When Milo B. Gritton was born on 2 April 1842, in Blount Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, his father, John R. Gritton, was 33 and his mother, Nancy Atkinson, was 33. He married Ellen Garrard on 10 March 1869, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Pilot Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 17 September 1878, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
English (London): variant of Girton .
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