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jed smith found a flat route through the rockies which was safe for wagons
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Joseph Smith founded mormons (church of jesus christ of the latter day saints) first book published
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very strong plow that didnt break
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14,000 in 1830 - 353,000 in 1840
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if you worked hard on the land foro 5 years you could buy it at minimum price with no competition
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jim bridger build fort bridger as a safe place to top up supplies
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government printed john fremonts mapping of the trail
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Brigham Young takes mormons west
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james marshall discovered gold in california
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gold rush in california
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US government pay for survey for a possible railway across america
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Congress passed the Pacific Railway act which said a railway would be built across america
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160 acers after 5 years work
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General Chivvington
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John iliff begins ranching on the plains
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Jospeh McCoy set up abiline where a cow was worth 10 times as much as in texas.
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4 million cows pass through cow towns
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Red Cloud= great Sioux reservation
Black Hills & Bighorn Mountains
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160 acers if 40 acers were planted with trees
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General Custer, Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Indian Victory
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640 acers of land in an area with low rainfall
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fight between- wyatt earp, virgil earp, morgan earp, doc holliday, sheriff john behan and outlaws ike clanton, phineas clanton, billy clanton, tom mcclaury, frank mcclaury
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1886-87 killed off many cattle
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