1890
James Gatz is born in North Dakota with two farm parents
1906
Works as clam a digger & salmon fisher on South Shore of Lake Superior
1906
Attends Lutheran college of St. Olaf in Minnesota and works as janitor
1906
drops out of school and moves back to Lake Superior
1907
Dan Cody’s yacht drops anchor at Lake Superior shore
1907
Sails with Cody to the West Indies and Barbary Coast
1907
Changes name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby
1912
Ella Kay comes on board and Cody dies
1912
Gatsby inher More
