Documents in Year 1848                     

Links of Interest:

• James K Polk, Eleventh U.S. President

(1845-1849)

• Statehood

Wisconsin (30 of 50 States) Admitted 29 May 1848, see 1850 for next state

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• The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

"Gold is discovered. Kit Carson is the man who crosses the country to deliver the message to President Polk that gold has been discovered in California. Soon over 300,000 pioneers stream into California, one of the biggest migrations in American history."

• Education: State Institutions of higher education established:

University of Georgia (1785) - South
University of North Carolina (1789) - South
University of Tennessee (1794)- South
University of South Carolina (1801) - South
Indiana University (1820) - Midwest
University of Michigan (1837) - Midwest

University of Wisconsin (1848) - Midwest

Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 140 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010  see 1860 for next event...

• Military: California seized from Mexico by the United States.

BBC Atlas of the Natural World North America Land of the Eagle "Searching for Paradise" Documentary 2006.

• Natural Resources:

  Gold discovered in California!