1853 Hanover has 18 districts.
Tunis School has been operating for 31 years. Franklin Pierce of NH is elected President
1854 Tunis Teacher: Ephraim Withington. Florence Nightingale and nurses are in Crimea.
1855 An act abolished the 18 school districts to make the town a single district.
1856 The town report states” All the schools out of the village are small and diminishing. This results from the fact that the population of the town is diminishing – especially in rural districts. It is worthy of consideration whether a consolidation of rural districts should be attempted.” After inspecting Tunis School, the Superintending School Committee reports “We kept our eye on one young lad but soon discovered two more, further advanced in the practice, if not the theory of impudence, and were obliged to devote most of our time to them.”
1858 First Trans-Atlantic telegraph
1860 Snow and road conditions occasionally prevented Superintending School Committee from reaching the schools on the east side of Moose Mountain for inspections. Abraham Lincoln elected President
1861 Tunis School has been in operation for 39 years. Civil War begins
1863 Tunis had 26 students Homestead Act.
1865 Civil War ends
1868 14th Amendment passes
1869 After inspecting Tunis School, the Superintending School Committee reports the the teacher “Miss T. is not wanting in energy or fidelity, but a little more calmness would be an improvement”. First continental railroad.
1870 Tunis has 33 students
1871 Tunis Teacher: Laura Tilton
Summer Term for 8 weeks at cost of $20.
Students: Frank Withington, Angie Howe, Martha Eastman.
Fighting with Apache’s in west
1876 St. Thomas Episcopal Church erected and large brick school built on Allen Street ; gas street lights in place.Telephone patented
Custer’s Last Stand
1879 Electric Light invented
1883 Etna is referred to as Mill Village until 1884.
The Bema and Rollins Chapel constructed. Brooklyn Bridge completed
1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated
1887 Superintending School Committee and Prudential Committees were abolished. Town School Board was established. School system was re-organized into 11 schools and Tunis School became #9.
1888 Historic March blizzard. Jack the Ripper murders in London
1889 Mark Twain first published. Eiffel Tower built.
1890 State law required the furnishing of text books, out of tax moneys, to all scholars. Photos were taken of North Neighborhood (Hanover Center and Ferson) and Hanover Center schoolchildren in front of their schoolhouses. Battle of Wounded Knee
1892 First telephone is in Dartmouth Bookstore.
Original Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital constructed, completed in 1893. Tunis School in operation for 70 years. Diesel engine patented
Ellis Island becomes chief immigration station in US
1896 First modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece
1898 US enters Spanish American War