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Steubenville History | Year | American History |
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1492 | Christopher Columbus arrives in the New World | |
1773 | Boston Tea Party | |
1775 | Revolutionary War officially begins with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. | |
1776 | Declaration of Independence | |
1778 | Continental Congress approves Articles of Confederation | |
Fort Steuben erected for the protection of surveyors | 1786 | Continental Congress adopts the “Dollar” and decimal coinage |
1787 | Delegates at the Philadelphia convention approve the Constitution | |
1789 | George Washington sworn in as 1st President of the United States U.S. Congress adopts the Bill of Rights |
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Fort Steuben destroyed by fire | 1790 | US Coast Guard is established |
1791 | Bill of Rights ratified by 3/4 of states and becomes part of Constitution | |
Steubenville laid out by Bezaleel Wells and James Ross. First sale of town lots on August 25. Water Street is the first street in Steubenville | 1797 | |
First recorded birth (James Hunter) in Steubenville | 1798 | US Marine Corps is established |
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Steubenville History | Year | American History |
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First land office established in Steubenville. Price for land at the time: $2.00/acre with a minimum purchase of 320 acres |
1800 | Ohio Territory is organized |
Ohio admitted into the Union as a State | 1803 | Louisiana Purchase |
Steubenville incorporated as a town | 1805 | Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean |
Western Herald and Gazette established as first newspaper. (predecessor of the Steubenville Herald Star.) | 1806 | Lewis and Clark return from exploring the Louisiana Territory |
1812 | War of 1812 | |
Edwin M. Stanton born. He later became President Lincoln’s Secretary of War.First woolens made in US at Bezaleel Wells and S. Patterson mills | 1814-1815 | Star-Spangled Banner becomes official national anthem. War of 1812 ends |
Steubenville Female Seminary founded by Dr. Charles Clinton Beatty. Closed in 1898 after educating about 5,000 women. | 1829 | |
Edwin M. Stanton admitted to the practice of law | 1836 | |
1846 | Mexican War begins with the battle of Palo Alto | |
1848 | Mexican War ends | |
Steubenville incorporated as a city | 1850 |
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Steubenville History | Year | American History |
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First High School in Steubenville opens. Union Cemetery opens | 1854 | |
First Panhandle Bridge (railroad) built over the Ohio River | 1857 | |
1861 | Confederate States of America formed. Confederate Congress adopts their Constitution. Assault on Fort Sumter. President Lincoln declares a state of insurrection in the Southern States | |
Edwin M. Stanton appointed Secretary of War under Lincoln | 1862 | Emancipation Proclamation |
1863 | Battle of Gettysburg | |
1865 | Confederate States surrender ending the Civil War | |
1868 | President Andrew Johnson impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate three months later | |
1869 | Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah | |
Steubenville city limits extended | 1871 | |
Steubenville Pottery organized. 25 citizens started the company with $25,000 worth of stock. Last firing date was December 15, 1959 | 1879 | |
Great Flood in the Ohio River, highest water ever known until that time | 1884 | |
Centennial of Steubenville | 1897 | |
1898 | Spanish-American War |
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Steubenville History | Year | American History |
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Gill Hospital opened on North Sixth Street. Closed in 1968. | 1901 | President William McKinley (from Ohio) assassinated |
Carnegie Library dedicated on South Fourth Street where it still stands as the Main Library of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County | 1902 | |
Market Street Bridge opens on July 2 spanning 1794 feet across the Ohio River | 1905 | |
Stanton portrait unveiled in the Jefferson County CourthouseCentennial of the Steubenville Herald Star | 1906 | |
Ohio Valley Hospital opens as the first public hospital in the city | 1912 | |
1914 | World War I begins | |
1915 | British liner Lusitania sunk, killing 128 Americans | |
1917 | United States enters WWI | |
1918 | Armistice signed ending WWI | |
1919 | Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I | |
Fort Steuben Bridge opened on August 17. First Ohio River suspension bridge with a concrete floor. | 1928 | |
1929 | Black Tuesday at the Stock Market signals the start of the Great Depression | |
Ohio River Valley Flood is the worst in the river’s history. The highest recording during the flood was 52.6 feet with an elevation of 686.3 | 1936 | Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at Berlin Olympics. Hitler refuses to meet him. |
1939 | World War II | |
Current Steubenville High School building built at a cost of nearly $1 million. Labeled as “First Million Dollar High School” in Ohio | 1940 | Benjamin Davis becomes the first African-American General in the US Army |
1941 | Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. United States enters World War II. | |
1944 | D-Day invasion at the beaches in Normandy, France | |
1945 | United Nations establishedEnd of World War II | |
College of Steubenville opens its doors to 258 students from four states | 1946 | Cold War begins |
Steubenville celebrates 150th birthday | 1947 | |
1949 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established | |
1950 | Korean War |
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Steubenville History | Year | American History |
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WSTV-TV goes on the air with facilities at the top of Altamont Hill. | 1953 | |
Charles “Chip” Demarco receives a patent for his invention of the first electric pizzelle iron | 1956 | |
St. John Hospital opens on Johnson Road | 1960 | |
1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis | |
1964 | United States begins military presence in Vietnam | |
Jefferson County Technical Institute chartered as a public two-year institution. The school became Jefferson Technical College in 1977 and later became Jefferson Community College in 1995. | 1966 | |
1969 | American astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first human to walk on the moon | |
1973 | Vietnam War ends | |
WSTV-TV becomes WTOV-TV | 1978 | |
1979 | Iran Hostage Crisis | |
College of Steubenville becomes officially known as Franciscan University of Steubenville | 1980 | |
Veterans Memorial Bridge opened on May 4 after four decades of planning | 1990 | |
1991 | Persian Gulf War | |
1992 | United States and Russia sign a peace treaty officially ending the Cold War | |
Steubenville celebrates its 200th birthday | 1997 | |
1998 | President William Jefferson Clinton impeached | |
1999 | NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia. Panama Canal turned over to Panama on December 31. |
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Steubenville History | Year | American History |
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Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County’s Centennial | 2002 | |
Ohio Celebrates Bicentennial | 2003 | |
Bicentennial of Steubenville Herald-Star | 2006 |
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