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Timelines.tv

Timelines.tv: The American West 03: Wagon Trails to the West (1849)

9th - 10th
Recounts the story of 14-year-old Sallie Hester and her 2000-mile journey with her family across the Plains to California in 1849. [9:20]
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Fifty Four Forty or Fight

6th - 8th
Discusses the role James K. Polk played in the expansion of the United States, negotiations over the Oregon territories and Texas, and the drawing of the boundary with Canada. [4:08]