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At first, the gold nuggets could be picked up off the ground. Later, gold was recovered from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning.
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From April 3, 1860, to October 1861, it became the West's most direct means of east–west communication before the telegraph was established
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Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, a key fort held by Union troops in South Carolina.
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Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865
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April 15, 1865
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Opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869. It transported people and goods across the American Continental Railroad
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Clara Barton and a circle of her acquaintances founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881.
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It was believed that the Spanish destoryed the USS Maine. Then. Americans decalred war.
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The Model T was introduced on October 1, 1908 by the Henry Ford Company
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The started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assinated.
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