Colt Manufacturing Company develops the Colt 1860 Army pistol
The repeating rifle is developed by Oliver F. Winchester in New Haven, CT.
The 1860 census puts the population of the United States at 31,443,321 (twice that of 1820)
Births
Jul 19th Lizzie Borden (Woman/Defendant)
Aug 13th Annie Oakley (aka Phoebe Ann Moses) (Entertainer)
Deaths
Jul 1st Charles Goodyear (Businessman)
Oct 25th James "Grizzly" Adams (Mountain Man/Trainer)
