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Tag: American West

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29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee

29th December 2018
Tagged as: American West, Lakota, Native Americans, Sioux, United States, USA, Westward Expansion, Wild West, Wounded Knee

More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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12th May 1846: The Donner Party begin their ill-fated journey to California

12th May 2018
Tagged as: American West, California, Cannibalism, Donner Party, Great Salt Lake Desert, Hastings Cutoff, Oregon Trail, Pioneers, Sierra Nevada, United States, USA, Wagon Train, Westward Expansion

The Donner Party departed Independence, Missouri on their ill-fated journey to California.

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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London

9th May 2018
Tagged as: America, American West, Britain, Cowboy, Theatre, USA, Wild West

On the 9^th May 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West Brompton.

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