History:1870

ICONS: Edison's Phonograph, U.S. Grant, Typewriter
Ulysses S. Grant

Missouri Republican Hiram Rhoades Revels becomes the first black Senator on February 25, 1870.
The National Weather Service issues its first weather forecast on November 1, 1870. The forecast warns of a windy day in Chicago, IL.
"The Great Chicago Fire" begins October 8, 1871.
President Ulysses S. Grant signs legislation designating Yellowstone the first national park on March 1, 1872.
The Jesse James Gang conduct the first successful train robbery in the American West on July 21, 1873.
The first Kentucky Derby is run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, on May 17, 1875.
Lt. Colonel George Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry battle the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians on the bluffs above the Little Big Horn River, on June 26, 1876.
Thomas Edison patents the cylinder phonograph on February 19, 1878.

The 1870 Census		10 Largest Urban Places
U.S. Resident Population:	38,558,371	Rank	Place	Population
Population per square mile of land area:	11.2	1	New York City, NY	942,292
Percent increase of population from 1860 to 1870:	26.6	2	Philadelphia, PA	674,022
Official Enumeration Date:	June 1	3	Brooklyn, NY	396,099
Number of States:	37	4	St. Louis, MO	310,864
Cost:	$3,421,000	5	Chicago, IL	298,977
Cost per Capita (cents):	8.8	6	Baltimore, MD	267,354
Total Pages in Published Reports:	3,473	7	Boston, MA	250,526
Number of Enumerators:	6,530	8	Cincinnati, OH	216,239
Number of Office Staff:	438	9	New Orleans, LA	191,148
Census Bureau Director:	Francis Amasa Walker	10	San Francisco, CA	149,473
Number of Questions Asked:	20	Other lists of largest urban places.

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