May 22nd, 1843
Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail. event on May 22, 1843. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around May 22, 1843
| May 24th, 1843 | Death | Sylvestre Francois Lacroix, French mathematician (born in 1765) |
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