Year | Event |
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1835 | December 24 Mark Stratton and Mary Shallenberger marry in Ohio. |
1838, June | Strattons move to Wabash County, Indiana. |
1848 | Strattons move to a farm near Lagro, Wabash County. |
1863, August 17 | Geneva Grace (Gene Stratton- Porter), the twelfth and last child, is born. |
1863, November 19 | President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address in the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
1869, May 10 | first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. is completed at Promontory Point, Utah. |
1872, February | sister Mary Ann dies in accident. |
1872, July 6 | beloved brother Leander (Laddie) drowns in Wabash River. |
1872 | Yellowstone National Park Reserve is established as a public park. |
1874 | Stratton family leases farm and moves to Wabash, Indiana. |
1875, February 3 | Gene's mother dies. |
1876, March 7 | first U.S. patent for a telephone is awarded to Alexander Graham Bell. |
1880, March 31 | Wabash, Indiana becomes first city in U.S. to have all streets lighted by electricity. |
1881 | Gene attends her first Island Park Assembly chautauqua on Sylvan Lake near Rome City. |
1884 | Gene attends her second Island Park Assembly chautauqua; begins correspondence with future husband, Charles Porter. |
1885, October 5 | Gene and Charles become engaged. |
1886, April 21 | Gene and Charles marry and move to Decatur, Adams County. |
1886, October 28 | President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. |
1887, August 27 | daughter Jeannette is born. |
1888 | Gene and Charles move to Geneva, Adams County. |
1888, November 6 | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana is elected President of the U.S. |
1890, January 10 | Gene's father dies. |
1890, October 1 | U.S. Congress establishes the Weather Bureau. |
1892 | Charles starts the Geneva Bank. |
1893 | Gene and Charles visit World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. |
1895, Spring | Limberlost Cabin, Geneva completed. |
1895, June 11 | Charles E. Duryea receives first U.S. patent for gasoline-driven automobile. |
1895 | Gene begins to write and publish nature articles. |
1896, April 6 | first modern Olympic Games begins in Athens, Greece. |
1900, April 30 | Congress passes act establishing Hawaii as U.S. territory. |
1901 | Gene's first short story published, "Laddie, the Princess, and the Pie." |
1903 | Song of the Cardinal. |
1904 | Freckles. |
1906, April 18 | San Francisco earthquake occurs. Fire causes most damage. |
1907 | What I Have Done with Birds; and At the Foot of the Rainbow. |
1908, October 1 | first Model T Ford is introduced at a cost of $850. |
1909 | Birds of the Bible; and A Girl of the Limberlost. |
1910 | Music of the Wild. |
1910 | Center of population of the U.S. is located in Bloomington, Indiana. |
1911 | After the Flood; and The Harvester. |
1911, May 30 | first Indianapolis 500 race is won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 mph. |
1911, November 27 | granddaughter Jeannette Helen Monroe is born. |
1912, April 14-15 | On maiden voyage, British liner Titanic strikes iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks killing about 1500. |
1912 | Moths of the Limberlost. |
1912 | Gene buys property on Sylvan Lake, Rome City, Noble County, and begins work on new Limberlost Cabin. |
1913 | Laddie. |
1914, March 22 | granddaughter Gene Stratton Monroe is born. |
1914, August 15 | Panama Canal officially opens. |
1915, January 25 | first transcontinental telephone call crosses U.S. from New York City to San Francisco. |
1915 | Michael O'Halloran. |
1915, Spring | Gene moves into new Limberlost Cabin. |
1916 | Morning Face. |
1916 | Conservation movement in Indiana and centennial of statehood promotes establishment of state parks. |
1917 | Friends in Feathers. |
1917, April 6 | President Woodrow Wilson signs resolution entering the U.S. into World War 1. |
1917 | Paramount Studios produces the movie, Freckles. |
1918 | Daughter of the Land. |
1918, Fall | Gene checks into New York clinic for health reasons. |
1918, November 11 | World War I ends. |
1918-1919 | Gene helps fight state drainage law for Noble and LaGrange counties. |
1919 | Homing with the Birds. |
1919 | Gene moves to Los Angeles and sells Limberlost Cabin in Geneva. |
1920, September 7 | first New York to California mail plane leaves New York City; arrives in San Francisco on September 11. |
1921 | Her Father's Daughter. |
1921 | Gene works with filmmaker, Thomas Ince, to film Michael O'Halloran. |
1922 | The Fire Bird. |
1922, October 4 | three radio stations carry first play-by-play coverage of the World Series. |
1923 | The White Flag; and Wings. |
1923, Fall | Gene writes to Indiana Governor Warren T. McCray offering Wildflower Woods for a state bird and wildflower preserve. |
1924. January | Gene starts her own movie production company. |
1924 | Gene buys lots on Catalina Island and in Bel Air and begins building houses. |
1924, June | grandson James Meehan is born. |
1924, December 6 | Gene dies in an accident in Los Angeles. |
1925, January 5 | first woman governor, Mrs. William B. Ross is inaugurated in Wyoming. |
1925 | Tales You Won't Believe; and The Keeper of the Bees. |
1926 | Henry Ford introduces 40 hour work week. |
1926 | Charles Dorwin Porter dies. |
1927 | Let Us Highly Resolve; and The Magic Garden. |
1927, May 20 | Charles A. Lindbergh begins first solo trans-Atlantic flight from Long Island, New York to Paris, France. |
1927, October 9 | grandson John Meehan is born. |