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May22
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Great Emigration departs for Oregon, 1843
A massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the "Great …
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Category: Gold Rush

Lunch With Libby: Hangtown Fry
Next time you cook breakfast, whip up a delicious Gold Rush dish with a colorful history.

The Chop Suey Story
Legend has it that chop suey was born when forty-niners demanded food from a San Francisco Chinese restaurant.













