40 Events from 1860 to 1900 That Changed America

1876
In 1876, the West was as wild as ever. Two of the last great Indian chiefs, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, led an army that annihilated Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his entire regiment of soldiers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Also in 1876, legendary gunfighter and lawman Wyatt Earp became a deputy marshal in Dodge City, Kansas. However, the tide of progress wouldn’t be denied. That same year, Alexander Graham Bell said “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Those were the first words ever spoken into a telephone.

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