When Benoni Haskin Shinn was born on 19 January 1850, in Illinois, United States, his father, Amos Shinn, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ann Van Dyke, was 21. He married Elizabeth Orpha Dunbar on 17 February 1879, in Marion, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Indiana Township, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Knoxville Township, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 11 April 1934, in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Knoxville, Marion, 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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): nickname from Middle English shin(ne) ‘fair, handsome’, a variant of Shine 3 and Sheen 2.
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