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Thanks for that twice... That's the main reason asking this. So far EVERY person who was key in developing electronic computers was spurred in some way... I'm wondering if someone knows of even ONE Person researching electronic devices prior to ww2

First off, let me make myself absolutely Clear. There should be NO DISCUSSION about WHY WWII didm;t happen :P Hitler went on to become a painter. No Nazi Part. Germany wallowed in economic stagnation before fighting a number of small skirmishes with Poland and Czechs. And then went into a...

I know this goes against the current POD, but as far as I am concerned, your BEST hope for keeping a Tsarist Russia is by preventign the assassination of Czar Alexander II. Alexander, partially due to his education, had developed a more liberal, humanist outlook, and in light of coming to...

Huh, no takers?

For those that do not know, starting in 1859, Sammuel Brannan[/b] started buying up land to build a dream resolt of his that would become known as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calistoga,_California] "Calistoga" He paid for a rairoad to the location as well as spent over 3,000,000 (in 1860 $) to...

For me I have always been more curious about how TR Would have dealt with what came AFTER the War, mostly in terms of laying out the Treat of Versailles

You know what always gets to me about these threads? They always, always seem to devolve into the "How" of things... You ask, "What would happen if this?" And everyone sits around going "well yes... But HOW did it happen? I mean ye gods, does it take 10 people having to work out HOW TR...

I don't see how... All of the "pieces" were in place well before the 1912 election. Woodrow Wilson was an isolationist and had little to no interaction with Europe up into the War. Any changes that would take place from TR being in place would more than likely simply getting America into...

Ok ok, Let us say for the sake of Argument that TR wins by the following... Taft, through a change of heart, or heart troubles, steps down as candidate BEFORE the republican convention. The GOP At the time thus suddenly have no choice but to vote for TR at the Convention in October... That...

So Theodore Roosevelt served from 1900-1908. He tried, and failed, to become President in 1912. lets say if he HAD won, would they let him have a full two terms? Knowing what we know about FDR during WWII, one might htink yes, but I am curious if it may not be the case.

After three years of consolidating the new Corporation as well as setting up his foundation, Sam feels it is time to take a much overdue vacation across country. In the summer of 1903 he sets out across the nation to the east coast to visit New York and Washington. Sam makes several stops along...

It is the turn of the Century! The year 1900 and Sam Jr, at age 55, decides to take Brannan Industries ‘into the future.’ Purchasing a block of old store fronts at the corner of Stockton and Post St, Brannan plans the construction of a large eight story new headquarters for the company. After...

EDIT: Bah, was posting the next replay and it got deleted.. Hang on..

It is the turn of the Century! The year 1900 and Sam Jr, at age 55, decides to take Brannan Industries ‘into the future.’ Purchasing a block of old store fronts at the corner of Stockton and Post St, Brannan plans the construction of a large eight story new headquarters for the company. After...

I'll be hounest, there is not a lot in orginal history to go off from the daughters. I have looked and have not even found the dates the daughters died. ONE of them was known to marry a "Mr.Gjessing" in 1887, but that is about it. With Sam the elder keeping his fortune, and young Sam enhancing...

Hey I am curious... The year is 1899, and there is a Bunch more that will happen.. Should I start posting the timeline in the AFTER 1900 forum?

On Christmas night 1894 while attending a party at the famed San Francisco Cliff House a fire broke out and the house burned to the ground. Sam was caught in the flames trying to save the houses priceless register book and was badly burnt. As he fought his way out of the wreckage he swore he...

Brannan was really just ahead of his time on Calastoga. The concept of the "Vacation" as we know it really didn't exist, things like "tourist spots" were small places usually associated with kitchy stores and lower class people. Brannan tried to make a "resort town" at a time when most people...

In the year 1889 Brannan Industries was worth almost 20 Million. The company held numerous department stores in San Francisco and Sacramento, as well as several in Los Angeles and San Diego. It held properties all across the city in some of the most expensive neighborhoods. It also owned 2000...

Sam the elder lost a HUGE amount of money on the Calistoga Railroad. To both he and his son, they would be rather gun shy about trying to build another railroad on their own. For Kings County, Sam Jr would be using existing rail lines for his timber company there. If anything, they might...