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Frontier Events

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  • Francis Guy was born

    Francis Guy was born in London, England sometime in 1760.

  • The Acquisition of Indian Lands

    The war of 1812 began and Native American encroachment exponentially increased.

  • Francis Guy dies

  • Winter scene in Brooklyn was painted

  • Jasper Francis Cropsey was born

    The artist Jasper Francis Cropsey was born on a cold day in Febuary

  • Indian Encampment was painted

  • The Backwoods of America

  • Civil War

    The American Civil war began on this day.

  • The Civil War ends

    The Civil War ends

  • George Catlin dies

  • The End of the Frontier

    The US Census Bureau marked the end of the frontier on this date because they believed there was nothing else to discover in the United States.

  • Jasper Cropsey