1519, Hernan
Cortés Arives at Tenochtitlán
1588, Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1608, Invention
of the Telescope
1776, Common Sense
Published
1795, Mackay
and Evans Expedition
1804, Corps
of Discovery Opens the West
1805, The
Weippe Encounter
1805, Pomp
and the Corps of Discovery
1806, Lewis
& Clark Overwinter at Ft Clatsop
1807, John
Colter Explores Hell
1808, Eston
Hemings Jefferson is Born
1809, Meriwether
Lewis Slain
1826, South
West Expedition
1837, Smallpox
Epidemic on the N. Plains
1842, Dinosaurs
Discovered
1843, Oregon
Trail Migration
1844, Oregon Trail Migration
1855 U.S. Treaty with the Walla Walla, Cayuse and Umatilla
1858. The
Great Stink of London
1860, Pony
Express
1863, Battle
of Gettysburg
1864, Sand
Creek Massacre
1864, Vigilantes
Lynch Sheriff Henry Plummer
1865, The
Last Battle of the Civil War
1865 Julia Dean Performs in Idaho City
1867, Medicine
Lodge Treaty Signed
1868, Battles of the
Washita
1872, Fighting
Terrorism on the Frontier
1872, Yellowstone
National Park Established
1876, Battle
of the Little Big Horn
1877, The
Death of Crazy Horse
1877, The Nez Perce War
1878, Northern
Cheyenne Exodus
1885, Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show
1886, Geronimo
Surrenders
1898, U.S.
Forces Invade Phillipines |
1905, Idaho
Governor Assassinated
1929, Bonnie
McCarroll's Last Ride
1955, Emmett
Till Murdered |
