HISTORY DATES AND PEOPLE Flashcards
Jim Bridger the 5 things he did
1824 first white man to see salt lake city
brought Rocky Mountain Fur company when the fur trade collapsed in 1840s
Built Fort Bridger
in 1850 shorted route by 61 miles - union pacific route
amry guide during expedition against the Sioux and Chyenne who were blocking the Bozeman trail
famous mountain men
Jim Bridger - 3 indian wives
Jim Blackwith - Indian Chief
Jeremiah Johnson - killed every Indian he saw
1837 depression
wages fell by 40%
20,000 unemployed in Philadelphia
first migrants arrived
in Oregon in 1843 and in California the next year
how many men digging for gold?
10,000 at the end of 1849
Donor party 6 things
they set of with 60 wagons and 300 migrants
left independence in may 1846
in the desert they lost 4 wagons and 300 cattle
sierra Nevada
first migrant died of starvation on 15th of December
reached Johnsons ranch
when was all the gold gone
by mid 1850s
vigilante example
in 1860s there were gang of 100 road agents terrorising Montana and the sheriff Henry Plummer was there leader, one gang member confesser, 1864 Plummer was caught and hung
how many people did Brigham Young bring to salt lake
1,500
when did the Mormons main party arrive
august 1847
how many did the perpetual emigration fund bring
32,000 by the end of 1851 in England alone
what happened to the Mormons in 1857
the us government sent a non-Mormon governor to Utah with 1,500 soldiers to enforce law
when did the Mormons agree to peace?
1890
who was the first person to mention manifest destiny
John O’Sullivan in The Morning Post in 1845
example of droughts
no rain hit Kanas between jan 1859 and nov 1860
1883 serve drought
when were women in Wyoming given the vote
1869
when was the pacific Railroad act
1862
when was the demand for beef
1867-1885
when was the two cold winters and a hot summer and how much of the herd died
1886-7, 15%
when did the cattle profits fall
1882
what did Charles goodnight find when he returned back
8,000 cattel
what year and how many cattle did Goodnight sell
1866, 1,700
Abilene years and cattle numbers
1867 - 37,000
1870 - 300,000
what year did John Lliff supply to reservations
1872 - red cloud and 7,000 Indians
sheriff examples
Willian Tilghman - uncorrrupt
wyatt earp - corrupt
when did Ella Watson and Jim Averil die
1889
what happeded to the cattle barons in 1880s
became bankrupt
Johnson country war 3 things
1892
hitlist of 70 people and 22 gunfighters
Nate champion and Nick Ray
fort Laramie 1.0 1851 3 things
in 1849 government had made deals with Comanche and Kiowa Indians
Thomas Fitzpatrick - Cheyenne and Arapho
Broken in 1859
Little Crows war 5 things
1862 crops failed in 1861 and 12,000 Indians were starving august 1862 attack 45 soldiers - half were killed by October back on reservations
Sand Creek Massacre 6 things
1864 chyenne and black Kettle 3 years untilled they reached an agreement attacked wagon trains Conlonel Chivington 29th of Novemeber 1864 450
fort Laramie
1868
Red Clouds War 5 things
John Bozeman - Bozeman trail broke Fort Laramie treaty 1866 - government set up talks December 1866 captain Fetterman Fort Kearny Sioux, Arapho, Cheyenne march 1887 - peace commission
Great Sioux war 5 things
$40,000 dollars - for black hills December 1875 ordered to go back spring 1876 - 7,000 Indians spotted on the 25th june 1876 benteen and reno
Dawes act
1887
The okalhoma land race
1889
when was wounded knee
December 1890 29th
250 soldiers, 25 soldiers
when did the governemtn decide no more treaties
1871
when was a council set up to take over chiefs power
1880s
when did tannery become better
1871
who was buffalo bill
Wiliiam Cody - killed 4,280 buffalo in 17 months
