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| + | * [[January 21]] - [[Baron M. Goldwater]] arrived in Phoenix from Prescott to find a suitable location for a branch store. | ||
| + | * [[January 27]] - [[William Jennings Bryan]] gave an address at city hall on the silver question. | ||
| + | * [[January 29]] - City Council met to approve the purchase of a new set of uniforms for the "fire boys." | ||
| + | * [[Feburary 11]] - [[El Zaribah Shrine Temple]] was opened. | ||
| + | * [[March 31]] - The Western Union Telegraph Company office opened with a direct wire to Los Angeles, California. | ||
* [[April 27]] - The first passenger elevator in Arizona was placed in service in Phoenix. | * [[April 27]] - The first passenger elevator in Arizona was placed in service in Phoenix. | ||
| + | * [[May 19]] - The great Wallace Show, a traveling circus, was in town. The parade, over a mile long, was the best ever seen in Phoenix. Local schools let students out to watch the parade. | ||
* [[June 12]] - [[Central Avenue]] toll gate is erected, requiring all parties using that road to pay a toll. | * [[June 12]] - [[Central Avenue]] toll gate is erected, requiring all parties using that road to pay a toll. | ||
* [[June 25]] - City Manager Pratt gave each policeman a pass for the electric [[street car]] line. | * [[June 25]] - City Manager Pratt gave each policeman a pass for the electric [[street car]] line. | ||
| + | * [[July 1]] - [[Pinney & Robinson]] received a Punnett Companion bicycle. It weighed about 40 lbs. and had two seats side-by-side. | ||
| + | * [[August 10]] - [[Pinney & Robinson]] received a new air tank, the first in the territory, to inflate bicycle tires. | ||
| + | * [[September 17]] - Republican Party county convention was convened. | ||
| + | * [[October 28]] - City Council voted to levy a fine of $50 or 50 days in jail for riding a bicycle faster than 8 miles-per-hour on city streets. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:03, 7 May 2005
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years: 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 - 1896 - 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
Events
- January 21 - Baron M. Goldwater arrived in Phoenix from Prescott to find a suitable location for a branch store.
- January 27 - William Jennings Bryan gave an address at city hall on the silver question.
- January 29 - City Council met to approve the purchase of a new set of uniforms for the "fire boys."
- Feburary 11 - El Zaribah Shrine Temple was opened.
- March 31 - The Western Union Telegraph Company office opened with a direct wire to Los Angeles, California.
- April 27 - The first passenger elevator in Arizona was placed in service in Phoenix.
- May 19 - The great Wallace Show, a traveling circus, was in town. The parade, over a mile long, was the best ever seen in Phoenix. Local schools let students out to watch the parade.
- June 12 - Central Avenue toll gate is erected, requiring all parties using that road to pay a toll.
- June 25 - City Manager Pratt gave each policeman a pass for the electric street car line.
- July 1 - Pinney & Robinson received a Punnett Companion bicycle. It weighed about 40 lbs. and had two seats side-by-side.
- August 10 - Pinney & Robinson received a new air tank, the first in the territory, to inflate bicycle tires.
- September 17 - Republican Party county convention was convened.
- October 28 - City Council voted to levy a fine of $50 or 50 days in jail for riding a bicycle faster than 8 miles-per-hour on city streets.
