Oregon Historical Timeline
Stevens Family& Historical Events of the Time
                                                                                                 1795 Elijah (St. Louis Jones b. Missouri 7-31 Leo                                      1815 Martha Stevens b. Missouri 10-18 Libra                                      1825 Adam Stone b. Ohio 7/31 Leo                                      1826 Jedediah Hardman b. Georgia  12/4 Sagittarius                                      1829 Joshua Hardman b. Georgia  7/17 Cancer                                      1831 Matthew Kane  b. Missouri  2/9 Aquarius                                      1832 Randall Phillips b. Virginia  1/10 Capricorn                                      1834 Loraine Stevens b. Missouri 10/31                                      1835 Han Jei b. China                                              Bernice McDowell b. Illinois                                      1840 Arabelle Stevens b. Missouri 4/28 Taurus                                      1841 Jason Phillips b. Virginia  1/14 Capricorn                                                                                                  1849 gold discovered in California                                      1850 Homestead Land Act                                      1851 Amy Stevens and Matt Kane marry                                      1855 Adam Stone returns to Oregon                                              Laura Kane b. Oregon                                              Adam meets Rand Phillips fighting Rogue Indian War                                      1856 Trail of Tears—Oregon                                      1857 Elijah Stone b. Oregon                                                                                     1859 Oregon becomes a state;  Rufus Kane b. Oregon                                      1861 Civil War begins                                      1862 Jed Hardman goes to war                                              Gold discovered in Canyon City                                      1864 Snake War begins                                      1865 Lee surrenders -- Civil War is over                                                                                    1867 Belle Stevens (Morgan) returns to Oregon                                      1868 Snake War ends                                      1872 Modoc War                                      1873 Portland destroyed by fire                                      1877 Nez Perce War                                      1878 Bannock-Paiute War

Arizona Historical Timeline O'Brian and Taggert families & Historical Events of the Time(Some families are ancestors of the Hemstreet witches, 
a contemporary paranormal romance series)

    1833    Charles Prevo


1840          Jeremiah Taggert b. Kansas; James Redman b. Iowa; Rose Jarred b.     Missouri
1841          Victor Hemstreet b. San Francisco
1842          Roman Alexander Oliver b. Kansas
1843          Lars Ericson b. Wisconsin
1844          Raul Cordova b. Mexico; Valerie Simpson b. Kansas
1845          Robert Mitchell b. New York; Frederica Jamison b. Boston
1846          –
1847          Delbert Sicilla b. West Virginia
1848          Wei Song b. Weaverville California; US wins Mexico War
1849          Maria Jacinta b. Mexico; Apache wars begin 'officially'
1850          Constance Banyon b. Maryland
1851          Eleanor Samuels b. San Francisco
1852          Samuel Ryker (O’Brian) b. Kansas
1853          Laura Ericson b. Wisconsin
1854          Cordell O’Brian b. Kansas1855          ---1856          ---1857          James Redman m. Rose Jarrod Missouri; Clint Adams b. Nebraska1858          Abigail Spenser b. Illinois1859          --1860             
1861         Vincent Taggert b. KS; Frances Johnson b. KS; Priscilla Wesley b. 
                Georgia; Civil War begins. 1862          Cochise and his band attack soldiers beginning Apache war 1863          Ellen Buchanan b. Texas; Territory of Arizona created by Congress1864         Kit Carson captures 7000 Navajo forces them from Arizona1865          Civil War ends1866          Asa Taggert b. Utah; Rafael Cordova b. Mexico1867          Cole Taggert b. Utah1868          Jesse Taggert b. Utah; Connie m. Delbert Sicilla 1869          Juan Cordova b. Mexico m. Josita1870          Raquel Cordova b. Mexico d. 18701871          Laura Ericson m. James Ferris Tucson, Arizona1872          James Angus b. Illinois –1873          Eleanor Samuels m. Victor Hemstreet; Jason Ferris b. Tucson1874          Felipe Valencia b. Arizona1875          Clint Madison b. Illinois; Nathan Hemstreet b. San Francisco1876          Gabriel Cordova b. AZ; Holly Jacobs b. Ill; Wilhelmina Butler b. SF1877          Grace O’Brian b. Kansas; Catherine Lawrence b. Boston1878          Anita Cordova b. Arizona; James Ferris b. Tucson1879          Alexa Johnson (Oliver) b. Kansas; Lily Jacobs b. Illinois1880          Wei Zian b. Arizona
1881      Railroad crosses Arizona; OK Corral gunfight in Tombstone
1882      US government bans Chinese immigration for 10 years  1884          David Ryker b. Circle R Ranch1885      Geronimo leaves reservation1886          major earthquake in Mexico damages Tucson; Geronimo captured1887          Alice Ryker b. Circle R Ranch1888          Jesse O’Brian b. Circle O Ranch; Raquel Valencia b. Tucson1889          Daniel Cordova b. Circle O Ranch Jan.1890          Ellen m. Robert Mitchell; Jose Valencia b. Tucson1891          Alicia O’Brian b. August Circle O1892          Roberto Cordova b. December Tucson1893         Royce Johnson (Oliver) b. Kansas1894          Will Tremaine publishes first dime novel1895          James Redman dies Feb. Tucson; James O’Brian b. Circle O1896          Valerie Taggert dies; Yaqui Uprising in Mexico and Arizona1897          Spanish American War begins; Margarita Valencia b. Tucson1898          Victor Hemstreet dies in SF1899          Donovan Cordova b. November Tucson1903          Tyler Taggert b Tucson; Joshua Taggert b. Tucson1905          Samuel Butler dies SF; Ruth Taggert & Lucinda Tagggert. b.Tucson
1907          Josiah Hemstreet b. Tucson1908          Redland Hemstreet b. Tucson

    1912    Arizona becomes a state-- last of the contiguous states to do so