150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 4 TIMELINE 1877 Umatilla House [hotel] burns March 4, 1877 Emile Berliner invents the microphone. March 4, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president of the United States. May 6, 1877 Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to United States troupes [sic] in Kansas. July 17, 1877 The Nez Perce defeat the US Calvary at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory July 9, 1877 The first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon was held by the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. July 16, 1877 The Great Railroad strike of 1877 begins. President Hayes calls in armed forces to end the riots. August 9, 1877 A band of Nez Perce Indians refuse orders to move to a reservation battle United States Army near Big Hole River in Montana. August 17, 1877 In Arizona, F.P. Cahill becomes Billy the Kid's first victim. November 21, 1877 Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph. January 28, 1878 Yale publishes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. February 11, 1878 The first United States bicycle club is formed in Boston February 18, 1878 The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico. February 20, 1878 Pope Leo XIII succeeds Pope Pius IX as the 256th pope. July 26, 1878 Black Bart, poet and outlaw, makes off with a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. This was his last successful robbery. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program