On April 30th in US Political History
Part II
On April 30th in 1860 Navaho Indians attacked Fort Defiance
On April 30th in 1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory.
On April 30th in 1864 Work began on the Dams along the Red River which would allow Union General Nathaniel Banks’ troops to sail over the rapids above Alexandria, Louisiana.
On April 30th in 1871 Anglo and Mexican vigilantes killed 118 Apaches at Camp Grant, Arizona, and kidnapped 28 children.
On April 30th in 1904 At 1:06 p.m. President Theodore Roosevelt officially opened the St. Louis World’s Fair commemorating the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase.
On April 30th in 1919 US postal workers discovered 30 booby-trap bombs in the national mail system, targeting several members of congress and other public figures. Investigators later implicated a network of anarchists and radicals who were rounded up and deported.
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