Anthracite coal is first used in iron smelting in Pennsylvania.
Anthracite coal is first used in iron smelting in Pennsylvania. Iowa and Missouri clash in the "Honey War." Two Years Before the Mast is published. Mormons leave the barren fields of Missouri for the greener pastures of Nauvoo, Illinois. After a year and a half of skirmishes, Gen. Winfield Scott's deployment to the area of dispute ends the Aroostook War. Henry Clay, trying to distance himself from growing anti-slavery faction within the Whig Party, tells the nation that he would rather be right than President. FTP, identify the common year.
Anthracite coal is first used in iron smelting in Pennsylvania.
1839