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