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