Timeline

c1680:
calcite rush in Iceland; Penhallows' fortune launched (p128)

1808:
Malus discovers polarised light via Iceland spar (p126)

1849:
Kieselguhr Kid's family to San Antonio (p171)

no-date:
Merle Rideout born (p28)

no-date:
Vanderjuice in Denver

1854?
Webb Traverse born in south Pennsylvania (p87) to Cooley Traverse (p105)

1861-1865:
US Civil War

1862:
18yo Scarsdale Vibe (sophomore at Yale) gets draft notice (p100)

1864?
Webb meets Teresa in Ohio (p87)

1871:
Garcons de '71 (p19) 1874?
Webb marries Mayva (p88) meets Veikko (p89) 1876:
Telluride founded

no-date:
Reef Traverse born (p89)

1877?
Cleveland library opens stacks (p65)

no-date:
Frank Traverse born

1881:
Colfax Vibe born (p158)

1882? Foley approaches Vibe (p100)

Kit Traverse born (p99)

no-date:
Lake Traverse born

1886:
Haymarket riots (p25, 111)

01 May:
nationwide strike for 8-hour day

no-date:
Merle is mechanic (p64)

1887?
Merle and Vanderjuice in Connecticut (p58)

July: Michelson-Morley experiment (p62)

August: Merle in Columbus, Ohio (p65)

no-date:
Merle meets Erlys (p67)

1888?
Dahlia Rideout born

1889?
Erlys runs off with Zombini (p69)

1890:
Silver Purchase Act

(?) silver strike in Creede, Colorado

Dick Counterfly, carpetbagger (p7)

Chums in Hawaii (p15)

1891: goldrush in Cripple Creek, Colorado

(?) Webb's transformative meeting with Moss (p86)

1892:
Leadville revives? (p89)

Homestead strike

repeal of Silver Act (p89)

1893:
spring: Bindlestiffs at Mt. Etna (p19)

April/May: US financial panic

01 May: Chicago expo opens

White City Investigations founded, Lew Basnight hired

Chums in New Orleans (p29), joined by Chick (p7)

July: F. Turner speaks at Expo (p52)

AtD opens (p3); Lew joins Chums (p36)

Oct: Lew to denver (p52)

30 Oct: Expo closes

1894:
April: Coxey's Army

Pullman strike

1895:
Deuce and Sloat partners at Cripple Creek (p195)

1899:
18 May: Tesla arrives in Colorado Springs

Chums to antipodes (p107)

02 July: Kit to Colorado Springs (p99)

03 July: Tesla's vision

Vormance expedition (p114)

Kit to Yale (p106)

1900:
Morgan finances Tesla to $150,000 (Long Island construction site across from Yale)

Kodak Brownie (p72)

no-date:
Merle heads west (p75)

1901:
05 Sept: McKinley assassinated