When Frank Matthew Helm was born on 2 October 1870, in Fresno, California, United States, his father, William Helm, was 33 and his mother, Francis "Fannie" Sawyer Newman, was 29. He had at least 2 sons with Lela Belle Esttle Ryan. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1880 and Pueblo de las Juntas, Fresno, California, United States in 1930. He died on 18 June 1934, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 63.
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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.
Hostilities between Modoc Indians and white settlers resulted in the Modoc War during 1872-1873. A Modoc band of nearly 200 people, led by Captain Jack Kintpuash, was fleeing a forced relocation to a reservation occupied by their enemies, the Klamaths. The band had returned to their former land on Lost River, which now had white settlers occupying the area. The conflict erupted on November 29, 1872, when 40 troops were sent to move the Modocs back to the reservation. An argument erupted and shots were fired. Several were killed and the Modocs fled to “The Stronghold,” a large, cavernous lava bed. The holdout went on for months with several clashes. On April 11, 1873, General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were killed by the Modocs during a negotiation. The Modocs lacked resources and supplies and eventually surrendered on July 4. In total, 2 Modocs and 71 enlisted military men lost their lives.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
English (Lancashire): from Old English helm ‘protection, covering’ (in later northern English dialects, ‘cattle shelter, barn’). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by or worked at a barn, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Helme in Meltham (Yorkshire).
English: variant of Elm with prosthetic H-.
German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of helmets, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch helm.
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