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pony express
this mail service started delivering mail -
first transcontinental telegraph
the line is finished and the pony express is shut down -
pacific railroad act
US government agrees to fund a railroad from Cali to Missouri -
homestead act
The U.S. government offers up free land to farmers who agree to live on the land for five years and make improvements to the land. Many people rush to places like Oklahoma to claim their land. -
yellerstone national park founed
dedicated bas the nations first national park by Ulysses s grant -
black hills gold
gold discovered in the black hills of Oklahoma -
barbed wire invented
Ranchers can now use barbed wire fences to keep their cattle from ranging free. -
westward expansion
us government declares the west has been explored
