1880				The Figaro Spanish Students
1891	Oct			Last visit of Spanish Students to Minneapolis
1894				Orville Gibson - Kalamazoo
1895				First Mandolins built by C. F. Martin
1896				Giuseppe Antonio Luigi Pettine - Mandolin Method
1896				Carlo Curti - Complete Method for the Mandolin
1899	Oct	24		The 1899 Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Festival
1900				Seth Weeks (ca. 1865-after 1924)
1901				May Flower Mandolin & Guitar Catalog, ca. 1901
1902				Montana 1902 - Samuel Siegel