When Caroline Branden Wentz was born on 5 September 1870, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Enos T Wentz, was 26 and her mother, Jane McClay, was 30. She married Harry Wilkinson Shepherd on 7 June 1901, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Ambler, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 21 May 1948, in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ambler, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
German: from a pet form of the personal name Werner, or, especially in eastern regions, from a short form of the Slavic personal name Wenceslaw.
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