History by the (Zip Code) Numbers

HISTORY B Y THE ZIP CODES NUMBERS ZIP CODE 70166 ZIP CODE 01742 1775 1803 BANG! CONCORD, MASSS NEW ORLEANS * THE "SHOT HEARD THE LOUISIANA ROUND THE WORLD" PURCHASE A skirmish between British troops Though the actual treaty was signed in Paris, the French turn over New Orleans (and over and American militiamen sees the first shots fired under official orders, sparking the American 820,000 square miles) to the Revolutionary War. United States in Jackson Square on December 20, 1803 ZIP CODE ZIP CODE 64050 - 12866 1836 1853 83203 SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY. INDEPENDENCE, MI TO FORT HALL, ID. THE OREGON THE POTATO CHIP TRAIL OPENS IS CREATED FOR BUSINESS Chef George Crum creates The first migrant wagon the original recipe for the train leaves Missouri for Potato Chip. Oregon (though it only makes it as far as Fort Hill, Idaho). ZIP CODE ZIP CODE 17325 24981 1863 1870 * GETTYSBURG, PA. * TALCOTT. Wy. THE GETTYSBURG JOHN HENRY ADDRESS RACES A STEAM- Four and a half months after the POWERED HAMMER Battle of Gettysburg. President Abraham Lincoln gives his famous Legendary steel-driver John Henry defeats a steam-powered two minute speech dedicating the Soldiers' National Cemetery. hammer in a race to finish the Big Bend Tunnel near Talcott, WV. ZIP CODE ZIP CODE 27948 08733 1903 1937 KITTY HAWK, NC. + LAKEHURST, NJ. "OH THE HUMANITY!" The Hindenburg airship catches fire as it attempts to land THE WRIGHT BROTHERS TAKE in New Jersey. The TO THE AIR disaster is caught on film and radio, during which a Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright conduct the first radio host first uttered the powered flight in a device they called the Wright Flyer phrase "Oh, the Humanity!" ZIP CODE ZIP CODE 11225 92082 1947 1955 BROOKLYN, NY. JACKIE ROBINSON BREAKS THE COLOR BARRIER DISNEYLAND OPENS Jackie Robinson becomes the first African Disneyland opens its gates for the first time and becomes the most magical American to play in a Major League ANAHEIM, CA. Baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. place on Earth. 1963 ZIP CODES THE ZIP CODE IS INVENTED ZIP, which stands for Zone Improvement Plan, is created to boost efficiency in the delivery of mail. The acronym is chosen to imply that mail can be delivered more quickly, "zipping along." at a higher rate of speed than before. SOURCES http://www.nps.gow/oreg/index.htm http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/incoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.hem hetp://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/potato_chips.htm http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/history.htmi http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/essays/before-1800/battle-of-concord-marike-blauw.php http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/louisianapurchase http://www.history.com/this-day-in-historyjackie-robinson-breaks-major-league-c olor-barrier http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/books/18grim.htmi?_r=0 TollFreeforwarding.com