When George Leslie Ashcraft was born on 1 July 1855, in Knoxville, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, his father, Nimrod Kennison Ashcraft, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Ashcraft, was 33. He married Florence Ella Seward on 28 April 1880, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Paw Paw, Lee, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Union Township, Calhoun, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 May 1924, in Lohrville, Calhoun, Iowa, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lohrville, Calhoun, Iowa, 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.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
Altered form of English Ashcroft .
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