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American Westward Expansion

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Santa Fe Trail commerce and migration (1821–1880)

1821 - 1880

Sand Creek Massacre and the Colorado War (1864–1865)

1851 - 2007

Pacific Fur Company and Astor Expedition to Oregon (1810–1813)

1810 - 1818

Oregon Trail migrations (1836–1869)

1836 - 1869

Mormon migration to Utah and the Mormon Corridor (1846–1869)

1846 - 1869

Mexican–American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1846–1848)

1845 - 1848

John C. Frémont's Western Expeditions (1842–1854)

1842 - 1853

Homestead Act settlements on the Great Plains (1862–1934)

1862 - 1936

Great Sioux War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876–1877)

1868 - 1877

Fur trade and Mountain Men in the Rocky Mountains (1800–1840)

1805 - 1840

Donner Party and Overland Emigrant Disasters (1846–1847)

1846 - 1847

Dawes Act allotment and its effects on Plains tribes (1887–1934)

1871 - 1934

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