1867 Events

1867 Thomas Edison is Fired from Western Union
In 1866, at the age of 19, Thomas Edison moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where, as an employee of Western Union, he worked the Associated Press bureau news wire. Edison requested the night...
1867 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody hunts buffalo to feed construction crew of Kansas Pacific Railroad
Finally, in 1867, Cody took up the trade that gave him his nickname, hunting buffalo to feed the construction crews of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. By his own count, he killed 4,280 head ...
1867 Feb 7 Laura Ingalls Wilder is born
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, the author of the beloved semi-autobiographical Little House series, was born in Wisconsin, the second daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. The basic facts o...
1867 Mar 1 Nebraska is the 37th State Admitted to the Union
The word “Nebraska” first began to appear in publications in 1842, when Lt. John C. Fremont explored the plains and mountains of the western United States. His report mentions the “Nebras...
1867 Mar 30 Seward's Folly US agrees to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million
Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal, which came to be known as...
1867 Mar 30 The Alaska Purchase Treaty Is Signed
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States r...
1867 Apr 9 The United States Senate Ratifies The Alaska Purchase Treaty
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States r...
1867 Apr 16 Wilbur Wright Born
Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana in 1867. The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans wh...
1867 May 7 Alfred Nobel Obtains a Patent for Dynamite in England
Dynamite is an explosive material based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselgur: United States spelling; kieselguhr: UK spelling) or ano...
1867 May 23 Jesse James And His Gang Rob A Bank
The survivors of Clement's gang continued to conduct bank robberies over the next two years, though their numbers dwindled through arrests, gunfights, and lynchings. While they later trie...
1867 Jun 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Born
Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Widely regarded as America's most significant architect, Wright transformed twentieth-century residential desig...
1867 Oct 18 The Alaska Transfer Ceremony Takes Place
An Aleut name, "Alaska" was chosen by the Americans. The transfer ceremony took place in Sitka on October 18, 1867. Russian and American soldiers paraded in front of the governor's house;...
1867 Dec 18 The Angola Horror
The bridge crossing the Big Sister creek is about a quarter of a mile east of the village of Angola. The train to which the accident happened was two hours late, having been detained by a...