Mar 22nd The U.S. Army orders the abandonment of Ft. Kearny, Nebraska as it's no longer needed for protecting RR workers
March President Grant chooses General George Crook to deal with the Apaches in Arizona
Apr 20th President Grant signs the Ku Klux Klan Act to enforce the 14th Amendment
Jun 3rd The James Gang robs the bank in Corydon, IA taking $45,000
Sep 19th Colt Manufacturing Company receives a patent for a Colt Single Action Army revolver
Oct 2nd The U.S. Government arrests Brigham Young for practicing polygamy
Oct 5th While putting down a disturbance, Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok accidentally shoots/kills his friend, Mike Williams
Oct 8th The Great Chicago Fire kills about 300 people & destroying much of the city's business district 17,450 buildings are destroyed and 98,500 are homeless (fire started by Mrs. O'Leary's cow)
Nov 5th Wickenburg Massacre: 6 men traveling by stagecoach are murdered by Yavapai Indians in AZ Territory
Other
Reconstruction era (1865-1877)
P.T. Barnum establishes "P.T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome," a traveling circus and museum of "freaks." Debuts in Brooklyn, NY
Colt Manufacturing Company develops a new .44 revolver called the "Open Top", a precursor to the Colt Single Action revolver
The annual wage for unskilled labor in the U.S. is $415 per year; the average hourly wage is $0.14
Births
Aug 19th Orville Wright (Inventor)
Nov 1st Stephen Crane (Author, "Red Badge of Courage")
Deaths
March Cynthia Ann Parker (Captured by Comanches & Returned by Texas Rangers)
Oct 20th Charles Babbage (Polymath/Mathematician/Philosopher/Inventor/Mechanical Engineer/"Father of the Computer")
