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1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
 John Cook
 b.         
 d.         
 Thomas Thayer
 b.1596 Thornbury, England
 d.1665 Braintree, Massachusetts
 Ferdinando Thayer
 b.1625 Thornbury, England
 d.1713 Blackston, Massachusetts
 Margery Wheeler
 b.1600 Thornbury, England
 d.1673 Braintree, Massachusetts
 Naomi Thayer
 b.1663 Braintree, Massachusetts
 d.         
 Huldah Hayward
 b.1636 London, England
 d.1690 Mendon, Massachusetts




1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
 Henry James Cook
 b.1857 Wooster, Ohio
 d.1931 Polk Co., Nebraska
 Verne H Cook
 b.1900 Dawson, Nebraska
 d.1957
 Luella Elliot
 b.1869 Marietta, Illinois
 d.1951 Chadron, Nebraska
 Leo Verne Cook
 b.1935
 d.1991 Norfolk, Nebraska
 Marcella Meister
 b.1914
 d.1962
 Charles Cook
 b.1963
 d.1993
 Living Schwindt
 b.         
 d.         




1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
 Oscar Clyde Swickard
 b.1917 Illinois
 d.1961 Ely, Nevada
 Monte Clyde Swickard
 b.1945 Los Angeles, California
 d.1961 Ely, Nevada
 Henry James Cook
 b.1857 Wooster, Ohio
 d.1931 Polk Co., Nebraska
 Jesse Cook
 b.1889 Irving, Brown, Kansas
 d.1962 Omaha, Nebraska
 Luella Elliot
 b.1869 Marietta, Illinois
 d.1951 Chadron, Nebraska
 Lorene Fern Cook
 b.1921 Shelby, Nebraska
 d.1961 Ely, Nevada
 Hattie Cleo Miller
 b.1891 Canada, Nebraska
 d.1975 Columbus, Nebraska




1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
 William Luft
 b.         
 d.         
 Samuel Luther Cook
 b.1803 Washington C, Maryland
 d.1880 Hackberry, Nebraska
 Reuben J Cook
 b.1855 Canton, Ohio
 d.1896 Polk Co., Nebraska
 Elizabeth Catherine Ruhl
 b.1822 Columbiana Co., Ohio
 d.1862 Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
 Maude Cook
 b.1887 Polk Co., Nebraska
 d.1913
 Martin Eyler
 b.1844 Pennsylvania
 d.1940
 Mary Lucinda Eyler
 b.1866 Farmington, Illinois
 d.1951
 Mary Hoffer
 b.1845
 d.1905