dec 31, 1845 - Oregon Trail (p. 397-398)
Description:
Everything from California to Alaska and between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean was a British-held territory called Oregon. The trail pointed the way for the United States to expand westward to achieve what politicians of the day called its “Manifest Destiny” to reach “from sea to shining sea.”Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 31, 1845
Now
~ 178 years ago
