United States History
Lansing History
Stone School History

1846 - Iowa is the 30th state admitted to the union on December 28th
1848 - William Garrison arrives and lays claim to 14000 acres
1848 - Garrison builds cabin at location now know as 500 North Front Street
1848 - John Haney builds cabin 900 feet north of Garrison's
1849 - Allamakee County organized on January 15th
1849 - First official post office established on August 21
1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery on the "Underground Railroad" on December 6th
1850 - Population of Lansing is 80 residents
1851 - Lansing platted by John Haney and H.H. Houghton
1851 - Harriet Hosmer wins race to top of bluff now known as Mount Hosmer in June
1851 - Father Hore establishes Catholic Church at Wexford
1851 - County Seat relocated to Columbus
1852 - First newspaper in Lansing (Lansing Intelligencer) publishes first issue on November 23rd
1853 - Delia D. Purdy opens first public school in Lansing
1855 - First church constructed in Lansing (Catholic)
1858 - Minnesota is the 32nd state admitted to the union on May 11th
1858 - "Old Ice House" built on north Front Street 300 feet north of John Haney cabin
1860 - Population of Lansing is 800 residents
1860 - South Carolina secedes from the United States on December 20th
1861 - The Confederate States of America is formed on February 4th.
1861 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated on on March 4th
1861 - Attach on Fort Sumpter on April 12th marks the begin of the Civil War
1861 - Courthouse built in North Capoli 
1861 - Kerndt Brothers build store at 4th and Main
1862 - Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22nd
1863 - Slavery ends with Emancipation Proclamation enactment on January 1st
1863 - Stone School lots purchased on May 4th for $225
1863 - Stone School construction begins.  Englehorn and Beissell awarded contract for $5,000.
1863 - Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address on November 19th
1864 - Stone School completed on July 2nd  (40' x 56' with 14' x 30' entryway)
1864 - David and Helen Judson accept contracts on August 24th as first teachers in Stone School.
1865 - Confederacy begins to fall in January
1865 - Abraham Lincoln assasinated at Ford's Theater on April 12th
1865 - Jefferson Davis captured on May 10th
1865 - Stone School cistern and pump constructed on September 15th
1866 - Courthouse "raided" on June 9th
1867 - Lansing incorporated as a city on July 1st (population 1538)
1867 - Lansing takes South Lansing and North Capoli additions into corporate boundaries on July 3rd
1867 - Stone School South 2-story addition built (30' x 30')  E. B. Bascom awarded contract for $2,000.
1868 - Kerndt Grain Elevator constructed
1870 - Population of Lansing is 1775 residents
1871 - Lansing first fire department organized (Hope Fire Company)
1871 - Great Chicago Fire
1871 - Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church built at Fifth Street and North Street
1872 - Railroad reaches Lansing from Dubuque on May 8
1875 - Population of Lansing is 2280 residents
1875 - Carriage House and Livery Stable built at 2nd Street and John Streets
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone on March 10
1876 - Custer defeated at Little Big Horn on Sunday, June 25
1877 - Lansing Artesian Well Company was organized and proceeded to have a well drilled at Main and 3rd
1879 - Thomas Edison invents the lightbulg
1881 - President James Garfield assassinated
1885 - Lansing's "Great Fire" destroys much of the 200 Block of Main Street on May 23rd
1885 - Immaculate Conception Church constructed
1886 - Stone School External stairs removed
1890 - Stone School steam heating replaced fire stoves
1892 - Stone School West 2-story addtion built (roughly 38' x 38').  Grant Ladd awarded the contract for $3194.71.
1894 - Stone School floors replaced in 6 rooms and 2 hallways
1895 - New Albin incorporated as a town on April 18th
1898 - City of New York created by five boroughs
1899 - First pearl button factory was started by Mr. J.M. Turner in May
1901 - President William McKinley assassinated at Buffalo world's fair
1903 - Lansing water works system expanded including Mount Hosmer resevoir
1903 - Orville and Wilbur Wright make first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC on December 17th
1905 - Albert Einstein presents the theory of relativity (e=mc2)
1907 - Stone School boiler upgraded by Gilbertson and Schaefer for $425
1908 - First Model T Ford introduced
1908 - City water and sewer extended to Stone School
1908 - Stone School indoor restroom facilities built
1909 - Stone School new heating plant built by La Crosse Construction for $2,665 ($2880 original bid)
1909 - Stone School retaining wall built by Fred Carlson for $81.83 ($126.19 original bid)
1910 - Upper Iowa Power Company begins furnishing power to Lansing
1911 - World's first overland airmail, from Des Moines, Iowa, to Chicago
1913 - Stone School has first telephone installed
1913 - Stone School has first electric lights installed
1914 - World War I begins with the assasination of Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinan in Sarajevo on June 28th
1914 - Interstate Bridge Company incorporated
1915 - Lansing voters pass $25,000 bond for new High School
1916 - Population of Lansing is around 1500 residents
1916 - New Lansing High School is occupied
1916 - Stone School becomes elementary
1918 - World War I ends with Allied Victory on Novenber 11th (Armistice Day)
1923 - Lansing buys Mount Hosmer and dedicates the park as a WWI memorial
1927 - Mount Hosmer lookout constructed
1929 - Blackhawk Bridge construction begins on March 5th
1929 - New York Stock Market crashes to an all time low on October 29th (referred to as "Black Tuesday"), signalling the start of the Great Depression.
1931 - Highway 9 paved through Lansing
1931 - Blackhawk Bridge completed on May 23rd and was dedicated on June 17th
1937 - Lock and Dam No. 8 completed in Genoa
1938 - Memorial Town hall constructed
1938 - Lock and Dam No. 9 completed in Lynxville
1941 - United States attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor on December 7th
1944 - United States and Allied forces land in Normandy France on June 6th (D-Day)
1945 - Winneshiek Brige damaged by ice on March 18th
1945 - Germany surrenders unconditionally on May 4th
1957 - Bridges re-opened to Wisconsin on May 30th
1961 - Kee High School built
1963 - President John Kennedy assasinated in Dallas, TX on November 22nd
1964 - The United States begins military presence in Vietnam on August 7th
1973 - The last of American forces leave Vietnam on March 29th
1973 - St. George High School closes
1973 - Eastern Allamakee School District buys St. George High School from Immaculate Conception
1973 - Stone School vacated at the end of the school year