Major Events of Presidency:
- Open-range cattle raising destroyed by harsh winters
- Supreme Court ruling in Wabash cases restricts state regulation of commerce
- Apache Indian resistance ended when Geronimo surrenders
- American Protective Association founded
- Sears Roebuck begins his business, which is still alive today
- Dawes Act passed
- Drought in Great Plains begins
- Interstate Commerce Act passed
- North/South Dakota, Washington, and Montana admitted to Union
- Former Indian territory of Oklahoma opened to white settlement