american west

• 1862


  homestead act
• 1864


  Sand creek massacre
• 1866


  Goodnights cattle trail
• 1866


  Illif
• 1868


  2nd fort Laramie treaty
• 1868


  Red clouds war
• 1868


  President Grants Peace Policy
• 1869


  Completion of the transcontinental railway
• 1873


  Timber culture act
• 1876


  Battle of Little Bighorn
• 1879


  Exodusters
• 1886-87


  harsh winter
• 1887


  dawes act
• 1889


  Oklahoma land rush
• 1890


  wounded knee massacre
• 1890


  Closure of the indian frontier
• 1892


  Johnson county war
• 1834


  permanent indian frontier
• 1835-1850


  Oregon trail
• 1846


  Donnor party
• 1846-47


  Mormons
• 1849


  california gold rush
• 1851


  fort laramie treaty
• 1851


  Indian appropriation act
• 1862


  pacific railroad act
• 1862


  little crows war
• 1830

  indian removal act
• 1834

  indian trade and intercourse act
• 1836

  oregon trail opened
• 1846

  donnor party
• 1861-65

  civil war
• 1865

  slavery abolished
• 1867


  abilene
• 1870

  ranching on the plains start
• 1874

  mass production of barbed wire begins
• 1879

  exoduster movement
• 1880s

  extermination of the buffalo
• 1881

  Billy the Kid killed by Pat Garrett
• 1881

  Gunfight at OK Corral
• 1886-87

  the Great Die-Up