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
1824, Snake Country
Expedition
1826, South
West Expedition
1837, Smallpox
Epidemic on the N. Plains
1842, Dinosaurs
Discovered
1843, Oregon
Trail Migration
1844, Oregon
Trail
Migration
1846, Mexican-American
War
1855 U.S.
Treaty with Walla Walla, Cayuse and Umatilla
1858. The
Great Stink of London
1860, Pony
Express
1863, Battle
of Gettysburg
1864, Battle of the
Crater
1864, Sand
Creek Massacre
1864, Vigilantes
Lynch Sheriff Henry Plummer
1864, The Long Walk
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
1875, First Running
of The Kentucky Derby
1876, Battle
of the Little Big Horn
1877, The
Death of Crazy Horse
1877, The
Nez Perce
War
1878, Northern
Cheyenne Exodus
1879, Thomas Edison
Invents the Incandescent Light Bulb
1885, Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show
1886, Geronimo
Surrenders
1892, Johnson County
War
1898, U.S.
Forces Invade Phillipines
1905, Idaho
Governor Assassinated
1906, The San
Francisco Earthquake and Fire
1929, Bonnie
McCarroll's Last Ride
1948, Disappearance of the
Star Tiger
1955, Emmett
Till Murdered
1963, "I Have a Dream" Speech
1969, Santa Barbara Oil
Spill
1989, Fall of the
Berlin Wall
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Acts of God
(disasters)
All
Soul's March (halloween)
A
Civil War Christmas (christmas)
A
Long Drive Out of the Past (golf)
American
Potluck (holidays)
An
End to
Drought (climate)
A
Right
Jolly Old Elf (christmas)
Backtracking
on the Oregon Trail (migratuin)
Easter
Bunnies, Eggs and Ham (easter)
Equinox
Gold
Dust in the Footlights (theatre)
History
of Christmas (christmas)
How
America Lost Its Marbles (games)
Man in
the Moon (moon)
Spring
Forward
(daylight savings)
The
Mystery of Mistletoe (christmas)
The
Old West Ranch That Time Forgot
The
War That Ended War (veterans day)
What's
in a Name? (names)
What
You Eat Is When You Are (food)
Voices
Thoreau |
