Timeline
c1680: calcite rush in Iceland; Penhallows' fortune launched (p128)
1808: Malus discovers polarised light via Iceland spar (p126)
1844? Scarsdale Vibe born (p100)
no-date: RW Vibe born (p161)
1849: Kieselguhr Kid's family to San Antonio (p171)
no-date: Merle Rideout born (p28)
no-date: Vanderjuice in Denver
1854? Webb Traverse born in south Pennsylvania (p87) to Cooley Traverse (p105)
1861-1865: US Civil War
1862: 18yo Scarsdale Vibe (sophomore at Yale) gets draft notice (p100)
no-date: Edwarda Beef born (p161)
1864? Webb meets Teresa in Ohio (p87)
1871: Garcons de '71 (p19)
1874? Webb marries Mayva (p88) meets Veikko (p89)
1876: Telluride founded
no-date: Reef Traverse born (p89)
1877? Cleveland library opens stacks (p65)
1878? c34yo Scarsdale Vibe marries c16yo Edwarda Beef (p161)
1879? Fleetwood Vibe born (pp159-160)
no-date: Frank Traverse born
1880? Cragmont Vibe born (pp159, 161)
1881: Colfax Vibe born (p158)
1882? Foley approaches Vibe (p100)
1882: Kit Traverse born (p99)
no-date: Lake Traverse born
1886: Haymarket riots (p25, 111)
1886: 01 May: nationwide strike for 8-hour day
no-date: Merle is mechanic (p64)
1887? Merle and Vanderjuice in Connecticut (p58)
1887: July: Michelson-Morley experiment (p62)
1887: August: Merle in Columbus, Ohio (p65)
no-date: Merle meets Erlys (p67)
1888? Dahlia Rideout born
1889? Erlys runs off with Zombini (p69)
1890: Silver Purchase Act
1890: silver strike in Creede, Colorado
1890? Dick Counterfly, carpetbagger (p7)
1890: Chums in Hawaii (p15)
1891: goldrush in Cripple Creek, Colorado
1891? Webb's transformative meeting with Moss (p86)
1892: Leadville revives? (p89)
1892: Homestead strike
1892: repeal of Silver Act (p89)
1893: spring: Bindlestiffs at Mt. Etna (p19)
1893: April/May: US financial panic
1893: 01 May: Chicago expo opens
no-date: White City Investigations founded, Lew Basnight hired
1893: Chums in New Orleans (p29), joined by Chick (p7)
1893: July: F. Turner speaks at Expo (p52)
no-date: AtD opens (p3); Lew joins Chums (p36)
1893: Oct: Lew to denver (p52)
1893: 30 Oct: Expo closes
1894: April: Coxey's Army
1894: Pullman strike
1895: Deuce and Sloat partners at Cripple Creek (p195)
1899: 18 May: Tesla arrives in Colorado Springs
1899: Chums to antipodes (p107)
1899: 02 July: Kit to Colorado Springs (p99) 1899: 03 July: Tesla's vision
1899: Vormance expedition (p114)
1899: Kit to Yale (p106)
1900: Morgan finances Tesla to $150,000 (Long Island construction site across from Yale)
1900: Kodak Brownie (p72)
no-date: Merle heads west (p75)
1901: 05 Sept: McKinley assassinated