LIFE 1897

Historical Highlights from 1897 :

• Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and Kappa Delta sorority are founded.
• The first Boston Marathon is run, with fifteen men competing.
• Grant’s Tomb is dedicated in New York.
• Mark Twain, responding to rumors, says, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
• The Klondike Gold Rush begins when the first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle. On July 25 Jack London sails to join the Rush.
• Oldsmobile is founded in Lansing, Michigan by Ransom E. Olds.
• The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
• Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer and author, is born.