~ ~  1725  ~ ~

February 08, Johannes Haegler born in Langenbruck, Switzerland


~ ~  1790  ~ ~

First United States Census taken, counting  3.9 million  people.


~ ~  1821  ~ ~

August 10,  Missouri admitted to the Union as the 24th state


~ ~  1830  ~ ~

July 31,  James Blythe born,  possibly in Tennessee


~ ~  1833  ~ ~

June 05,  Mary Tuck born,  possibly in Tennessee


~ ~  1836  ~ ~

August 02,  Peter Isaac Hagler born


~ ~  1838  ~ ~

May,  the Southeast suffers worst drought in recorded history

Trail of Tears
May 23  Cherokee roundup begins
June,  First group of Cherokees driven west under Federal guard
October,  For most Cherokee, the "Trail of Tears" begins
November,  Thirteen contingents of Cherokees cross Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois. First groups reach the Mississippi River, where there crossing is held up by river ice flows.


~ ~  1841  ~ ~

June 13.  Margaret E. Ricketts born,  possibly in Wisconsin


~ ~  1843  ~ ~

Oregon Trail
First group of emigrants crossed into Wyoming. (later to become Goshen Co. Wyoming)


~ ~  1851  ~ ~

February 10, Stone County Missouri officially became a County


~ ~  1855  ~ ~

July 13,  Martha Ann Blythe born,  possibly in Missouri


~ ~  1861  ~ ~

January 1861 -- The South Secedes from the Union,  thereby beginning the American Civil War


~ ~  1863  ~ ~

Congress organizes the Idaho Territory on March 4. It includes all of Idaho, Montana, and parts of Wyoming. Its capital is Lewiston and its governor is William Wallace

November 19, 1863,  Lincoln's Gettysburg Address


~ ~  1864  ~ ~

Montana is made into a separate territory. The capital of the Idaho Territory is moved to Boise


~ ~  1865  ~ ~

Jan. 31,  the passage of the Amendment to the Constitution Abolishing Slavery For Ever

April-May -- Final Surrenders among Remaining Confederate Troops, ending the American Civil War


~ ~  1882  ~ ~

October 27, Oma Mary Huffman born,  possibly in Missouri


~ ~  1883  ~ ~

August 15,  Andrew B. Hagler born,  possibly in Missouri


~ ~  1890  ~ ~

July 02,  Idaho enters the Union as the 43rd state. Population grows from 32,610 in 1880 to 88,548

July 10,  Wyoming admitted to the Union as the 44th state


~ ~  1900  ~ ~

Stone County Missouri Census, Andrew Hagler,  16 years old


~ ~  1903 / 1904  ~ ~

November 22,  Dona C. Hagler born, possibly in Missouri (as per Death certificate)


~ ~  1905  ~ ~

December 21,  Andrew Hagler and Oma Huffman married in Missouri


~ ~  1908  ~ ~

July 26, Maggie Anne Hagler born,  possibly in Shell Knob,  Missouri


~ ~  1910  ~ ~

January 26, Nola Iba (Jo) Hagler born in Missouri

Stone County Census showing:
Andrew B. Hagler  27 years old born in Missouri
Oma Hagler  26 years old  born in Missouri
Dona C. Hagler  3 years old born in Missouri
Maggie Anne Hagler  1 year old  born in Missouri


~ ~  1912  ~ ~

March:  In a letter,  Maud states that she and her husband last saw Andrew and his family in March, when they took them to Crane,  Missouri where they were on their way to Wyoming to meet with Andrew's sister,  Allie Fields.

August 24  Verda Golda Hagler,  born in Wyoming


~ ~  1913  ~ ~

November 02,  Belva Armita Hagler born in Wyoming


~ ~  1915  ~ ~

April 06,  Margaret E. (Ricketts) Hagler died in Shell Knob, Missouri

~ ~  1916  ~ ~

April 27,  Cleveland Isaac Hagler born in Wyoming


~ ~  1917  ~ ~

Land Patent was granted,  in Wyoming,  to Andrew B. Hagler


~ ~  1918  ~ ~

Charles David Hagler born in Wyoming


~ ~  1919  ~ ~

April 11,  Peter Isaac Hagler died,  in Barry County Missouri

September 27, Nellie Margaret Hagler born


~ ~  1920  ~ ~

Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
The amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.

~ ~  1921  ~ ~

July 23,  Eugene Andrew Hagler born in Yoder, Wyoming


~ ~  1925  ~ ~

March or April, Oma sent "postcard" to Maud saying they were living in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska.


~ ~  1926  ~ ~

May 15  Colene Mae Hagler born in Nebraska


~ ~  1927  ~ ~

From Oma's obituary,  the year the Hagler family moved to Idaho

Andrew hired to build apple sheds in Wenatchee, Washington


~ ~  1929  ~ ~

October 29,  Stock Market crash

December 07,  Shirley Lee born in Idaho


~ ~  1930  ~ ~

Possibly the year Cleveland Isaac Hagler went to the hospital in Portland,  from Idaho

The first drought, thus beginning The Dust Bowl

From Census pages:  Marge and Dave in Casper,  Wyoming.

From Census pages:  Jo,  Mac and infant Shirley in Casper,  Wyoming.

From Census pages:  Dona,  John,  Helen and Orville,  living at 300 Michigan Avenue in Caldwell, Idaho

From Census pages:  Verda and Belva,  living at a boarding house at 603 Cleveland Blvd,  in Caldwell, Idaho


~ ~  1931  ~ ~

August 08,  Colleen Sue Myers born

At some point a discussion between AB and Colene Mae re:"Pint" and "Half Pint"


~ ~  1933  ~ ~

January 5,  Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins

F.D.R. institutes the "New Deal" encompassing such programs as:
W.P.A. (Works Program Administration)
C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps
N.Y.A. (National Youth Administration)
F.S.A. (Farm Security Administration)
N.R.A. (National Recovery Administration)
P.W.A. (Public Works Administration)
Frderal Emergency Relief Administration

Francis Townsend proposed his Old Age Revolving Pension Plan, a precursor to the Social Security Act

Possibly the year Andrew left.


~ ~  1935  ~ ~

Social Security Act passed (FDR)


~ ~  1937  ~ ~

May 16,  The German zeppelin Hindenburg,  the largest aircraft ever to fly,  exploded while attempting to land in Lakehurst,  New Jersey after a flight from Frankfurt-am - Main,  Germany.  Of the 70 passengers aboard,  37 were killed.


~ ~  1938  ~ ~

May 28,  Golden Gate Bridge opens to vehicular traffic at twelve o'clock noon when President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in the White House to announce the event to the world. The Bridge opened ahead of schedule and under budget.


~ ~  1939 - 1940  ~ ~

Last of the drought for the Dust Bowl


~ ~  1941  ~ ~

December 07,  Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

~ ~  1945  ~ ~

April 30, Pfc Charles David Hagler Killed in Action in Okinawa

August 15,  Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender to the Japanese people and ordered Japanese forces to lay down their arms. Despite their earlier suicidal resistance, they immediately did so

September 02 V-J Day the greatest war in human history came to an end.


~ ~  1946  ~ ~

February 09, Oma Hagler passed away

January 01, Eugene Hagler and Edith Moon united in marriage

Possible year A.B. Hagler and Nettie E. moved to Grants Pass, Oregon


~ ~  1948  ~ ~

June 18,  Catherine Ilene Hagler born in Idaho


~ ~  1951  ~ ~

September 04, Colene's death, in South Dakota