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Under order of President Thomas Jefferson, the Lewis and Clark Expedition depart from St.Louis, Mo., on May 14, to chart a course to the Pacific Ocean.
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Homestead Act was approved on May 20, grants free family farms to settlers.
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Settlement of Oregon begins via the Oregon Trail.
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Gold discovered January 24 in California. In February, Mexico ceded claims to Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and portions of Colorado. U.S. pays Mexico $15 million.
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80,000 prospectors emigrate to California to follow the gold boom.
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1861 - First transcontinental telegraph line completed October 24.
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- After violent clashes with settlers over polygamy, Mormons leave Nauvoo, Ill., and head for the West under Brigham Young. They eventually settle at Salt Lake City, Utah.
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1841 - First emigrant wagon train for California. Forty-seven people leave Independence, Mo., on May 1, and reach California on November 4.
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First commercially productive oil well drilled near Titusville, Pa. by Edwin Drake on August 27; led to expansion of oil fields in the southwest territories.
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1867 - The Grange was organized December 4 to protect farmers interests.