Let Us Strive (2.0)

John Fredrick Parker

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(taken from Golden Gate: A History of San Francisco by Simon Winchester)

In 1883, the government in Sacramento unknowingly laid the groundwork for the city's modern borders when they split San Mateo County in two, with the southern portion being renamed Portia County... Less than a year after the funeral of Emperor Norton [1], news that the Brooklyn Bridge had been completed was spread across the front pages of numerous city papers -- much of it to give further coverage to the question of a bridge spanning the gate...

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(taken from Wikipedia)

Omar Patton was born to George Patton (1856-1906) and Sarah Elizabeth Hubbard (1875-1931) in February of 1893. His parents had married exactly nine months prior, the second for George since becoming a widow in 1885... His paternal grandfather, also named George, was commander of the 22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment; killed at the Battle of Winchester in September 1864... His maternal grandfather, Henry Clay Hubbard, served in the Union Army... [2]

OOC: Yeah, still didn't feel up to getting to the war... This is stuff that was floating around my head...

[1] lived a couple more years TTL

[2] Anyone want to guess what I did here ;)

EDIT NOTE (still OOC): Redrew the expanded SF -- was initially splitting San Martin County, now expanding south (thanks FDW :))
 
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John Fredrick Parker

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Happy New Year, everybody! :)

FDW said:
You got rid of OTL Patton.
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To start ;)

And what are the borders of TTL's San Rafael County?
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Thanks to your advice in the other thread, I changed it so that SF spreads south instead -- the new county still goes as far south as Menlo Park, and cuts laterally west.

EDIT ADD: Naturally, the actual annexation is far down the road... I'm actually liking the more limited borders below, going down to San Bruno -- still more than triples the land area, from what I gather...
 
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FDW

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John Fredrick Parker said:
To start ;)



Thanks to your advice in the other thread, I changed it so that SF spreads south instead -- the new county still goes as far south as Menlo Park, and cuts laterally west.

EDIT ADD: Oh, and Happy New Year, everybody! :)
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I would place southern boundary of the new county on a line following the southern boundary Millbrae and Pacifica as shown here. (Millbrae is the Lavender blob labeled "94030" and Pacifica is labeled "94044" between them that orange blob is the city of San Bruno which should also be a part of this new county and it's labeled "94066". You should still have SF annex S. Marin, just wait like 20-30 years or so before you start the process.
 

Whanztastic

By the Spear of Mars, what have you done, man?

OOC: That is a very ingenious change of pedigree. You may have breeded the ultimate American general.
 

John Fredrick Parker

Donor
OOC: Oh, one thing I almost forgot...

IC: (taken from Wikipedia)

Supreme Court Justices appointed by President Thurman
Winfield Scott (1881-96) (preceded by Noah H Swayne)
Melville Fuller (1882-1910) (preceded by Nathan Clifford)

OOC (again): Still thinking I'll do a proper update tonight (or at least try)...
 
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John Fredrick Parker

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(taken from The Navy and Robert Smalls by Donald Canney)

As during the war, it was in the Navy that his legacy would be made... In large measure, the US was starting again from scratch -- at the time of his election nearly a decade following the War, the ironclad warships that fought were mainly held up in reserve, and not getting the necessary repairs to keep them battle worthy... He found a great ally for these modernization and expansion efforts in Admiral Alfred T Mahan...

After a decade of service in the House of Representatives, Smalls could claim a large measure of the success in rebuilding America's Navy. It is no surprise that he had become one of the more powerful members of congress with a wide range of influence...

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(taken from The History of the Woman's Vote by Ann Bausum)

When William Cody was elected Governor of Kansas in 1886, three states -- Colorado Wyoming, and Oregon -- as well as the territories of Utah and Washington, and had been practicing (to some extent) female suffrage for roughly two decades. It is a matter of some debate as to how closely linked Cody's campaign and tenure was to the Sunflower State becoming the fourth to give women the vote, and whether such an expansion could have happened under any other governor... This, of course, ties into debates concerning Cody's relationship to California's vote for women's suffrage -- a subject for the next chapter[*]

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OOC: Yes, after nearly a month of distraction, I'm going to try and resume this again; I've got another post in me for the 1880's in general, then the war for the decade, then... well, I've got a lot of TTL in my head, so we'll see

*of the TTL book, not of this thread, understand
 
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Ganesha

Very nice update. How powerful could an African-american member of Congress get in those days, however? Also, is Liberia being established in this TL? Has it already been established?
 

John Fredrick Parker

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I don't want to overstate Smalls' influence -- my idea is just that he gets elected in 1874 (as OTL) and stays. His influence is certainly nothing like Thaedus Stevens or Ben Butler had, for example, but what an attentive member could expect given a level of seniority.

As to Liberia, it was established 1847 prior to the PoD...
 

John Fredrick Parker

Donor
(taken from Gomper's Donkeys: The Alliance of Labor and the Democratic Party by Philip Dray)

The anarchist participation in the pivotal year of 1886 was often played up in the opposition press, but their importance to the movement was greatly overstated... An illustration of this, in Chicago during the first days of May, several anarchist speakers spoke to the striking workers, calling them to hold together, but making little exhortation otherwise, even going on record as to deny they had any purpose toward "inaugurating a riot". One police went on record as saying he was "pleasantly surprised by the low key affair"... [1]

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Samuel Gompers

The year also saw increased stress in the alliance -- the Knights of Labor came close to splitting with a good portion of their coal miners, who were seeking more independence from the central organization and relaxation on their secrecy requirements. Luckily, for the labor movement, a compromise was reached, and the coal miners got their sought after independence. [1] This also added yet another reason for 1886 to be a key year in Samuel Gompers career, as later events would show...

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(taken from The History of Radio by Michelle Hilmes)

Almost from the beginning, the tension between Edison and Tesla threatened their professional relationship -- after offering Nikola $50,000 if he could make needed improvements in motors and generators, Edison initially refused to pay, saying he "didn't understand American humor". Threatening to quit, it wasn't until Edison's future wife [2] intervened and offered her own money, that the two reached an agreement...

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Thomas Edison

OOC: [1] Note, each case, what doesn't happen...

[2] Maybe not Mina Miller, not sure who -- he is still a recent widow, as OTL...
 
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