1858

• (April)birth of Julia Velma Finney, daughter of Jonathan and Agnes Bevans Finney, exact date and place unknown
• Minnesota becomes the 32nd state in the Union
• First stagecoach line, St Louis to West Coast
• Lincoln-Douglass Debates

1859

• Darwin publishes the Origin of Species

1860

• Birth of William Judson Boone, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• US Census at 31,443,000
• First US performance of Verdi's Rigoletto

1861-1865

• US Civil War

1862-1863

• Boise Basin and Silver City mining districts opened

1862

• Homestead Act; Department of Agriculture established

1863

• Idaho Territory organized

1869

• Suez Canal opens; first US transcontinental railroad

1875

• (September) Julia Finney matriculates at the Preparatory Dept., Carleton Academy at Carleton College, (founded, 1866) Northfield, Minnesota

1876-1877

Julia Finney takes year off from Carleton Academy

1876

• Battle of the Little Big Horn
• Mark Twain publishes Tom    Sawyer
• Bell patents the  telephone

1877

• (September) Julia Finney resumes studies, Carleton Academy
• Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce surrender at the Bear Paw Battlefield, Montana  Territory

1878

• (June) Julia Finney completes high school degree, Carleton Academy
• Thomas Alva Edison establishes the Edison Speaking Phonograph Company

1881

• (January) Julia Finney enrolls Carleton College
• Andrew Carnegie first offers to build libraries

1881

• First commercial power station begins operation, New York City

1883

• Oregon Short    Line Railroad completed across southwest Idaho, construction camp  known as "Bugtown" renamed as    town site of  Caldwell is platted

1884

• (June) Julia Finney graduates with "degree in Classics," according to records in Carleton College archives    (2002)
• US Bureau of Labor created

1887

• The  Rev. William Judson Boone, age 27, and his wife Annie, age 24, move to Caldwell
• Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
• end of the cattle boom in American West

1888

• George Eastman introduces the Kodak camera

1890

• Sherman Antitrust Act passed
• US census nears 63 million
• Sitting Bull killed
• Mormon Church ends the practice of polygamy
• US Weather Bureau established
• Idaho becomes the 43rd state of the Union

1891

• The College of Idaho opens as Idaho's first    institution of higher education

1892

• 1892- University of Chicago admits first students

1894

• The Carey Act launches era of irrigated land projects    in American West

1895

• Idaho Irrigation District Law enacted

1899

• (June) Julia Finney hired to teach at The College of  Idaho, $500 per year
• (September 19) Julia Finney arrives in Caldwell "on the train from the west"
• In the College of Idaho Bulletin, Catalog Number 1898-1899, with 10th annual announcements for 1900-1901, Julia Finney listed as faculty, A.M. Carleton College, teaching courses in English, German, and History

1900

• Freud publishes Interpretation of Dreams
• US population reaches 76 million

1901

• Bulletin announcements for 1901-1902, Julia Finney teaches courses in English and German

1902

• Theodore Roosevelt President
• Panama Canal authorized
• National Reclamation Act

1903-1904

• Triple Alliance and Entente Cordiale foreshadow    World War I

1903

• Wright Brothers launch the age of aviation
• Henry Ford    begins his motor car company
• First  popular motion picture, The    Great Train Robbery

1904 - 1905

• November 22, 1904, to February 4, 1905, Julia Finney has prolonged illness and bedridden, inflammatory arthritis

1905

• Bulletin announcements for 1905-1906, Julia Finney  teaches courses in Bible, German

1905, 1907, 1908

• Twin Falls and Minidoka Projects opened in    southern Idaho

1906

• Julia Finney  builds home at 1804 Everett, a boarding home for students
• Julia Finney  later builds a second home at 1821 Everett
• (November 1)  Finney's brother, an attorney from Indianapolis, visits Caldwell
• Bulletin announcements for 1906-1907, Julia Finney  teaches courses in German, English; C of I announces opening of  Collegiate Department
• San Francisco earthquake

1907

• Bulletin announcements for 1907-1908, Julia Finney  listed as faculty, A.M. Carleton College, graduate work at University of Chicago, Wellesley, University of Berlin
• Julia V. Finney persuades Dr. D.K.    Pearsons, Chicago    physician and real estate magnate,    to pledge $25,000 to The College of Idaho

1908

• January 21 to September 6, 1908, Julia Finney takes a trip to Germany on leave from C of  I
• Bulletin announcements 1908-1909,  Julia Finney listed as Dean, Modern Languages

1909

• (Fall)  Finney's  nephew Clarence Bicknell, a recent high school graduate from Morris, Minnesota, enrolls as a freshman at C of  I. Father is W.C. Bicknell, according to college records
• Bulletin announcements for 1909-1910,  Julia Finney  listed as Vice-President, Modern Languages and Literature; this Bulletin includes a plate of  "Julia V. Finney Hall, under construction, June 20, 1910"

1910

• Bulletin announcements for 1910-1911,  Julia Finney  listed as Vice-President, and now includes plate of the completed Julia V. Finney Hall, plus listing of four departments (collegiate, academic, music, art), plus first four collegiate graduates
• (June 30) Clarence Bicknell killed in a construction accident near Lake Lowell. C of I classmates conduct funeral service.
• Halley's Comet returns
• Lake Lowell and the New York    Canal open thousands of  acres of desert entry lands in Boise    Valley
• Ground breaking for Finney Hall and Sterry    Hall at C of I

1911

• College of Idaho confers first baccalaureate degrees    on four graduates at first commencement    held on "new"campus

1912

• Bulletin announcements for 1912-1913,  Julia Finney  listed as faculty, teaches courses in English, German
• Arizona becomes 48th state of the Union
• Boise Traction Company erects "The Hat"    at C of I

1913

• Armory Show introduces America to contemporary    European art

1914

• "St. Louis Blues" published by    W.C. Handy

1915

• Dr. William    Judson Boone delivers prayer at dedication of Arrowrock Dam,  which expands the Boise Project    in southwest Idaho

1916

• Bulletin announcements for 1916-1917, Julia Finney  listed as faculty, teaches courses in German
• National Park Service organized

1917

• Margaret Sanger jailed for birth control activism
• Bolsheviks unseat the Tzar in Russia
• US enters WWI

1918-1919

• Spanish Flu Pandemic ravages both military and    civilian populations in US, including    Idaho

1920

• US population passes 106 million

1921

• (Spring) Julia Finney retires to Los Angeles, perhaps to live with brother, now a judge

1925

• Bulletin announcements for 1925-1926,  Julia Finney  listed as faculty, second in years of service

1926

• Bulletin announcements for 1926-1927,  Julia Finney  listed as faculty emeritus
• Strahorn Library constructed at C of I

1929

• US enters Great Depression

1930

• US population exceeds 123 million

1932

• "New Deal" proclaimed by FDR

1933-1934

• Successive salary cuts signal effect of    depression on C of I finances

1933

• Adolph Hitler takes control in Germany

1934

• (Spring) Julia Finney  donates works of art to C of I, oil paintings (copies of works in the Louvre, Paris), and collection of vases, including Royal Doulton

1936

• Julia    V.Finney  dies in Los Angeles
• Death of  Dr. William Judson Boone
• Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland
• Edward VII    abdicates British throne

1937

• WPA booklet describes Caldwell as "a place of monastic    quietness"

1941-1945

• US enters WWII

1941

• Covell Hall and Kirkpatrick Gymnasium constructed at C    of I
• - Penicillin proven a successful antibiotic medicine
• Dr. William Webster Hall takes helm at    C of I

1942-1944

• Finney Hall houses US Army Air Force Cadets

1942

• An Army Air Force classroom building, later known as    The Commons, constructed at C    of I

1944

• Passage of GI Bill of Rights assures opportunity of    higher education for returning Armed    Forces

1945

• VE Day; US launches the age of nuclear warfare; VJ    Day; WWII ends

1950

• US population passes 150 million

1950-1953

• Korean War

1957

• Return to normalcy, Finney Hall resumes service as    coed dormitory

1958

• Finney Hall remodeled, design by Jones and Hummel    Architects, Boise