Important Dates - 1850-1857

Question 1

what happened in 1850?

Answer 1

Stagecoach - Wells Fargo started the stagecoach allowing travellers to pay to go west

Question 2

what happened in 1851?

Answer 2

Fort Laramie Treaty - Treaty between the US government and the Indian tribes redefined the Indian homelands. Treaty stated that certain lands would belong to the Indians and that they would not be entered by white settlers. The Indians were to be compensated with provisions for a period of ten years

Question 3

what happened in 1854?

Answer 3

Homesteaders - The first Homesteaders began to move to the Great Plains

Question 4

what happened in 1857?

Answer 4

Mountain Meadow Massacre - A wagon train of settlers from Missouri were massacred. The Mormons said it was the Indians, but the government were convinced that it was the Mormons. To avoid all out war, the Mormon religion and practices were allowed. Continued practice of polygamy meant Utah could not become a state