Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth U.S. President
(1901-1909)
Edward S. Curtis
(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)
San Francisco Earthquake
Wednesday, April 18, 1906 at 5:12 am an earthquake and a four day fire left 3,000 dead and 200,000
homeless out of 450,000 San Francisco population.
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair published
(You can download video clips on the Industrial Revolution) from the Discovery Education website about the fictional novel, Jungle, which addressed the poor working conditions of meat packing plants in Chicago during the Industrial Revolution.
The result brought about meat inspections but not better conditions for employees. That happened from the inside through labor unions.
Mesa Verde National Park Created
PBS Timeline 29 June 1906
Kellogg's Corn Flakes go on sale.
Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook.
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