Sonoma

City · c. 1846 CE · in North America

Capital of California Republic (1846–1846).

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• California Gold Rush (1848–1855 CE): Gold found at Sutter's Mill drew some 300,000 people to California, transforming its economy and devastating its Native peoples.
• Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876 CE): Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors destroyed Custer's detachment of the 7th Cavalry in Montana.
• Mormon exodus (1846–1847 CE): Driven from Nauvoo, Illinois, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by Brigham Young crossed Iowa and the Great Plains to found Salt Lake City in July 1847.
• Yellowstone National Park established (1872 CE): Yellowstone was established by the US Congress as the first national park in the world.
• Ghost Dance (1889 CE): Religious movement begun by the Paiute prophet Wovoka that spread among Plains peoples, promising renewal of the Native world.

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