Thanks to this and some other folks expressing interest in having characters who'd been around in this time period, there's now a timeline page that outlines some details about those early years! I'm happy to fill in more additional details myself but based on the number of people who have been playing around with that time period, I'm inclined to let you guys fill that in yourselves and establish what you'd like about it, so long as it's in line with the basic skeleton that's been laid down.