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Oil in Pan
The first oil boom in the US. -
Homestead Act
encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
Typewriter invented
The first typewriter to be commercially successful was invented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes -
Bessemer process discovered
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace. -
Air Brake
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) was founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Earlier in the year he had invented the railway air brake in New York state. -
National Labor Union
The National Labor Union (NLU) was the first national labor federation in the United States.