| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1835 | December 24 Mark Stratton and Mary Shallenberger marry in Ohio. |
| 1838, June | Strattons move to Wabash County, Indiana. |
| 1848 | Strattons move to a farm near Lagro, Wabash County. |
| 1863, August 17 | Geneva Grace (Gene Stratton- Porter), the twelfth and last child, is born. |
| 1863, November 19 | President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address in the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
| 1869, May 10 | first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. is completed at Promontory Point, Utah. |
| 1872, February | sister Mary Ann dies in accident. |
| 1872, July 6 | beloved brother Leander (Laddie) drowns in Wabash River. |
| 1872 | Yellowstone National Park Reserve is established as a public park. |
| 1874 | Stratton family leases farm and moves to Wabash, Indiana. |
| 1875, February 3 | Gene's mother dies. |
| 1876, March 7 | first U.S. patent for a telephone is awarded to Alexander Graham Bell. |
| 1880, March 31 | Wabash, Indiana becomes first city in U.S. to have all streets lighted by electricity. |
| 1881 | Gene attends her first Island Park Assembly chautauqua on Sylvan Lake near Rome City. |
| 1884 | Gene attends her second Island Park Assembly chautauqua; begins correspondence with future husband, Charles Porter. |
| 1885, October 5 | Gene and Charles become engaged. |
| 1886, April 21 | Gene and Charles marry and move to Decatur, Adams County. |
| 1886, October 28 | President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. |
| 1887, August 27 | daughter Jeannette is born. |
| 1888 | Gene and Charles move to Geneva, Adams County. |
| 1888, November 6 | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana is elected President of the U.S. |
| 1890, January 10 | Gene's father dies. |
| 1890, October 1 | U.S. Congress establishes the Weather Bureau. |
| 1892 | Charles starts the Geneva Bank. |
| 1893 | Gene and Charles visit World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. |
| 1895, Spring | Limberlost Cabin, Geneva completed. |
| 1895, June 11 | Charles E. Duryea receives first U.S. patent for gasoline-driven automobile. |
| 1895 | Gene begins to write and publish nature articles. |
| 1896, April 6 | first modern Olympic Games begins in Athens, Greece. |
| 1900, April 30 | Congress passes act establishing Hawaii as U.S. territory. |
| 1901 | Gene's first short story published, "Laddie, the Princess, and the Pie." |
| 1903 | Song of the Cardinal. |
| 1904 | Freckles. |
| 1906, April 18 | San Francisco earthquake occurs. Fire causes most damage. |
| 1907 | What I Have Done with Birds; and At the Foot of the Rainbow. |
| 1908, October 1 | first Model T Ford is introduced at a cost of $850. |
| 1909 | Birds of the Bible; and A Girl of the Limberlost. |
| 1910 | Music of the Wild. |
| 1910 | Center of population of the U.S. is located in Bloomington, Indiana. |
| 1911 | After the Flood; and The Harvester. |
| 1911, May 30 | first Indianapolis 500 race is won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 mph. |
| 1911, November 27 | granddaughter Jeannette Helen Monroe is born. |
| 1912, April 14-15 | On maiden voyage, British liner Titanic strikes iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks killing about 1500. |
| 1912 | Moths of the Limberlost. |
| 1912 | Gene buys property on Sylvan Lake, Rome City, Noble County, and begins work on new Limberlost Cabin. |
| 1913 | Laddie. |
| 1914, March 22 | granddaughter Gene Stratton Monroe is born. |
| 1914, August 15 | Panama Canal officially opens. |
| 1915, January 25 | first transcontinental telephone call crosses U.S. from New York City to San Francisco. |
| 1915 | Michael O'Halloran. |
| 1915, Spring | Gene moves into new Limberlost Cabin. |
| 1916 | Morning Face. |
| 1916 | Conservation movement in Indiana and centennial of statehood promotes establishment of state parks. |
| 1917 | Friends in Feathers. |
| 1917, April 6 | President Woodrow Wilson signs resolution entering the U.S. into World War 1. |
| 1917 | Paramount Studios produces the movie, Freckles. |
| 1918 | Daughter of the Land. |
| 1918, Fall | Gene checks into New York clinic for health reasons. |
| 1918, November 11 | World War I ends. |
| 1918-1919 | Gene helps fight state drainage law for Noble and LaGrange counties. |
| 1919 | Homing with the Birds. |
| 1919 | Gene moves to Los Angeles and sells Limberlost Cabin in Geneva. |
| 1920, September 7 | first New York to California mail plane leaves New York City; arrives in San Francisco on September 11. |
| 1921 | Her Father's Daughter. |
| 1921 | Gene works with filmmaker, Thomas Ince, to film Michael O'Halloran. |
| 1922 | The Fire Bird. |
| 1922, October 4 | three radio stations carry first play-by-play coverage of the World Series. |
| 1923 | The White Flag; and Wings. |
| 1923, Fall | Gene writes to Indiana Governor Warren T. McCray offering Wildflower Woods for a state bird and wildflower preserve. |
| 1924. January | Gene starts her own movie production company. |
| 1924 | Gene buys lots on Catalina Island and in Bel Air and begins building houses. |
| 1924, June | grandson James Meehan is born. |
| 1924, December 6 | Gene dies in an accident in Los Angeles. |
| 1925, January 5 | first woman governor, Mrs. William B. Ross is inaugurated in Wyoming. |
| 1925 | Tales You Won't Believe; and The Keeper of the Bees. |
| 1926 | Henry Ford introduces 40 hour work week. |
| 1926 | Charles Dorwin Porter dies. |
| 1927 | Let Us Highly Resolve; and The Magic Garden. |
| 1927, May 20 | Charles A. Lindbergh begins first solo trans-Atlantic flight from Long Island, New York to Paris, France. |
| 1927, October 9 | grandson John Meehan is born. |