Casey Symons and Mike Yang

By caseysymons

  • First oil well is drilled, Pennsylvania

    First oil well is drilled, Pennsylvania
    George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake successfully used of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek, Pennsylvania.

  • Transcontinental railroad is completed

    Transcontinental railroad is completed
    The transcontinental railroad had long been a dream for people living in the American West. Its completion in 1869 marked a turning point in American culture and travel. Taking a 6 Month trip to California to New York, to just 6 days.

  • Rockefeller founds Standard Oil

    Rockefeller founds Standard Oil
    Following the Standard Oil Trust, Rockefeller changed the name to Standard Oil. At first it was an oil refinery firm, but shifted to start buying smaller oil companies. Thus making it the biggest Oil company in the world.

  • Bell patents telephone

    Bell patents telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone. The way people talk was revolutionized forever. Now you could hear voices and sounds from far distances. This caused mass communication for the US, connecting almost everyone till this day.

  • First telephone on White House

    First telephone on White House
    President Rutherford B. Hayes had a telephone installed. He embraced the innovation that the U.S. had to offer. He rarely received calls.

  • Edison perfects incandescent light bulb

    Edison perfects incandescent light bulb
    Although this is controversial, Edison perfected the lightbulb. Researchers in Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J., tested more than 3,000 designs for bulbs between 1878 and 1880.

  • Railroads set up standard time zones

    Railroads set up standard time zones
    Four standard time zones for the continental United States were introduced on November 18, 1883. They were Eastern, Central,Mountain, and Pacific. This gave railroads a universal code so that Operators could know when they are scheduled to come for departures and arrivals.

  • First electric trolley Line

    First electric trolley Line
    In Richmond, Virginia the first Tram was invented. This was an engineering feat. It was the first practical tram. The Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia set the pattern for most subsequent electric trolley systems around the world.

  • Sherman Antitrust Act is passed

    Sherman Antitrust Act is passed
    First Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The act prohibited trust, ending the age of monopoly.

  • Carnegie Steel Company is formed

    Carnegie Steel Company is formed
    The company formed in 1892 and was subsequently sold in 1901 in one of the largest ever business transactions of the early 20th century, to become the major component of the United States Steel Corporation. The subsequent sale made Carnegie one of the richest men in history.

  • J.P. Morgan forms U.S. Steel

    J.P. Morgan forms U.S. Steel
    J. P. Morgan founded U.S. Steel by combining Gary's Federal Steel Company with Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company. This huge steel industry tycoon, also very prominent in U.S. banking.