When Melvin J Snover was born on 1 August 1854, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Cooke Snover, was 42 and his mother, Martha A McConnell, was 27. He married Mary Ellen Griffin about 1879. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Newton, Hanover Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 29 May 1922, in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Willow Springs, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Americanized form of German Schnauffer (see Snouffer ).
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