On February 12th in US History
Part I
Part I
On February 12th in 1733 - English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga. Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe sailed up the Savannah River with 144 English men, women and children and in the name of King George II chartered the Georgia Crown Colony. He created the town of Savannah, to establish an ideal colony where silk and wine would be produced, based on a grid of streets around six large squares.
On February 12th in 1793 - The US federal government passed its first fugitive slave law. This gave slave holders the right to reclaim their human property in free states.
On February 12th in 1825 - Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agreed to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826.
On February 12th in 1861 - State troops seized US munitions in Napoleon, Ak.
On February 12th in 1870 - Women in the Utah Territory gained the right to vote. However, that right was taken away in 1887.
On February 12th in 1873 - The US Congress abolished bimetallism and authorized $1 & $3 gold coins.
On February 12th in 1877 - US railroad builders struck against a wage reduction.
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