When Dr. George Rolla Highsmith was born on 4 December 1846, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, his father, Ewing Spann Highsmith Sr, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Wallace, was 21. He married Emma Florence McKinney on 17 November 1877, in De Witt, Carroll, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Carrollton Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 14 January 1909, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Wakenda Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States.
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Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: occupational name for a smith, with the distinguishingepithet high, probably denoting one whose forge was at a higherlocation than another nearby smith.
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