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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 0 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 8 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 2 0 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 2 0 Browse Search
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States 2 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mormons, (search)
Valley, enclosed within lofty and rugged mountains, fertile, isolated, and healthful; and thitherward, in the early summer of 1847, a chosen band of 143 men, accompanied by their wives and children and the members of the high council, with seventy wagons drawn by horses, proceeded as pioneers to take possession of the country. They passed up the north fork of the Platte River to Fort Laramie, crossed Salt Lake City. that stream, followed its course along the banks of the Black Hills to South Pass, which they penetrated. Along the rivers, through deep canons, over the lofty Utah Mountains, they toiled on until, on the evening of July 20, they saw, from the summits of the Wasatch Mountains, the placid Salt Lake glittering in the beams of the setting sun. It was like the vision of the Hebrew law-giver on Mount Pisgah. It was a scene of wondrous interest. Stretched out before them was the Land of Promise where they hoped never to be molested by Gentiles, or the arm of Gentile govern
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ed......Aug. 17, 1867 General Sickles succeeded by Gen. E. R. S. Canby as commander of 2d Military District......Aug. 26, 1867 Woman's suffrage campaign in Kansas conducted by Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and George Francis Train with the Hutchinson family of singers......September–October, 1867 General amnesty proclaimed by the President......Sept. 7, 1867 National cemetery at Antietam dedicated......Sept. 17, 1867 Gold discovered in Wyoming, and South Pass City established......October, 1867 Elias Howe, inventor, born 1819, dies at Brooklyn, L. I.......Oct. 3, 1867 Formal transfer of Alaska by Russia to General Rousseau of the United States service at New Archangel, Sitka......Oct. 9, 1867 Congress reassembles......Nov. 21, 1867 Congress adjourns sine die after a twelve days session......Dec. 2, 1867 Second session meets......Dec. 2, 1867 President's message received by Congress......Dec. 3, 1867 Resolution to impeach the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Utah, (search)
4,970 square miles, lying between long. 109° and 114° W., and north of lat. 37° N. Population, 1890, 207,905; 1900, 276,749. Capital, Salt Lake City. Franciscan friars Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Dominguez, looking for a route from Santa Fe to Monterey, Cal., reach Utah and Sevier lakes......September, 1776 Great Salt Lake discovered by James Bridger......1825 One hundred and twenty men, under William H. Ashley, come to Utah Lake from St. Louis through South Pass, and build Fort Ashley......1825 Jedediah S. Smith and fifteen trappers march from Great Salt Lake to Utah Lake, and thence to San Gabriel Mission, Cal., 1826; return to Utah......1827 J. Bartleson and twenty-seven emigrants for California proceed from Soda Springs to Corrine and thence into Nevada......August, 1841 Marcus Whitman and A. L. Lovejoy, on their way from Oregon to the United States, pass through Utah......1842 Col. John C. Fremont, with Kit Carson and three others,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wyoming, (search)
River......1811 William H. Ashley, of the North American Fur Company, with 300 men, explores the Sweetwater and Green rivers......1824 Capt. E. L. Bonneville leads the first caravan, 110 trappers and twenty wagons, from the Platte through South Pass to the Green River. At the junction of Lead Creek he builds a fort......1832 William Sublette and Robert Campbell erect a fort on Laramie Fork, which they name Fort William, since Fort Laramie.......1834 First emigrant train for Oregon es Bridger, a famous trapper......1842 Col. J. C. Fremont, with a government exploring expedition, ascends and names Fremont's Peak......1842 Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, pass Fort Laramie on their way to Great Salt Lake through South Pass......June 1, 1847 Part of Wyoming is included in the territory acquired by the United States from Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo......Feb. 2, 1848 Fort Laramie transferred to the United States......1849 Fort Bridger sold for