When Mary M Lesher was born in 1866, in Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States, her father, Jacob Lesher, was 42 and her mother, Lydia Ann Troxel, was 42. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Nodaway Township, Page, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 7 November 1883, in Yorktown, Page, Iowa, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in Yorktown, Page, Iowa, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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 Lescher .
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