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this mail service started delivering mail
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the line is finished and the pony express is shut down
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US government agrees to fund a railroad from Cali to Missouri
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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.
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dedicated bas the nations first national park by Ulysses s grant
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gold discovered in the black hills of Oklahoma
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Ranchers can now use barbed wire fences to keep their cattle from ranging free.
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us government declares the west has been explored
