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    1846

Mexican War starts

Started Site State County Hiway
1846 Camp Belknap TX Cameron E. End of TX4
1846 Coweta Mission OK Wagoner OK51/72
1846 Fremont Camp CA Modoc CA139/CR114
1846 Fredericksburg TX Gillespie US87/290
1846 Fort Stockton CA San Diego IS8/CA163
1846 Fort Polk TX Cameron TX100/48
1846 Fort Marcy NM Santa Fe NM475/Sunset Rd
1846 Fort Kearny (Old) NE Otoe US75/NE2
1846 Fort Inge TX Uvalde US90/83
1846 Fort Campbell MT Choteau US87/MT80
1846 Fort Brown (Texas) TX Cameron US77Z/TX4
1846 Gaviota Pass CA Santa Barbara US 101 W. of Gaviota
1846 Dona Ana NM Dona Ana IS25/NM320
1846 Johnson's Ranch CA Yuba N. of CA69/CampFarWestRd
1846 Bracito TX El Paso TX20/Rr259
1846 Bear Flag Monument CA Sonoma CA12/121
1846 Battle of Palo Alto TX Cameron TX FM511/1847
1846 Battle of Olompali CA Marin IS580/US101
1846 Battle of Dominguez Hills CA Los Angeles IS710/CA91
1846 Barlow Road East Tollgate OR Wasco ORCR48 at Gate Creek
1846 Barclay's Houses CO Pueblo CO96/CR200
1846 Bale Grist Mill CA Napa CA29 3mi. NW of St. Helena
1846 Antelope Spring NV Pershing IS80/NV400
1846 Allgeier's Trading Post CA Sutter N. of CA70/99
1846 Fandango Pass CA Modoc Fee Reservoir/Barrel Springs Rd
1846 Post of Santa Fe NM Santa Fe Palace/Lincoln Ave et al.
1846 Thousand Springs NV Elko US93 E of Wilkins at Wine Cup Spring
1846 Swede Point (Madrid) IA Boone IA17/415
1846 Soldier Meadow NV Humboldt E. of High Rock Cyn
1846 San Pasqual Battlefield CA San Diego CA78 at San Pasqual
1846 San Francisco Portsmouth Plaza CA San Francisco Kearny btwn Clay&Washington St
1846 San Francisco Fort Montgomery CA San Francisco Green/Battery St
1846 San Francisco (Landing Place of Captain J. B. Montgomery) CA San Francisco Montgomery/Clay St
1846 Salem OR Marion OR99E/22
1846 Rios-Caledonia Adobe CA San Luis Obispo US101/Mission St, San Miguel
1846 Rio Grande City TX Starr US83/TX RR755
1846 Garden Grove IA Decatur IA204/CR J22
1846 Resaca de La Palma Battlefield TX Cameron FM Rd802/1847
1846 Winter Quarters NE Douglas US75/NE36
1846 Port Isabel TX Cameron TX48/100
1846 Old Rubidoux Grist Mill CA Riverside Molino Way/ Rubidoux Blvd
1846 Old Bale Mill CA Napa N. of CA29/Hirsch Creek
1846 New Hope (Mormon) CA Stanislaus N. of CA99/219 at Ripon
1846 Murphy's Ranch CA Sacramento CA99/CR E2Grant Line Rd
1846 Mountain Springs Stage Station CA Imperial I8/Mt Springs Rd
1846 Mount Pisgah IA Union US34/169 N. of Talmage,IA
1846 Mormon Town (Pueblo) CO Pueblo US50/CO227
1846 Mormon Hollow NE Sarpy NE370 at bellvue
1846 Kanesville IA Pottawattamie US6/IA192
1846 Richardson's Point IA Davis IA2/CR V42
1846- Finch's Trading Post WY Goshen US26/WY157?/85?

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       1847

The Mormons head west under Brigham Young

Started Site State County Hiway
1847 Battle at Canada NM ? ?
1847 Battle of La Mesa CA Los Angeles Exchange/Downey(Vernon)
1847 Battle of Natividad CA Monterey San Juan Grade/Crazy Horse Cyn Rd
1847 Battle of San Gabriel CA Los Angeles IS605/CA72
1847 Battle of Santa Clara CA Santa Clara El Camino Rea/lLincoln Av
1847 Box Canyon CA San Diego 8.6 mi. S of CA78/CR2
1847 Charles Brown Sawmill CA San Mateo CA84/Portola Rd
1847 Embudo NM Rio Arribo NM291/570/75
1847 Fort Clay MT Choteau US87/MT80
1847 Fort Connah MT Lake US93/McDonald Lake Rd
1847 Fort Leaton TX Presidio US67/TXRr170
1847 Fort Mann KS Ford E. of US50 at Howell
1847 Lombard Ferry WY Sweetwater WY28 at green R.
1847 Los Angeles Fort Moore CA Los Angeles Broadway/US101(Site)
1847 Magoffinsville TX El Paso US62/TX20
1847 Mormon Ferry (Casper) WY Natrona North Casper Park in Casper
1847 Mormon Ferry (Green R.) WY Sweetwater WY28/372
1847 Mule Hill CA San Diego I15/Pomerado Rd
1847 Nash Adobe CA Sonoma 1stE in Sonoma
1847 Ogden UT Weber UT53/204
1847 Osage Agency KS Neosho US169/KS39
1847 Rio San Gabriel Battlefield CA Los Angeles CA19/72
1847 Salt Lake City UT Salt Lake UT71/186
1847 San Francisco Office of the Star Newspaper CA San Francisco Washington St/Brenham Pl
1847 Santa Clara Campaign Treaty Site CA Santa Clara CA82/Lincoln St
1847 St. Ann's Mission OR Umatilla US730/395
1847 St. Paul's Mission WA WA Stevens N. of US395/WA25
1847 This is the Place Monument UT Salt Lake UT186/Emigration Cyn Rd

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       1848

Gold is discovered at Sutter's sawmill on the North Fork of the American River in California.

 
Started Site State County Hiway
1848 Drytown CA Amador CA16/49
1848 Grass Valley CA Nevada CA20/49
1848 Fort Ringgold TX Hidalgo US83/Rr755
1848 Fort Quitman TX Hudspeth IS10/Rr192
1848 Fort Martin Scott TX Gillespie S. of US87/290
1848 Fort Kearny NE Kearney US30/NE44
1848 Fort Gilliam WA Skamania WA14 at N. Bonneville
1848 Fort Gaines (Ripley) MN Morrison MN371/CR 2
1848 Coloma CA El Dorado CA49/Lotus Rd
1848 Fort Barclay NM San Miguel IS25/NM161
1848 Mokelumne Hill CA Calaveras CA26/49
1848 Diamond Springs CA El Dorado S. of CA49/US50
1848 Chili Gulch CA Calaveras CA26/49
1848 Brushy Creek TX Williamson IS35/TX29
1848 Big Oak Flat CA Tuolumne CA120/Woods Ferry Rd
1848 Big Bar CA Amador CA49/88
1848 Auburn CA Placer IS80/CA49
1848 Council Hill OK OK Muskogee S. of US62/OK72
1848 Fort Bliss (Franklin,Magoffinsville,Concordia,Hart's Mill) TX El Paso TX20/375
1848 San Francisco First Public School CA San Francisco Clay/Brenhem St
1848 Yoncalla Valley OR Douglas S. of OR38/99
1848 Winchester OR Douglas I5 at N. Umpqua R.
1848 Tuttletown CA Tuolumne CA49/Wilcox Ranch Rd
1848 Tullahassee Mission OK Wagoner US69/OK51B
1848 Tullahassee Manual Labor School OK Wagoner US69/OK51B
1848 Tragedy Springs CA Amador CA88 vic. Kirkwood
1848 Sutter's Mill CA El Dorado CA49/Mount Murphy Rd
1848 Lassen Emigrant Trail CA Lassen CA299/CR A2
1848 San Francisco Mellus and Howard Warehouse Site CA San Francisco Clay/Montgomery St
1848 Long's Bar/Trading Post CA Butte NE of CR B2/Cherokee Rd
1848 San Francisco (Long Wharf) CA San Francisco Liedesdorff St
1848 San Andreas CA Calaveras S. of CA49/12
1848 Reading's Bar CA Shasta Clear Creek Rd at Clear Cr.
1848 Placerville-Old Dry Diggins-Old Hangtown CA El Dorado US50/CA49
1848 Peter's Colony TX Dallas Land grant W. of Dallas
1848 Mormon Island CA El Dorado in Folsom Lake/Green Valley Rd
1848 Mormon Gulch (Tuttletown) CA Tuolumne CA49/Wilcox Ranch Rd
1848 Robideau's (Joseph) Post NE Scotts Bluff NE 92 through Scotts Bluff, NP
1848 St. Mary's Potowatamie Mission KS Pottawatomie US24/KS63

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       1849

The Oregon Trail becomes a major highway.

Started Site State County Hiway
1849 Fort Utah UT Utah I15/UT114
1849 Downieville CA Sierra CA49
1849 Fort Croghan TX TX Burnet US281/TX29
1849 Fort Gates TX Coryell 6 mi. S. of US84/TX36
1849 Fort Graham TX Hill TX FM933/1064
1849 Fort Lincoln TX Medina US90/TX FM1796
1849 Fort McIntosh TX Webb IS85/US83 in Laredo
1849 Clarksville AR Johnson US64/AR103
1849 Fort Steilacoom WA Pierce IS5/Steilacom
1849 Carson Hill CA Calaveras S. of CA 49/4
1849 Fort Yuma AZ Yuma IS8 at Yuma
1849 Foster's Bar CA Yuba E. of LaPorte/Oregon Hill Rd
1849 Georgetown CA CA El Dorado CA193/Wentworth Springs Rd
1849 Greenwood CA El Dorado CA193/Greenwood St
1849 Groveland CA Tuolumne CA121/Ferretti Rd
1849 Hatch NM Dona Ana NM26/154
1849 Fort Ripley (Gaines) MN Crow Wing MN371/CR 2
1849 Burned Wagons Point CA Inyo CA190 at Stovepipe Wells
1849 Columbia Barracks WA Clark I5/WA14
1849 Court of Antiquity Trading Post NV Washoe I80 at Vista
1849 Angels Camp CA Calaveras CA4/49
1849 Benicia CA Solano IS680/780
1849 Benson's Ferry CA San Juaquin IS5/CRE13
1849 Big Lake Settlement MN Sherburne US10/MNCR5
1849 Death Valley CA Inyo CA190/127
1849 Bordeaux's Station WY Goshen WY157 at N. Platte R.2.5 mi. W. of Lingle
1849 Chinese Camp CA Tuolumne CA49/120
1849 California Camp TX Maverick US57/277
1849 Camanche CA Calaveras CA12/88
1849 Camp Far West CA Yuba CA65/Camp Far West Rd
1849 Camp Salvation CA Imperial CA98/111
1849 Campo Seco CA Calaveras CA12/26
1849 Cantonment Loring ID Bingham Sheepskin/Bronco Rd on Jimmy Cr
1849 Jenny Lind CA Calaveras CA26/CR J14
1849 Big Sioux Post IA Woodbury US20/US75
1849 San Juaquin City CA San Juaquin CA CR J3/4
1849 Hudspeth's Cutoff ID Caribou US30/ID34
1849 Rough and Ready CA Nevada N. of CA20 at R&R Rd
1849 Sacramento CA Sacramento I5/Capitol Mall
1849 San Francisco First Free Mason Meeting in CA CA San Francisco 728 Montgomery St
1849 San Francisco First Jewish Service CA San Francisco 735 Montgomery St
1849 San Francisco North Beach (Old Yerba Buena) CA San Francisco Broadway/Columbus
1849 Ragtown NV Churchill US50/50A
1849 San Jose CA Santa Clara IS880/CA82
1849 Pueblo de San Jose CA Santa Clara Mission/First St
1849 Sandy Gulch CA Calaveras CA26 W. of West Point
1849 Savage Trading Post CA Mariposa CA140 W. of El Portal
1849 Sonora CA Tuolumne CA49/108
1849 Stone and Kelsey Home CA Lake County CA29/175
1849 Vallecito CA Calaveras CA4/Parrots Ferry Rd
1849 Wells Fargo Express Company CA Tuolumne CA49/120
1849 Whiskeytown CA Shasta CA299 W. of Redding
1849 San Francisco Telegraph Hill CA San Francisco Lombard/Kearny St
1849 Murphys CA Calaveras CA4/Main St
1849 Yuba City CA Sutter CA99/20
1849 Junction of the Ways KS Washington KS148.243 near Hanover
1849 Kanaka Bar CA Butte SE of CA162 at Feather R.
1849 Los Encinos SHP CA Los Angeles Ventura/Balboa
1849 Martin Murphy Home and Estate CA Santa Clara California/Sunnyvale Ave
1849 Mormon Bar CA Mariposa CA49/Ben Hur Hwy
1849 Robidoux's Trading Post NE Scotts Bluff NE71 off Carter Canyon Rd
1849 Mountain Men's Ferry WY Sublette US189/WY235
1849 Indian Wells CA Kern US395 at Brown Rd
1849 Nevada City (Deer Creek) CA Nevada CA20/49
1849 Old Town of Shasta CA Shasta Main St/Trinity Alley in Shasta
1849 Oleta "Old Fiddletown" CA Amador Fiddletown Silverlake Rd
1849 Ophir CA Placer W. of I80/CA49
1849 Peg Leg Smith Trading Post ID Bear Lake vic. US30/Dingle Rd
1849 Platte River Bridge WY Natrona Wyoming Blvd. at Platte R.
1849 Preston TX Grayson N. End of TX FM120
1849 Mormon Station NV Douglas on NV206 N. of 206/757

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       1850

The end of an era of exploration and expansion. 

Started Site State County Hiway
1850 Fort Owen MT Ravalli US93 at Stevensville
1850 Agua Fria CA CA Mariposa CA140/49
1850 Arkansas City AR Desha AR4/ at Mississippi R.
1850 Asbury Mission OK McIntosh US69/OK9
1850 Burn's Ranch CA Tuolumne CA49/108
1850 Camp Buckner IA Tama US30/60
1850 Camp MacKay KS Ford US50/KS23
1850 Camp Neosho OK Muskogee US62/OK80 across River
1850 Elkton OR Douglas OR38/138
1850 Fort Arbuckle II OK Garvin W. of I35/OK7
1850 Fort Atkinson KS KS Ford W. of US50/KS23
1850 Fort Dodge IA Webster US169/IA7
1850 Clyman's Napa Farm CA Napa CA29/121
1850 Fort Merrill TX Live Oak I37/TX FM3162
1850 Vallejo CA Solano CA29/Solano Ave
1850 Fort Sarpy MT Rosebud MTCYFR201/Simpson Rd
1850 Gardiner OR Douglas US101/OR Lower Smith river rd
1850 General Vallejo Home CA Sanoma CA12 at Sonoma SHP
1850 Govalle TX Travis TX111/Springdale Rd
1850 Hornitos CA Mariposa CA CR J16/Hornitos Rd
1850 Marysville CA Yuba CA20/70
1850 Otter Tail City MN Otter Tail MN78/108
1850 Primeau's Post ND Mercer ND48/200A
1850 San Francisco Niantic Hotel CA San Francisco Sansome at Clay St
1850 Scottsburg OR Douglas OR38 W. of Reedsport
1850 Umpqua City OR Douglas US101winchester Bay North Spit
1850 Fort John II NE Scotts Bluff NE71/Carter Canyon Rd

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