The Western Frontier

By izzy_lizzie

  • Comstock Lode Found

    On Henry Comstock's land.

  • Homestead Act Passed

    This gave 160 acres of free land to a settler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years.

  • Fetterman Massacre

    Bloodiest attack.

  • Fetterman Masasacre

    Bloodiest attack.

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    General Custer and all of his troops were ambushed, and killed, by Natives.

  • Timezones

    4 zones

  • Geronimo Surrenders

    Geronimo Surrenders
    The last Native American to formally surrender to the U.S.

  • Dawes Act Passed

    Was aimed to eliminate the two "weaknesses" of Natives: the lack of private property and the nomadic tradition.

  • Populist Party Formed

    Populist Party Formed
    Alliance members formed the People's Party of the U.S.A.

  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    No one knows how the fighting started, but over 200 Sioux and 25 soldiers were killed.