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1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 Silas Rackley
 b.1775 Franklin C, North Carolina
 d.1827 Lawrence Co., Tennessee
 Person Rackley
 b.1803 NORTH CAROLINA
 d.         
 Diana Manning
 b.1765 NORTH CAROLINA
 d.1840 Sumner, Tennessee
 Nancy Tucker
 b.         
 d.