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Compromise of 1850
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"Go West, Young Man"
New York Tribune editor, Horace Hreeley popularizes the phrase, "Go West, Young Man" -
Gadsden Purchase Bewteen the United States and Mexico
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The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait finishes his oil on canvas interpretation of the American Frontier, "The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix" -
The Backwoods of America
Also a oil on canvas work, this was the year that Jasper Francis Cropsey's "The Backwoods of America" was created -
Oregon admitted as the 33rd state
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Commstock Lode
Countries first "Silver Rush" taking place in present day Nevada -
Pony Express completes first deliveries
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Battle of Apache Pass in Arizona
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Bear River Massacre
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The Return of the Gleaner
Another oil on canvas work, this marks the creation of Winslow Hovner's "The Return of the Gleaner" -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
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First recorded White Men to traverse the Grand Canyon
