Re: Hill Watch...170 days!!!

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170 years ago, 1853 seemed to be a founding year, as a whole

Mar 18, 2023, 8:55 AM

lot of different things got founded.

Schools:
January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
February 22 – Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary.

Businesses:
March – The clothing company Levi Strauss & Co. is founded in the United States.
March 5 – Saint Paul Fire and Marine, as predecessor of The Travelers Companies, a worldwide insurance service, founded in Minnesota, United States.
May - The world's first public aquarium opens, at the London Zoo.
July 1 - The Swiss watch company Tissot is founded.
August 24 - The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is founded at Karljohansvern in Horten, perhaps the world's first naval museum.
ALSO on August 24 - Potato chips are first prepared, by George Crum at Saratoga Springs, New York, according to popular accounts. This stuff is IMPORTANT! (Wonder if he couldn't just eat one?)
September 20 – Otis Elevator, as predecessor of Otis Worldwide, was founded in the United States.
October 1 – C. Bechstein's piano factory is founded, one of three established in a "golden year" in the history of the piano (Julius Blüthner and Steinway & Sons being the others).

The U.S. was also doing business, as on December 30 – The United States buys The Gadsden Purchase, approximately 30,000 sq mi of land, from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

There were also some boondoggles along the way. For instance, on October 4, on the east coast of the United States, Donald McKay launches the Great Republic, the world's biggest sailing ship, which at 4,500 tons is too large to be successful.

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Hill Watch...170 days!!!