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FEBRUARY 1870 >

NEW YORK CITY,
NEW YORK

Brooklyn Bridge construction begins. H

WACO, TEXAS

The Waco Suspension Bridge opens across the Brazos River. H

CLEVELAND, OHIO

John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. H

OGDEN CITY,
UTAH TERRITORY

Construction on the Utah Central Rail Road in completed. H

UTAH TERRITORY

Passenger service on the Utah Central Rail Road begins. H

NEW YORK CITY,
NEW YORK

The US Democratic Party is symbolized with a donkey for the first time in a Harper's Weekly political cartoon by Thomas Nast. H

RECONSTRUCTION

Virginia is re-admitted into the Union. H

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