Timeline: Brown, Lucia: Histories of the Martin & Bloom Families

Histories of the Martin, Wilson, Bloom, & Ahola Families

1842 - 1935 (~ 93 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1861	1861—1865: American Civil War.
2	1869	10 May 1869: First transcontinental railroad completed.
3	1878	1878: First North American telephone exchange.
4	1883	8 Sep 1883: Northern Pacific Railway completed.
5	1914	1914—1918: First World War.
6	1920	1920: Commercial radio broadcasting begins.