Timeline of the Period

United States History	Michigan History	Lansing History
1861 Civil War 1862 Emancipation Proclamation 1863 National Banking Act 1865 President Lincoln Assassinated 1896 Transcontinental Railroad	1861 Governor Blar sends 93,000 Troops to War 1864 Detroit Stove Works	1861 First Railroad to Lansing: AL&TB 1861 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1865 Lansing High School 1865 L. Baker captures John Wilkes Booth 1866 A. Clark & Co. (carriages) 1869 Bement & Sons Foundry (stoves, plows)
1876 Battle of Little Bighorn, Dakota Territory 1876 Bell's telephone 1879 Edison's incandescent lamp	1870 Women admitted to U of M and Michigan Agricultural College 1870s Logging in Northern Michigan 1871 The Great Forest Fire 1879 Third Capitol Building	1872 Gas light company 1874 Lansing Woman's Club 1875 New High School (Old Central)
1893 Financial Panic	1880s Mining in Upper Peninsula 1887 Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island 1889 Breakfast cereal, Battle Creek	1885 City Water Works 1885 Lansing Wheel CO. (W.K. Prudden) 1886 Steam Engine vehicle (R.E. Olds) 1896 Women's Hospital Association 1897 Olds Motor Vehicle Co. (R. E Olds)
1903 Flight at Kitty Hawk (Wright brothers)		1901 Curved dash Runabout (R.E. Olds)