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Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published
In New York City, Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate, erects a mansion with gold plumbing fixtures. In Chicago, the Potter Palmers, society leaders, construct a castle with an 80 foot tower. In San Francisco, Hames C. Flood, whose wealth came from mining, builds a 42-room house surrounded by a block-long bronze fence.
Ragtime, the earliest form of jazz, begins its rise to popularity with the arrival in St. Louis, MO, of 17 year-old Scott Joplin, the son of a former slave
The New Orleans World's Fair attracts international attention.
The Washington Monument is dedicated in the nation's capital.
Stanford University is founded at Palo Alto, CA, by Leland and Jane Stanford.
The Statue of Liberty is unveiled and dedicated by President Grover Cleveland.
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World's first skyscraper built in Chicago
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1885
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