What's the most momentous historical event that occurred in your state?

[Rain Man]

Bonus if you can identify historical events that don't involve killing.


I was thinking about this the other day, and I was hard-pressed to come up with a particularly important historical event that occurred in Colorado. There was some Manhattan project research that occurred here, I think, which may count in both the killing and non-killing categories, but the heavy lifting was done in New Mexico.

Other stuff may have been important to Colorado, like discovering gold, but it didn't reverberate through history very much. We had the Sand Creek Massacre, but I don't know if that changed America's Indian policy. And of course we've got the alien city inside Denver International Airport, but that hasn't been unleashed on the world yet.

I bet there have been some inventions or scientific discoveries made here, but I don't know what they are. Honestly, I'm stumped.

What about your state? Give me your best historic shot.

[kcjayhawks5]

Big Brutus

[Naptown Chief]

Maryland- The Kansas City Football NFL Chiefs (my favorite) played here 4 years ago. We blew them out

[MahiMike]

I guess it was the Fernandina couple that was making out while drunk bike riding.

[Naptown Chief]

Maryland- The Kansas City Football NFL Chiefs (my favorite) played here 4 years ago. We blew them out

This is why I'm #5 all time!

[TLO]

Missouri

I'm a little rusty on my Missouri history. I was born here,so that's something. :shrug:

[Naptown Chief]

Missouri

I'm a little rusty on my Missouri history. I was born here,so that's something. :shrug:

The Chiefs play in Missouri!

[wazu]

Guessing for Missouri it’s something Civil War related. Does the Missouri Compromise count?

[Buehler445]

Bonus if you can identify historical events that don't involve killing.


I was thinking about this the other day, and I was hard-pressed to come up with a particularly important historical event that occurred in Colorado. There was some Manhattan project research that occurred here, I think, which may count in both the killing and non-killing categories, but the heavy lifting was done in New Mexico.

Other stuff may have been important to Colorado, like discovering gold, but it didn't reverberate through history very much. We had the Sand Creek Massacre, but I don't know if that changed America's Indian policy. And of course we've got the alien city inside Denver International Airport, but that hasn't been unleashed on the world yet.

I bet there have been some inventions or scientific discoveries made here, but I don't know what they are. Honestly, I'm stumped.

What about your state? Give me your best historic shot.

The donner party happened in Colorado right?

Kansas has the Brown vs Topeka BOE

[Kellerfox]

There is a theme here: death

Arizona (current residence):
Grand Canyon Forms over millions of years (many chipmunks die in the process)
O.K. Corral shootout (killing)
Geronimo surrenders (Signified the end of a war, and more significantly, the official totality of America’s western land grab)
Route 66 (auto accidents aplenty)

Texas (spent majority of life):
The Alamo & the War of Texas Independence (people might have died, need to check the history book...)
Galveston Hurricane (deadliest Single day natural disaster in US history)
JFK assasination

[jjchieffan]

Missouri voters once elected a dead man to the US Senate.

[MatriculatingHank]

Mississippi: The births of Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King,
John Lee Hooker, Son House, Charley Patton, and a Presley kid from Tupelo.

[eDave]

http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2018/05/tombstonefoinedudes-thumb-700xauto-196515.jpg

[Giant Octopodes]

The implementation of the assembly line (both by Ford and Oldsmobile) in the production of automobiles, and its subsequent impact on the principles of manufacturing, worldwide.

It's hard to overstate the impact of it, though it was in many ways just the confluence of a lot of different ideas together. It represented an 8 fold increase in production and was in many ways the capstone of the 2nd industrial revolution.

[MIAdragon]

The donner party happened in Colorado right?

Kansas has the Brown vs Topeka BOE

Wat

[Coochie liquor]

Casey Anthony got found not guilty.
George Zimmerman got found not guilty.
I talked my way out of a ticket.

[SuperBowl4]

The IRONMAN every JULY 4th in Hermosa Beach, CA. Run a mile. Paddle a mile. Chug a six-pack.

[ptlyon]

That's a tough one RM. My guess would be the Lewis and Clark party coming up the Missouri River exploring the newly purchased west.

No killing, however Sgt. Floyd died here somewhere by SUX which was thought to be a appendicitis (I think).

[Chiefsguyinri]

For me its coffee milk!! Screw being the last state of 13 colonies to ratify the constitution. [SPOILER]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_milk[SPOILER]

[Red Dawg]

Elliot missed 4 FGs and we lost.

[patteeu]

Winston Churchill gave his Iron Curtain speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

It's probably not the most momentous, but it's interesting and doesn't involve killing. The museum there is worth seeing if you're in the area looking for something to do.

[Buehler445]

Wat

Oliver Brown sued the Topeka Board of Education.

[TipRoast]

Well, there's an non-violent historically significant event that happened in Massachusetts, but it occurred before Massachusetts became a state.

The first Thanksgiving.

Waterfowl, venison, ham, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and squash.

And turkey. Lots and lots of turkey.

[GloucesterChief]

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

[TrebMaxx]

Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, MO.

https://www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org/

[Hammock Parties]

The drafting of Sir Patrick Lavon Mahomes II in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

[UTChief]

I live in norther Utah
And use to work neer this
The golden spike is the ceremonial 17.6-karat gold final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. Wikipedia

[Wilson8]

Missouri - On June 6, 1904 in Forest Park at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair), Johnathan Johnson opened his rain coat on 4 unsuspecting families revealing no clothes underneath the coat. Missouri was thereby known as the “Show Me” state…

[KurtCobain]

Missouri -
1989. Nuff said.

[KS Smitty]

Other than Brown V Topeka BOE, Bloody Kansas pretty much describes anything of historical significance that occurred here. From the "Wild West" towns of Dodge City and Abilene to the Border War with Missouri to Indian resettlements (after they had already been resettled to here) Kansas was involved in a lot of change/flux.

I guess we did have Boeing and led the aerospace industry for awhile.

[Wilson8]

Missouri -
1989. Nuff said.

With the 4th overall selection, the Kansas City Chiefs pick Derrick Thomas, Alabama!

[Rasputin]

Kansas became a state and not just a territory anymore.

[loochy]

The day Patrick Mahomes moved here

[TribalElder]

On February 13, 1866, several members of the James-Younger Gang (Jesse James & friends) robbed the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri escaping with $60,000. This is claimed to be the first successful bank robbery in US history.

[KC_Connection]

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[srvy]

The Corps of Discovery. In December 1803 William Clark established "Camp River Dubois" at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, north of St. Louis.

The expedition was meant to prepare the way for the extension of the American fur trade and to advance geographical knowledge. Jefferson provided the best supplies, clothing, firearms, equipment and rations then available. Lewis and Clark were instructed to observe and record the entire range of natural history and ethnology of the areas they explored, and note possible resources which would support future settlement. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 had doubled the size of the nation, but a good share of the territory the expedition would explore was unmapped. Jefferson envisioned the nation's eventual expansion to the Pacific, and wanted to strengthen the American claim to the northwest Columbia Basin.
As a practicing Land Surveyor Lewis and Clark are my hero's. There exploration is equal of its day to the landing on the moon.
https://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/corps-of-discovery.htm

[SuperBowl4]

Missouri -
1989. Nuff said.What about the US Government owned LAKE CITY AMMUNITION PLANT in INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI?ROFL

[Rain Man]

Okay, here's a start. Let's fill this in.

Alabama 1 Killing
Alabama 2 Non-Killing
Alaska 3 Killing
Alaska 4 Non-Killing Purchase of state eliminated Russian presence in North America
Arizona 5 Killing
Arizona 6 Non-Killing
Arkansas 7 Killing
Arkansas 8 Non-Killing
California 9 Killing
California 10 Non-Killing Gold rush leads to statehood and western expansion, Apple begins microcomputer era
Colorado 11 Killing
Colorado 12 Non-Killing
Connecticut 13 Killing
Connecticut 14 Non-Killing
Delaware 15 Killing
Delaware 16 Non-Killing 1st State to ratify the Constitution
Florida 17 Killing
Florida 18 Non-Killing
Georgia 19 Killing
Georgia 20 Non-Killing
Hawaii 21 Killing Pearl Harbor brings USA into WWII
Hawaii 22 Non-Killing
Idaho 23 Killing
Idaho 24 Non-Killing
Illinois 25 Killing
Illinois 26 Non-Killing
Indiana 27 Killing
Indiana 28 Non-Killing
Iowa 29 Killing
Iowa 30 Non-Killing
Kansas 31 Killing
Kansas 32 Non-Killing Brown v Board of Education
Kentucky 33 Killing
Kentucky 34 Non-Killing
Louisiana 35 Killing
Louisiana 36 Non-Killing
Maine 37 Killing
Maine 38 Non-Killing
Maryland 39 Killing
Maryland 40 Non-Killing
Massachusetts 41 Killing
Massachusetts 42 Non-Killing
Michigan 43 Killing
Michigan 44 Non-Killing Beginning of automated manufacturing
Minnesota 45 Killing
Minnesota 46 Non-Killing
Mississippi 47 Killing
Mississippi 48 Non-Killing
Missouri 49 Killing
Missouri 50 Non-Killing Launch point of Lewis and Clark, Churchill's Iron Curtain speech
Montana 51 Killing
Montana 52 Non-Killing
Nebraska 53 Killing
Nebraska 54 Non-Killing
Nevada 55 Killing
Nevada 56 Non-Killing
New Hampshire 57 Killing
New Hampshire 58 Non-Killing
New Jersey 59 Killing
New Jersey 60 Non-Killing
New Mexico 61 Killing
New Mexico 62 Non-Killing
New York 63 Killing
New York 64 Non-Killing
North Carolina 65 Killing
North Carolina 66 Non-Killing
North Dakota 67 Killing
North Dakota 68 Non-Killing
Ohio 69 Killing
Ohio 70 Non-Killing
Oklahoma 71 Killing
Oklahoma 72 Non-Killing
Oregon 73 Killing
Oregon 74 Non-Killing
Pennsylvania 75 Killing Gettysburg pushes back the high point of the Confderacy
Pennsylvania 76 Non-Killing First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, Drafting of the US Constitution
Rhode Island 77 Killing
Rhode Island 78 Non-Killing
South Carolina 79 Killing First shots of Civil War
South Carolina 80 Non-Killing
South Dakota 81 Killing
South Dakota 82 Non-Killing
Tennessee 83 Killing
Tennessee 84 Non-Killing
Texas 85 Killing
Texas 86 Non-Killing
Utah 87 Killing
Utah 88 Non-Killing Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
Vermont 89 Killing
Vermont 90 Non-Killing
Virginia 91 Killing Surrender of Cornwallis ends Revolutionary War
Virginia 92 Non-Killing 1st permanent American settlement
Washington 93 Killing
Washington 94 Non-Killing
West Virginia 95 Killing
West Virginia 96 Non-Killing
Wisconsin 97 Killing
Wisconsin 98 Non-Killing
Wyoming 99 Killing
Wyoming 100 Non-Killing

[jjchieffan]

I would say that Harry Truman being elected President was a momentous occasion for Missouri. The Gateway Arch being built in St Louis was also momentous. How about 1985 and the I-70 World Series?

[srvy]

Though short lived The Pony Express from Missouri to California was momentous. The railroads and establishment of telegraph lines along their right of ways ended its reign pretty quick.

[srvy]

The Missouri Compromise of 1920 is largely considered to be the main cause of starting our Civil War. I would say that covers a killing portion for Missouri.

[EPodolak]

1907 Land Rush, or 1st oil discovery in 1897
1995 Federal Building Bombing

[ForeverChiefs58]

Jessie James from Missouri

Cole Younger from Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Still remember the fun at Cole Younger days. Good times

[wazu]

The Missouri Compromise of 1920 is largely considered to be the main cause of starting our Civil War. I would say that covers a killing portion for Missouri.

Q

[srvy]

You have heard the saying the greatest thing since sliced bread. Well it began in Chillicothe Missouri where where the slicing and bagging machine was invented and first sold.

The New Madrid earthquake where the Missouri river is said to have reversed its flow.

[srvy]

Wild Bill Hickok vs Davis Tutt at market square in Springfield Mo. Considered first true western showdown. Mr Tutt didnt live another day and the legend was born.

[Kiimo]

I was born in Missouri and have lived in California for 15 years.

So my answer is in regards to California, Missouri and the most historical thing to ever happen there is a large amount of hot air balloons at once.

Which, to be honest, seems more Kansas somehow.

[Cosmos]

The IRONMAN every JULY 4th in Hermosa Beach, CA. Run a mile. Paddle a mile. Chug a six-pack.

Or maybe the 1849 California Gold Rush?

Else there may have never ever been a Joe Montana...

[TimeForWasp]

I was born and raised in central South Dakota. This is history mother fuckers. Read it and like it.

South Dakota History Timeline
Important Dates, Events, and Milestones in South Dakota History
Offers a chronological timeline of important dates, events, and milestones in South Dakota history.
Around 900 CE, constructing earth lodges within villages, the ancestors of the Mandan, Arikara, and Hidatsa tribes begin to plant corn and sunflowers to supplement their hunting practices.



The territory that would become South Dakota was added to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The first permanent American settlement was established at Fort Pierre by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804. White settlement of the territory in the 1800s led to clashes with the Sioux, as some of the land had been granted to the tribe by an earlier treaty. Nevertheless, the territory was incorporated into the union on November 2, 1889, along with North Dakota.

17th Century South Dakota History Timeline
1683 - Le Sueur may have visited Sioux Falls to buy furs to be shipped by flatboat to the mouth of the Mississippi.

18th Century South Dakota History Timeline


1700 - From about this time, beads, knives, and tools from Europe showed up on the plains. Horses traded from the southwest and, later, guns from the east greatly changed life in Dakota.

1743 - The LaVerendrye Brothers, exploring for France, become the first white men to leave proof of their presence in South Dakota. They bury a lead plate on a hill on the west bank of the Missouri River near present day Fort Pierre to claim the area for France.

1745 - De Lusigan visited Big Stone Lake to call in unlicensed traders.

1750 - Teton Sioux at about this date, having driven Omaha from Big Sioux and James River valleys, reached Missouri River and engaged Ree in forty years' war.

1760 - The Sioux Indians, having been pushed out of Minnesota by the Chippewa, first reach the Missouri River. On their way to the Missouri, the Sioux drove the Omaha Indians from the Big Sioux and James River valleys. Sioux arrival at the Missouri ignites a long war with the Arikara for control of the Missouri Valley in central South Dakota.

1775 - Oglala Teton discover Black Hills and soon afterward drive Kiowa from that region.

1780 - Yankton and Yanktonais Sioux, about this date, having been driven from western Iowa by Oto, came up and settled in James River Valley.

1785 - Pierre Dorian, later guide to Lewis and Clark, married a Yankton woman and settled in trade at mouth of James River.

1792 -Joseph Garreau settles with the Ree Indians at Little Bend of the Missouri.

1794 -

The Sioux war with the Arikara comes to an end about 1794, with the Sioux driving the Arikara out of central South Dakota.
Jean Baptiste Trudeau establishes trading company
1796 - Registre Loisel builds post on Cedar Island, between Pierre and Big Bend.

19th Century South Dakota History Timeline
1802 - Loisel, a French trader, built a fur trading post near the mouth of Chapelle Creek on an island. Perrin de Lac, French explorer, set a four-sided cedar post probably on what is now known as the Bijou Hills.

1803 - The United States makes the Louisiana Purchase from France. The area that will become South Dakota is part of the Purchase.

1804-1806 - Lewis and Clark make first camp site in Union County, the first military expedition to enter South Dakota. (Captain Clark records much "elk sign"at a place they call Elk Point.) The party elects Patrick Gass to replace Sgt. Floyd, who died two days before, the first election west of the Mississippi. The explorers visit Spirit Mound, which area tribes say is inhabited by "devils."William Clark wrote: "From the top of this mound, we beheld a most beautiful landscape. Numerous herds of buffalo were seen feeding in various directions. The plain to north, northwest, and northeast extends without interruption as far as can be seen."The expedition councils with the Yankton Sioux at Calumet Bluff. The expedition presents gifts of tobacco, corn and flags. The Yankton Sioux prepare a feast. Mr. Dorian, the interpreter, stays behind to negotiate a peace with the Yankton's neighbors and arrange for the chiefs to visit Washington. The expedition stops near present-day Chamberlain. Lewis spends the next day hunting and describes immense herds of buffalo, deer, elk and antelope in every direction. The party arrives at the mouth of a small river they call Teton (now Bad River). A council with the Teton Sioux turns tense; Clark draws his sword; the Tetons string their bows. Chief Black Buffalo diffuses the situation. Without this action, the expedition and American history could have changed dramatically.

1805 - Pierre Dorian conducts party of Sioux chiefs to St. Louis.

1806 - Lewis and Clark return from Pacific, passing through South Dakota again on their return to St. Louis, in late August. The trip downstream goes much more quickly than the trip upstream.

1807 - Manuel Lisa undertakes trade with Indians at the head of the Missouri River. Sergeant Nathaniel Pryor attempts to conduct Big White, a Mandan chief, who visited Washington with Lewis and Clark, to his home and is attacked and driven back by Rees, assisted by Miniconjou Teton Sioux under Black Buffalo. Four were killed, and nine were wounded.

1808 - St. Louis Missouri Fur Company organized for trade on upper Missouri. Established post in Loisel house on Cedar Island.

1809 - Manuel Lisa of the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company safely conducts Big White to his home in North Dakota. Finds Rees friendly.

1810 - Loisel Post burned with large stock of furs.

1811 - Astorian party go up the Missouri River to Grand River, where they buy horses from Rees and go thence up Grand River toward Pacific. First recorded exploration of northern Black Hills region. Manuel Lisa finds Sioux excited over "Prophet craze"and believes this is due to hostile English influence. Reports condition to General Clark, Indian agent.

1812 - General Clark sends Manuel Lisa to northern part of South Dakota, where he builds Fort Manuel, to control Indians along the Missouri River. Red Thunder, Flathead Yanktonais chief from Elm River, Brown County, with son, Waneta, and 22 Sissetons, enlist to serve English in war against Americans.

1813: - March 5. Yankton join Arikara and Gros Ventre in siege of Fort Manuel. Great battle in which Manuel loses 15 men, and the fort was destroyed. Real engagement of War of 1812. Lisa retires to Big Bend, where he establishes fort and keeps Tetons friendly to Americans.

1815 -Teton Sioux sign treaty of friendship at portage des Sioux. Chief Black Buffalo dies there July 14 and is given military funeral. 1816: Trueau House burns.

1817 - Joseph LaFramboise starts a fur trading post at the site of present day Fort Pierre. This marks the beginning of the oldest continuous white settlement in South Dakota.

1818 - Hazen Mooers set up fur trading post at Great Bend of Big Sioux (Flandreau.) Fort Tecumseh built at site of Fort Pierre, by Columbia Fur Company. Fort Recovery built upon American Island at Chamberlain, by Missouri Fur Company. (It is possible this post was built 10 years earlier to compensate loss of Loisel Post, and was headquarters of Manuel Lisa during War of 1812-1815.)

1823 - Arikara Indians attack a fur trading party led by a General Ashley. Twelve of the fur traders were killed and eleven wounded.This fight is one of the first fights between Indians and whites in South Dakota.

1825 - Treaties are signed with a number of Indian tribes in South Dakota.

1828 - American Fur Company absorbs Columbia Fur Company and becomes dominant in Dakota trade.

1830 - Fort Tecumseh, later Fort Pierre, established as fur trade center.

1831 - The Yellowstone becomes the first steamboat to travel on the Missouri River in South Dakota.

1832 - Fort Pierre built to succeed Fort Tecumseh. George Catlin, famous painter of Indian pictures, visits Fort Pierre and paints many likenesses. Frederick Le Boue, a trader, kills Francious Quenel, an employee, at mouth of Cherry Creek, on Cheyenne River. Le Boue arrested by order of Williams Laidlaw, bourgeois (*businessman) of Fort Pierre, and sent to St. Louis in chains.

1837 - Great smallpox epidemic on Missouri River. All tribes suffer severely. Mandans practically destroyed

1838-1839 - Nicollet and Fremont conduct several exploration expeditions through South Dakota.

1840 - Fort Pierre visited by Fathers C. Hoecken and P. J. DeSmet and the Rev. Stephen Return Riggs. First formal sermon preached in South Dakota by Stephen Return Riggs at Fort Pierre.

1843 - Audubon, the naturalist, visited this section on a professional trip and observed and noted most of the birds and animals. Father Alexandria Ravoux visits Fort Pierre and baptizes many Indians.

1845 - Father Ravoux visits Fort Vermillion.

1847 - Mrs. Joseph LaBarge comes to Fort Pierre with her husband, Captain LaBarge on the Steamboat "Martha."First white woman to visit South Dakota. The "Martha"attacked by Yankton Indians at Crow Creek.

1849 -Inkpaduta, son of the renegade Wamdesapa, massacres his cousin Wamunidi-yakapi and 17 other Wakpekuta.

1851 - Father DeSmet visits the Teton Sioux. Sante Sioux relinquishes title to all lands east of Big Sioux River by treaty of Traverse des Sioux.

1855-1857 -

The US Army buys Fort Pierre in 1855 and uses it as a military post. The poor site and the establishment of Fort Randall in 1856 causes the Army to abandon Fort Pierre in 1857. Although the Army leaves, people continue to live at the fort site.
Lt. G. K. Warren conducts a series of explorations and surveys in Dakota and Nebraska. These expeditions result in some of the first maps of western South Dakota. The 1856 expedition was a reconnaissance of the Missouri River intended to determine feasible sites for military posts.
1857 - The white influx into South Dakota receives a boost with the establishment of a settlement at the site of present day Sioux Falls.

1858 - The Yankton Sioux sign a treaty which cedes much of eastern South Dakota to the United States and opens the land for settlement. White settlers continue to enter South Dakota. A provisional government is established, but it is not recognized by Washington.

1859-1860 - White settlers continue to come to South Dakota. Another attempt at establishing a territorial government is made. This attempt also fails to obtain Washington's recognition.

1860-61 - J.B.S. Todd, an early promoter of Dakota Territory and brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln, goes to Washington, D.C. to lobby for territortial statis for Dakota. (J.B.S. Todd - Dakota Profile)

1861 - Dakota Territory is formally established. The legislation creating the new territory is signed by President James Buchanan. The new territory includes the present states of South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and most of Wyoming. William Jayne of Illinois is appointed as the first territorial governor.

1862-1865 - The War of the Outbreak occurs. The war started in Minnesota with the Santee rising of 1862 and spread into Dakota. Several towns, including Sioux Falls, were evacuated until the end of hostilities. The war resulted in several forts being built in Dakota. Dakota's contribution to the war against the Indians consisted of two troops of volunteer cavalry and a number of militia units.

1865 - The Edmunds Commission, headed by Governor Newton Edmunds, negotiated a series of treaties with the Indians in Dakota. These treaties brought about a temporary end to hostilities.

1866 - Red Cloud war begins. Andrew J. Faulk succeeds Newton Edmunds as governor. Great affliction of grasshoppers. Crops eaten. Fort Sully (new) established.

1868 - A treaty is signed with the Sioux ending the Red Cloud War of 1866-1868. Among the provisions of the Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1868 is a clause that continues the Great Sioux Reservation. The area contained in this reservation included the Black Hills. (Dakota Profile - Spotted Tail) Peace Commission at Ft. Laramie, Wyoming, 1868 Shown from right of center pole are Gen. Harney, Gen. Sherman, Gen. Sanborn, General Augar, Gen. Terry, Gen. Henderson and Asa White, commission secretary.

1872 - The Dakota Southern Railroad becomes the first railroad to operate in South Dakota, running from Vermillion to Sioux City, Iowa. The road was completed to Yankton in 1873. The Judge Brookings, first locomotive in Dakota Terr. on the Dakota Southern RR. on Oct 1st, 1972

1874 - Rumors of gold and the need for military posts on the Great Sioux Reservation in the Black Hills area result in the Black Hills Expedition of Lt. Col. George A. Custer. In addition to troops, Custer's expedition included a large corps of scientists and several miners. Gold is discovered in the vicinity of present day Custer and the Black Hills gold rush begins.

1876 - Whites continue to enter the area of the Great Sioux Reservation. Many of the intruders go to the Black Hills to look for gold. The failure of the Army to keep whites out of the Hills angers the Sioux and war begins. The most notable event of the war is the defeat of Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn in June.

1877 - A treaty is signed that ends the Black Hills war and gives the Black Hills to the United States. Renegade Indians are returned to their reservations and agencies. (Dakota Profile - Spotted Tail)

1878-1887 - This is the period of the Great Dakota Boom. Settlers pour into Dakota. The railroads provide a major incentive to settlement. Agriculture and industry both prosper.

1880 - The Chicago & North Western Railroad becomes the first railroad to reach the Missouri River when its tracks reach the new town of Pierre late in the year. Although building west at the same time as the North Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad will not officially reach the Missouri at
Chamberlain until early 1881.

1883 - By 1883, Dakota Territory had been reduced to what is now the States of South and North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana having been organized as separate territories. The northern part of the territory had grown in population to the point that the center of population was no longer in the Yankton area. This population shift led to the major event of 1883, the removal of the territorial capitol from Yankton to Bismarck. The move caused much bitterness among the people of southern Dakota. The capitol removal resulted in the first attempt to get southern Dakota admitted to the Union as a separate state. Washington refused to recognize the new state.

1885 - The discontent created by the capitol removal in 1883 sparked a second attempt to create a State of Dakota out of the southern half of the territory. Voters in southern Dakota approved a state constitution and elected a full slate of state officers. The legislature and state officials convened in Huron and organized the new state government. Senators were also chosen for the new state. Once again, Washington refused to grant statehood.

1886-1887 - Droughts bring the prosperity of the Great Dakota Boom to an end.

1888 - A major blizzard strikes the eastern part of southern Dakota. The blizzard
hits in January. Over 35 people die as a result of the storm.

1889 -

White settlers continue to look with longing at the vast lands of the Great Sioux Reservation. After the failure of an effort in 1888 to get a land cession agreement, the Crook Commission of 1889 secures the signing of an agreement with the Sioux that opens new land for white settlement. The Sioux agree to move onto reservations with specified boundaries.
The statehood movement finally bore fruit. On February 22, President Cleveland signed the Omnibus Bill creating the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington. Dakota Territory formally ceased to exist on 2 November when President Harrison signed the documents formally admitting North and South Dakota to the Union as the 39th and 40th states. Harrison purposely shuffled the documents as he signed them so that no one would know which state was admitted first. Pierre is chosen as the temporary capitol of South Dakota.
1889-1897 -

Drought in the late 1880s and a depressed national economy in the early and mid 1890s led to this period being called the Great Dakota Bust.
The flow of settlers dropped off greatly. Some settlers left South Dakota to return to their previous homes.
The state's economy slowed down, but recovered as the nation came out of the depression in the late 1890s.
1890 - Pierre is chosen as the permanent capital of South Dakota. A number of
challenges to Pierre's status come in succeeding years.The land cession agreement of 1889, the cut in beef rations, and crop failures brought the Sioux to the brink of starvation and hopelessness, It added to the resentment toward the white man and their promises. They were no longer free to roam the plains. The great buffalo herds gone, and food was inadequate. In the summer of that year, hope comes to them in the form of the "Ghost Dance," so called because they believed that this magical dance would bring back the dead and the buffalo as well as eliminate the whites. Non-Indians living near the reservation became frightened and demanded protection, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre. In the fall of 1890, the army moved west to force the Indians to stop performing the Ghost Dance. In one of the first skirmishes, Sitting Bull was killed while being arrested by tribal police. On the Cheyenne near Belle Fouche, members of Big Foot's camp hear of Sitting Bull's death, panic and flee south to the Badlands. When they reached the Badlands, they are captured by soldiers and taken to a small village called Wounded Knee. On the morning of Dec. 29, 1890, the soldiers gathered the Indians and prepared to search them for weapons. Someone fired a shot, and then soldiers began shooting the Indians. Several hundred Indians, men, women and children, died that day, most of them unarmed. The Wounded Knee Massacre is sometimes cited as the final conquest of the Sioux.

1895 - In his opening address to the legislature on January 8, newly reelected governor Charles H. Sheldon praised outgoing treasurer Walter William Taylor for his efficiency, faithfulness, and the energy and zeal which he displayed in the management of the office of the treasury. The next day, January 9, governor Sheldon asked that his words of praise for Taylor be stricken from the official journal. It had just been discovered that Taylor, a former Redfield banker, had fled to South America and the state's treasury was short $367,000.
(see Volume 15 Number 2 of South Dakota History for more on Taylor's embezzlement of the state's treasury.)

1896 - Andrew E. Lee, a Populist, is elected as the third Governor of South Dakota. Lee was the first non-Republican governor. Only five other men who were not Republicans have served as governor, four being elected and one succeeding to the office on a resignation.

1898 - The Spanish-American War is fought. The Ist South Dakota Infantry is called into federal service and is sent to the Philippines. The regiment misses the fighting against the Spanish, but does see combat during the early months of the Philippine Insurrection in 1899. Besides the infantry regiment, South Dakota contributed five troops to the 3rd US Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Col. Melvin Grigsby of Sioux Falls. The 3rd Cavalry spent the entire war in training camps in the United States.

20th Century South Dakota History Timeline
1900 - The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad reached the Missouri River at Evarts in northern South Dakota. Evarts quickly became a major shipping point for cattle from western South Dakota.
1904 -

Land on the Rosebud Reservation is opened for white settlement. The land office for the opening was at Bonesteel. Chaotic conditions at Bonesteel prior to the opening and the threat of trouble on the opening day caused Lt. Gov. Snow to mobilize National Guard troops from Sioux Falls to protect the land office and keep order during the opening. The actual opening proved to be uneventful.
Pierre's position as capital of the state was challenged by Mitchell. Some people in the eastern part of the state felt that the capitol should be closer to the bulk of the state's population. A bitter election campaign pitted eastern interests against those of western South Dakota. The campaign has been characterized as an extended holiday for the entire state. Both the Chicago & North Western Railroad, which served Pierre, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, which served Mitchell,
transported large numbers of visitors to both cities at greatly reduced rates or on free passes. The inability of eastern South Dakota to act as a united body resulted in a wide margin of victory for Pierre. As an outgrowth of this capital fight, the 1905 legislature initiated the process that led to construction of a permanent capitol building in Pierre.
1906-1907 - Both the Chicago & North Western and the Milwaukee Road build west from the Missouri River to Rapid City. The North Western beat the Milwaukee to Rapid City by several months. Development of western South Dakota was greatly aided by the establishment of two direct rail links with eastern South Dakota and eastern markets.

1906 - The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad begins construction of its Pacific Coast Extension. The Extension, when completed in 1909, gave the Milwaukee a line to the Pacific coast and put SouthDakota on a transcontinental rail line. The town of Evarts was abandoned when the Milwaukee decided
to cross the Missouri at the new town of Mobridge.

1908 - The cornerstone of the new capitol building is laid. The first steps are taken to open large parts of the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations to white settlement. The land is formally opened in 1909.

1910 - The new capitol building in Pierre was opened for use. Designed by the same architects who designed the Montana capitol, the new capitol ended the possibility of new fights over the sight of the state capitol. Although growth in the size of state government required an addition to the capitol building in the 1930s and the construction of several separate office buildings, the building opened in 1910 has continued to serve as the capitol to the present day.

1916 -

The 4th South Dakota Infantry was one of many National Guard regiments mobilized forservice on the Mexican border. The regiment was stationed near San Benito, Texas. The South Dakotans saw no action and returned home in March 1917. One battalion of the regiment was back in Federal service several months later guarding bridges against possible German sabotage.
Peter Norbeck was elected as the ninth governor of South Dakota. Norbeck was the first governor actually born in South Dakota. His election continued the tradition of Republican domination of state politics. After two terms as governor, Norbeck went on to serve in the United States Senate. He died in office during his third term.
1917-1918 - The United States was involved in World War I. South Dakota's major contribution to the war was the 147th Field Artillery Regiment. The 147th was created out of half of the 4th South Dakota Infantry and two batteries of Oregon National Guard Artillery. The 147th saw heavy action as it provided artillery sport for ten different American and French divisions. The regiment received numerous decorations and citations from both France and the United States. After the war's end, the 147th was retained as part of the South Dakota National Guard.

1927 - Gutzon Borglum begins work on the Mount Rushmore monument. The monument contains the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Borglum's work had its origin in the desire of State Historian Doane Robinson to have a monument to American history created in the Black Hills. Although never completed, the Rushmore monument is still a major tourist attraction.

1928 - Gov. Bulow pardons Poker Alice, 78, after she is convicted on a bootlegging charge. Gov. Bulow was said to be reluctant to send a white-haired old lady to prison. Poker Alice was a gambler/madam from Stugis whose enterprises catered to the soldiers at Ft. Meade.

1930s - South Dakota is hit hard by the Depression. Drought and dust created severe problems for agriculture. The Civilian Conservation Corps and the WPA provided many jobs. The CCC was instrumental in providing much forest conservation work in the Black Hills.

1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Badlands National Park.

1940 - In November, the 147th Field Artillery Regiment of the South Dakota National Guard is called into Federal service. The regiment is assigned to Fort Ord, California.

1941 - the 147th Field Artillery performs well at Fort Ord, prompting troops of the regular army 7th Infantry Division to talk about having the 147th assigned as the divisional artillery. In November, the 147th is ordered to overseas duty in the Philippines. The regiment was in Hawaii at the end of November. The regiment's convoy was a week west of Hawaii when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the 147th's convoy to be rerouted to Australia. For a time during the end of 1941 and the early months of 1942, the 147th was the only major Allied unit stationed in the Darwin area.

1941-1945 - The United States was involved in World War II. South Dakotans were involved in the fighting in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. The most notable contribution by a South Dakota unit was made by the 147th Field Artillery during its service in the Pacific. The 147th was reorganized in 1943 into the 147th and 260th Field Artillery Battalions. The 147th was the last field artillery regiment to be reorganized by the Army. The 147th Battalion built a solid record of combat service in New Guinea and the Philippines as part of the 158th Regimental Combat Team. The 260th Battalion spent the rest of the war driving trucks. These two battalions were the only units of the South Dakota National Guard to maintain a specific South Dakota identity during the war.

The battleship USS. South Dakota was launched in 1941. Entering active service in 1942, the South Dakota became one of the most decorated American ships of the war. She saw extensive duty in the Pacific war as well as spending a short tour of duty in the Atlantic. The South Dakota was the flagship of Admiral Chester Nimitz at the time of the Japanese surrender. Often referred to as "Battleship X," the South Dakota was decommissioned in 1947 and scrapped in 1962. A memorial to the South Dakota was created in Sioux Falls after the ship was scrapped.

1944 - The Pick-Sloan Plan for development of the Missouri River was passed by Congress. This plan resulted in the construction of four dams on the Missouri River in South Dakota. The dams are Fort Randall, begun in 1946; Oahe, begun in 1948; Gavin's Point, begun in 1952; and Big Bend, begun in 1959. All four dams were completed by the late 1960s.

1947 - In response to Indian requests for a monument similar to Mount Rushmore to honor Indian heroes, Korczak Ziolkowski began work on Crazy Horse Mountain in the Black Hills. The work was to be a statue in the round of the Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse. Though it was still not finished at Ziolkowski's death in 1982, the Crazy Horse site is a major tourist attraction.

1948 - Blizzard hits northeastern South Dakota. The National Guard is called out to assist in clearing roads.

1949 - Blizzard hits South Dakota early in January. Air drops of hay are required in much of central and western South Dakota. The CNW line from Pierre to Rapid City was blocked for several weeks.

1950-1952 - The United States participated in the Korean War. Several South Dakota National Guard units were called into federal service, but none of them saw combat. The 196th Regimental Combat Team held South Dakota's outstanding National Guard tradition by outperforming units of the Regular Army both in training in Colorado and on active duty in Alaska.

1952 - A major flood on the Missouri River proves the wisdom of the Pick-Sloan Act. Flood damage is severe in Pierre, with much of the town inundated. The flood causes damage all through South Dakota and in downstream states. The severity of the flood provided additional justification for construction of the Oahe Dam.

1962 - The electric generating station at the Oahe Dam is completed. Oahe is the largest of the six Missouri River Pick-Sloan dams, with a generating capacity of 700,000 kilowatts. With completion of the Big Bend Dam and generating station several years later, the Missouri River dams achieved a generating capacity of over 2,000,000 kilowatts of electricity.

1966 - The Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant built by Northern States Power Company near Sioux Falls begins producing electricity. It was considered the world's first all-nuclear power plant. After only one year's operation,however, it was converted to a conventional power plant because of technical problems.

Late 1960s - All four of the Pick-Sloan dams in South Dakota are completed.
Along with the Fort Peck Dam in Montana and the Garrison Dam in North Dakota, the South Dakota dams have contributed to electric power production, recreation, flood control, navigation, irrigation, public water splies, and fish and wildlife development.

1973 - South Dakota was rocked by Wounded Knee II and the Custer Court House Riots. Wounded Knee II was the occation of the town of Wounded Knee by members and sporters of the American Indian Movement. The Custer Court House Riots occurred during the trial of several Sioux in Custer. These two events appear to be a highwater mark for A.I.M. One result of the activity by A.I.M. has been an increase in demands by the Sioux for the return of the Black Hills to Sioux control.

1974 - As a result of the shortage of doctors in South Dakota, the legislature created a medical school for the University of South Dakota.

1978 - Richard Kneip became the first man to resign as governor when he resigned the office in July 1978 to become US Ambassador to Singapore. Kneip was the fifth non-Republican governor and only the fourth Democrat to be governor. Harvey Wollman, Richard Kneip's lieutenant governor, became the first man to serve as governor without being elected to the office. Wollman became governor on Kneip's resignation. Kneip's resignation came seven weeks after Wollman was defeated in the Democratic primary for governor. Wollman served as governor for just over five months until the inauguration of William Janklow in January 1979.

1980 - The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad abandons several thousand miles of track and withdraws from the Pacific Coast. The abandonment affected more than half of South Dakota's total railroad mileage. The lack of rail service caused by the abandonment created severe problems for South Dakota agriculture. The Milwaukee was persuaded to keep the mainline through northern South Dakota open to Miles City, Montana, so that coal shipments could continue
to a power plant at Big Stone City, South Dakota, on the Minnesota border.

1981 - Governor William Janklow calls a special session of the state legislature to deal with problems caused by the Milwaukee abandonment. The result of the special session was the purchase of much of the abandoned Milwaukee track in South Dakota. This purchase was used to form the base for an essential core rail
system in the state. Much of the purchased track was leased to the Burlington
Northern Railroad for operation.

1982 - The Milwaukee pulls out of South Dakota completely when it abandons all track west of Ortonville, Minnesota, in March. The importance of the mainline to agriculture and the Big Stone power plant resulted in the State purchasing the line from Ortonville to Miles City, Montana. Burlington Northern Railroad assumed operation of the line under a lease-purchase agreement. With the purchase of the
Milwaukee mainline, South Dakota owned railroad track in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa.

1986 - The Chicago & NorthWestern Railroad ended its long association with central South Dakota and the city of Pierre when the NorthWestern sold its line from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Winona, Minnesota to the L. B. Foster Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The sale came about because of intense opposition to abandonment of the line between Huron and Rapid City. The NorthWestern had tried to abandon the part of the line between Pierre and Rapid City in 1983, but the ICC blocked the abandonment. The sale stopped another abandonment attempt. The Rapid City-Winona line is now being operated by the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad. The North Western retained a spur line into Sioux Falls and a line from Chadron, Nebraska through Rapid City to Colony, Wyoming. With the Milwaukee already gone from South Dakota, the sale of the Rapid City-Winona line removed all but a small portion of the two railroads which were instrumental in the settlement and growth of South Dakota.
George S. Mickelson was elected as the 28th governor of South Dakota. Mickelson was the son of George T. Mickelson, who was governor from 1947-1951. He was the first son of a governor to become governor. Mickelson defeated Democrat Lars Herseth in the contest for governor. Herseth is also the son of a former governor.

1987 -

South Dakota began operation of a state sponsored lottery. The lottery began after voters approved a ballot measure in 1986 calling for establishment of a lottery.
A fire in December destroyed a block of the historic downtown area of Deadwood. This fire was the latest in a series of disasters that have plagued Deadwood throughout its history.
1988 - South Dakota suffers from severe drought conditions. The drought had its beginnings in the fall and winter of 1987, when rain and snow amounts were far below normal. Farmers and ranchers in many parts of the state were faced with partial or total crop failures and severe lack of feed for cattle. Lightning caused a large forest fire in the Black Hills in July. Helped along by existing drought conditions, the fire destroyed approximately 16,000 acres in the vicinity of Custer State Park and Mount Rushmore. The fire burned for over a week before it was contained. South Dakota voters approve a constitutional amendment that will allow limited gambling in the city of Deadwood. Before gambling could go into effect, the legislature would have to pass appropriate regulations and the voters of Deadwood would have to approve gambling in a special vote.

1989 - Deadwood voters approved the gambling measure and a state board
established to oversee the games and establish the regulations. The state legislature voted to expand the state lottery by adding video
game machines to the scratch-and-match games already in operation.
Only certain games and low limit wagers were to be allowed on the machines.

[Bwana]

Killing: The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as "Custer's Last Stand," was won by the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes who slaughtered 265 men of Gen. George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry in 1876.


Non-killing: The Lewis and Clark Expedition brought the first white explorers to the territory between 1804 and 1806.

OR

Gold was discovered in Western Montana in the 1860s, bringing prospectors and miners to the Montana area, leading to the boomtowns that grew dramatically and turned Montana into a U.S. territory in 1864.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Most monumental event in Colorado state history: Dec 31, 2017 Denver - Patrick Mahomes makes pro debut.

[displacedinMN]

Minnesota had an earthquake in 1972

[MeaTy The Pimp]

May 17, 1875 • The first Kentucky Derby was won by a colt named Aristides ridden by African-American jockey, Oliver Lewis in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people.

[gblowfish]

Missouri voters once elected a dead man to the US Senate.

This is true. But it was the absolute right choice. A dead guy in the senate was much better than John Ashcroft.

Probably the most important thing to happen in Missouri was the Dread Scott decision.

Look it up.

[Coogs]

Most monumental event in Colorado state history: Dec 31, 2017 Denver - Patrick Mahomes makes pro debut.

I was there for that one! :clap::clap::clap:

[AndChiefs]

Sadly, it must involve killing. The Alamo.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Missouri.

The only killing involved was the killing of Cardinals' fans brain cells from decades of continuing to blame Don Denkinger for their monumental collapse.

[Chiefs4TheWin]

We signed some declaration thing in 1776.

[LiveSteam]

I was born 50 years ago last February.
Nebraska has never been the same, they tell me.

[Raiderhater]

In addition to the other mentions for Kansas I’ll add the greatest turn around in college football history.

[Imon Yourside]

Kansas is home to the KANSAS City Chiefs, as most around the world know. ;)

Yellow brick roads and Ahhhhs

[dj56dt58]

The birth of me

[kcpasco]

Lewis and Clark trail ended in Oregon.

[jdubya]

Mavericks Invitational

[Bearcat]

The Colorado River created the Grand Canyon.

[Athis]

New Orleans...Tulane Stadium...January 11, 1970...Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Champions.

[Boise_Chief]

Not much for idaho Ruby Ridge and indian massacres

[gblowfish]

Kansas is home to the KANSAS City Chiefs, as most around the world know. ;)

Yellow brick roads and Ahhhhs

Uh...I believe last time I looked Arrowhead Stadium was paid for by the hard working taxpayers of Jackson County, Missouri.

Kansans just drive over here and bitch about the road conditions...

[Setsuna]

Maddie Clifton

[poolboy]

Kstate beating OU

[lewdog]

The Colorado River created the Grand Canyon.

Horse fucking shit!

/jjj

[Graystoke]

The day the music died.
Buddy Holly
Richie Valens
Big Bopper

[PHOG]

Dwight D Eisenhower Memorial Library and Museum is in Abilene,KS. I know there may be a LOT of death attached to that, but I'll be damned if its not a great look at the country then.

[tatorhog]

Bonus if you can identify historical events that don't involve killing.


I was thinking about this the other day, and I was hard-pressed to come up with a particularly important historical event that occurred in Colorado. There was some Manhattan project research that occurred here, I think, which may count in both the killing and non-killing categories, but the heavy lifting was done in New Mexico.

Other stuff may have been important to Colorado, like discovering gold, but it didn't reverberate through history very much. We had the Sand Creek Massacre, but I don't know if that changed America's Indian policy. And of course we've got the alien city inside Denver International Airport, but that hasn't been unleashed on the world yet.

I bet there have been some inventions or scientific discoveries made here, but I don't know what they are. Honestly, I'm stumped.

What about your state? Give me your best historic shot.


You guys have the La Garita caldera, from one of the largest super volcano eruptions they know about. It way predates most everything, but it’s still pretty significant I would say. The number of supervolcano calderas is considerably higher than I would have ever guessed. Those things are everywhere

[LoneWolf]

Clutter family murders.

[dilligaf]

Idaho: Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River canyon about 2 miles from where my house is. The ramp still stands.

[Great Expectations]

https://experiencehermann.com/hermann-missouri-news/hermann-saves-french-wine

https://www.ozarksalive.com/ozarks-saved-french-wine-industry/

[Monkey God]

John Robinson... the first internet serial killer

[kysirsoze]

California killing might be the Bobby Kennedy assassination. Or Manson Murders.

[Buehler445]

Clutter family murders.

Heh. That’s a half hour from here. Dude in town was kin to them somehow or another.

[DJay23]

Valley Forge
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Declaration of Independence
Gettysburg
Shanksville

[rtmike]

We had a mountain tops side blow out. Turned daylight to dark and there was inches of **** covering the ground like snow.

[rtmike]

Kansas is home to the KANSAS City Chiefs, as most around the world know. ;)


I too, was in denial at first but that was 50 years ago, lol.

[TomB]

What's the most momentous historical event that occurred in your state?


Jesus, AKA Tom Brady, returned.

[Imon Yourside]

Uh...I believe last time I looked Arrowhead Stadium was paid for by the hard working taxpayers of Jackson County, Missouri.

Kansans just drive over here and bitch about the road conditions...

It's a hard life living in Overland Park. :D

[lcarus]

1995 - Oklahoma City - Murrah Federal Building bombed.
1921 - Tulsa race riots
Pre-1907 - Lots of Indian drama
Post-1907 - Less Indian drama. More Indian casinos.

[oldman]

As Buehler mentioned, the Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Board of Education would have to be one of the top historical events centered in Kansas.
Others would include the cattle drives that ended in Dodge City, Hays, and Abliene during the golden age of cowboys. You'd have to consider William Quantrill's raid into Lawrence as a major event as well.
A couple of lesser known items would be that George Custer was appointed to the 7th Cavalry at Ft. Riley in 1866 although he was later suspended at Ft. Leavenworth after going AWOL to see his wife. Walter Chrysler grew up and started his career in Ellis, Kansas.

[KurtCobain]

What about the US Government owned LAKE CITY AMMUNITION PLANT in INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI?ROFL

What about it?