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1882 hand-colored map depicting the western half of the continental United States. This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time ...
Mississippi River in the American Civil War. "Map of the rebellion as it was in 1861 and as it is now" depicts the consequences for the Confederacy of the seizure of Memphis in 1862 and the fall of Vicksburg in 1863 ( Harper's Weekly, March 19, 1864) The Mississippi was an important military highway that bordered ten states, roughly equally ...
Julien Dubuque Bridge. / 42.49167°N 90.65611°W / 42.49167; -90.65611. The Julien Dubuque Bridge is a bridge over the Mississippi River that connects Dubuque, Iowa and East Dubuque, Illinois. The bridge is part of U.S. Route 20 (US 20). It is one of two automobile bridges over the Mississippi in the area (the Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge ...
Steamboats played a major role in the 19th-century development of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, allowing practical large-scale transport of passengers and freight both up- and down-river. Using steam power, riverboats were developed during that time which could navigate in shallow waters as well as upriver against strong currents.
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, [note 2] was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, United States of America, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in North America.
July 4, 1961[8] Idaho was one of the last areas in the lower 48 states of the US to be explored by people of European descent. [citation needed]The Lewis and Clarkexpedition entered present-day Idaho on August 12, 1805, at Lemhi Pass. It is believed that the first "European descent" expedition to enter southern Idaho was by a group led in 1811 ...
Union Pacific Railroad, Big River Crossing Bike/Pedestrian Trail 1916 35°07′45″N 90°04′33″W / 35.12917°N 90.07583°W / 35.12917; -90.07583 ( Harahan Bridge
The closure begins at River Road and Seventh Street and ends where River Road intersects with Bingham Way, just over a half-mile away. The closure will begins Monday and will occur daily from 9 a ...