Americana

On August 6, 1974, the USPS issued the Chautauqua Institution stamp, the second in the Rural America series, honoring the organization’s centennial.

On August 3, 1946, the first themed amusement park in America opened in Santa Claus, Indiana.

On July 2, 1979, the USPS issued the $1 Rush stamp, which would lead to one of the most fascinating stamp controversies of the late 20th century.

America’s eighth International Philatelic Exhibition opened to the public on May 22, 1986, in Chicago, Illinois.

On May 10, 1876, the first official World’s Fair in the United States was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers took on the Clanton-McLaury Gang at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

John Chapman, popularly known as Johnny Appleseed, was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. His birthplace, identified by a granite marker, is on a street now called Johnny Appleseed Lane.

David “Davy” Crockett was born on August 17, 1786 in Greene County, North Carolina (though it is now part of Tennessee). He was a frontiersman, soldier, and an American folk hero.

On March 5, 1922, Annie Oakley broke all existing records for women’s trap shooting.