July 18 On this day, July 18, 1899, fiction writer Horatio Alger, Jr. died in Natick, Massachusetts. Horatio Alger’s resourceful and hard working boy characters provided role models for late 19th and early 20th century American boys. Barbara Rundback2016-11-14T10:19:37-05:00July 18th, 2012|News|0 Comments Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookXRedditLinkedInTumblrPinterestVkEmail Related Posts