DATE 1835. Sandusky, Mansfield, and Newark Railroad chartered. Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Rail road construction begun Saw mills erected in Michigan. 1836. Congress adjudged Toledo to Ohio Nicollet explored the source of the Missis sippi Wisconsin Territory organized. First legislature met in Wisconsin. PAGE 423 423 425 166 237 Iowa included in Wisconsin Territory 420 299 .300, 313 Arkansas acquired statehood Madison and Lafayette Railroad construction Toledo incorporated 1836-1848. Illinois and Michigan Canal constructed First territorial legislature of Iowa convened. 314 1842. South Pass of the Rocky Mountains explored by Frémont. 1843. Frémont explored Utah and the Pacific Slope The Hocking Canal constructed Florida admitted into the Union 1846. Enabling Act for Wisconsin passed Wisconsin adopted a State government Iowa admitted into the Union 237 237 421 305 374 374 374 Bituminous coal first used for furnace fuel in DATE PAGE 321 1849. Minnesota Territory organized. . 1850. Illinois Central Railroad construction begun. 423 1851. Minnesota lands west of Mississippi opened to settlement. 1852. Gold discovered in Montana 1853. Frémont made his continental expedition . 322 345 238 331 324 326 336 336 337 337 338 Dakota Indians ceded land to United States. 1859. Provisional government established in Dakota First legislative assembly met in Dakota . 1861. Dakota organized as a territory. Territorial legislature elected in Montana. 1866. Constitution of Nebraska adopted hood Constitutions of North and South Dakota Montana admitted into the Union. Montana adopted a constitution LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME VIII FACING PAGE title Simon Kenton, pioneer, who named "Kaintuckee" (Canelands). Isaac Shelby, first Governor of Kentucky. By Matthew Jouett. Map of the Mississippi region and Province of Louisiana, by the Elder Homan, dated 1687, but evidently published in the first half of the seventeenth century, as it shows the route of Saint-Denis in 1715-1716. From the original in the private collection of Julius F. Sachse, Esq., Philadelphia George Rogers Clark. From a painting in possession of the Title pages of the laws of the Illinois Territory and of the terri- Page from Kearny's diary, relative to expedition from St. Louis to Council Bluffs. Original in possession of the Missouri Historical Society . title 16 33 48 81 96 129 FACING PAGE Letter of George Rogers Clark to George Mason. In the collection of Colonel Durrett, of Louisville 129 Arthur St. Clair. After the portrait by Charles Willson Peale. 144 Rufus Putnam. After the pastel by James Sharpless, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia General James Wilkinson. From the original by Jarus, in the collection of Colonel Durrett, of Louisville 144 161 Thomas Jefferson. After the painting by Thomas Sully, in possession of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. 176 Robert R. Livingston. From the copy by Pratt from the original 209 First and last pages of the treaty transferring Louisiana from the Republic of France to the United States of America. From the original in the Department of State, Washington . Documents signed by Daniel Boone. Originals in possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society and of the Missouri Historical Society. 224 240 257 Zebulon Montgomery Pike. From the original by Charles Willson Peale, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia 272 Page of the journal kept by Sergeant Charles Floyd, on the Lewis and Clark expedition. From the original owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society. 289 Lewis Cass. From a photograph in the collection of Colonel C. M. Burton, of Detroit 336 FACING PAGE Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, built in 1826. For William Walker, provisional Governor of the Nebraska Territory. In 353 368 417 . 417 The Falls of St. Anthony, with Minneapolis and St. Paul, in 1857. 432 |