New West By elliboo Jan 24, 1848 California Gold Rush Jan 1, 1851 Creation Of Reservations *Year Only Jan 1, 1859 Comstock Lode *Year Only May 20, 1862 Homestead Act Nov 29, 1864 Chivington Massacre Jan 1, 1867 Chisholm Trail *Year Only Apr 29, 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty Nov 6, 1869 Transcontinental Railroad Completed Jan 1, 1874 Barbed Wire Invented *Year Only Jun 25, 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn Jan 1, 1887 Dawes Act *Year Only May 18, 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush Dec 29, 1890 Massacre At Wounded Knee Nov 3, 1896 McKinley vs. Bryan
