chronology of erie : C. 1615 French missionaries arrive. 1634 Erie Indians defeat Seneca Indians in poisoned arrow warfare. Hundreds killed or wounded on each side. 1654 Senecas exterminate Erie tribe. 1753 French troops build Fort Presque Isle and Fort LeBoeuf. December 11-16. George Washington visits Fort LeBoeuf (Waterford). 1758 French settlers abandon village at Presque Isle. 1759 French troops evacuate and burn Fort Presque Isle. 1760 British troops occupy and rebuild Fort Presque Isle. 1763 June 1 8. Indians capture Fort LeBoeuf. June 20. Indians capture Fort Presque Isle. 1783 Great Britain cedes western district, including Erie County, to U. S. 1784 Treaty with Six Nations gives Triangle lands to Pennsylvania. 1785 General Assembly of Pennsylvania authorizes David Watts and William Miles to survey Tenth Donation District, which included Erie. 1789 General Assembly authorizes payment of $2,000 to Half-Town, Cornplanter, and Big Tree in settlement of claims to part of Triangle lands. 1791 Pennsylvania pays Seneca Indians $800 to quit Triangle lands. U. S. Government sells Triangle lands to Pennsylvania, after considerable litigation. 1792 General Assembly enacts bill to lay out towns at Presque Isle and LeBoeuf. 1794 Andrew Ellicott surveys and lays out town of Waterford. 1795 Treaty of peace with Six Nations at Canandaigua, N. Y., removes re maining obstacles to settlement of Presque Isle. Andrew Ellicott and William Irvine lay out town of Erie. Thomas Rees and John Grubb, with their families, settle in Erie. Colonel Seth Reed erects first dwelling in Erie. Louis Philippe, afterward King of France, visits Erie. 1796 December 15. Gen. Anthony Wayne dies and is buried in Erie. 1798 Sloop Washington, first sailing vessel built in Erie, launched at the mouth of Four Mile Creek. 1800 March 12. Erie County established by Act of General Assembly. First county census taken; population 1,468. First public school built at Waterford. Salt industry established. 1 80 1 First mail route opened between Erie and Pittsburgh, by way of Waterford and Meadville. 1803 First county officers elected. First court held in Erie County, the Hon. Jesse Moore, presiding. Opening of court announced by blowing of horn, a custom followed until 1823. 1805 Erie incorporated as borough. 1808 The Mirror, first newspaper in Erie County, started by George Wyeth. Gen. Anthony Wayne s body disinterred and removed. 1813 March 27. Perry arrives in Erie to build fleet. Sept. 10. Battle of Lake Erie. Perry captures British fleet. 1818 First U. S. lighthouse on Great Lakes built on Presque Isle. May 28. Walk-in-the-Water, first steamship to sail on Great Lakes, launched at Erie. 1825 June 3. Marquis de LaFayette visits Erie. 1826 May 1 8. The steamboat William Penn, 200 tons, of the Erie & Chautauqua Steamship Company, launched at Erie. 1830 First major influx of German population. 1831 Horace Greeley works as printer on the Erie Gazette. 1832 Girard Township incorporated. 1833 Waterford incorporated as borough. 1834 North East incorporated as borough. Wattsburg incorporated as borough. 1836 Proposed canal connecting Erie with Pittsburgh quadruples price of real estate within few weeks. Sales in February exceed $1,000,000. 1839 Building constructed for Erie branch of United States Bank; used later as customs house. 1841 August 9. The steamship Erie burns near Silver Creek, N. Y.; 249 persons drowned; 26 of whom were from Erie; and $180,000 in gold and silver lost. 1843 November 9. U.S.S. Michigan (Wolverine) launched on Lake Erie. 1844 December 5. Queen of the West and R. S. Reed, first boats to enter Erie on new Erie & Pittsburgh Canal, dock at foot of Sassafras St. 1846 Girard incorporated as borough. 1847 First telegraph line opened in Erie County. 1851 Erie incorporated as city. 1852 January 19. First passenger train enters Erie, on 6-foot gauge tracks of the Erie & North East Railroad. 1854 Railroad War. Popular resentment against standardizing the gauge re sults in a riot. 1855 Police department organized in Erie. West wing of county courthouse completed. 1858 City divided into four wards. 1 86 1 Albion incorporated as borough. Abraham Lincoln visits Erie. 1863 October 22. First newspaper in Corry, the Corry City News, established. 1866 South Erie incorporated as borough. Gen. U. S. Grant and Andrew Johnson visit Erie. 1870 South Erie Borough annexed to Erie City. 1871 Erie Canal to Pittsburgh abandoned. 1874 St. Vincent s Hospital dedicated. 1876 Perry s original flagship, Lawrence, raised from Presque Isle Bay and rebuilt. First telephone exchange opened. 1878 First labor union, Typographical Union, receives charter. 1880 Wayne Blockhouse rebuilt. 1 88 1 July i. Hamot Hospital dedicated. 1891 W. L. Scott, Erie industrial magnate and philanthropist, dies. Grover Cleveland attends funeral. 1896 Public Library built. 126 CHRONOLOGY 1898 Hammermill Paper Company founded. May i. Capt. Charles Vernon Gridley of Erie fires first shot in Battle of Manila Bay. 1910 March 18. President William H. Taft arrives in Erie and speaks for Y.M.C.A. 1911 General Electric Company builds branch in Erie. May 17. St. Peter s Cathedral consecrated. 1914 Erie Forge & Steel Company founded. 1915 August 3. Mill Creek flood causes 25 deaths and large property loss. 1916 Erie National guardsmen take part in war on Mexican border. 1918 July 14. Erie troops participate in Battle of Marne in France. 1920 Academy High School constructed. 1921 Presque Isle made a State Park. East High School finished. 1926 Mercyhurst College constructed. 1931 Buses replace trolley cars on streets. Church of the Covenant built. Strong Vincent High School constructed. 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at mass meeting. 1938 Erie Municipal airport opened, and mail and passenger service inaugurated.
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