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The Louisiana Purchase is bought from France, adding 828,000 square miles to the American frontier.
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The Lewis and Clark expedition reaches the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
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Louis Remy Mignot, painter of "Travelers in a Tropical Landscape", is born in Charleston, South Carolina. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
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Louis Remy Mignot paints "Travelers in a Tropical Landscape" Medium: Oil on Canvas
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Thomas Hart Benton, painter of "Ploughing it Under", is born in Neosho, Missouri.
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1890 U.S. Census is taken, which announces that there is no longer a clearly recognizable American frontier. Although the western frontier has been closed, the idea of the frontier will continue to affect Americans for generations to come.
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Richard Estes, painter of "Antarctia", is born in Kewanee, Illinois.
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Thomas Hart Benton paints "Ploughing it Under". It will later be reworked, however. Medium: Oil on Canvas
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U.S. scientists are part of an international effort to advance knowledge of Antarctica by conducting earth science experiments on the continent.
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Thomas Hart Benton reworks the painting "Ploughing it Under"
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Apollo 11 puts the first men on the moon.
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Richard Estes paints "Antarctica" Medium: Oil on Canvas
