A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Rocky Mountains"
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1806 Pike expedition: During his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon PikeZebulon Pike Zebulon Montgomery Pike was an American [i] soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak [i] i ...
sees a distant mountain peak while near the ColoradoColorado Colorado is a state [i] in the western United States [i]. ...
foothills of the Rocky Mountains (it was later named Pikes Peak in his honor).
1818 A convention between the U.S.United States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
and the United KingdomUnited Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ...
establishes the northern boundary as the forty-ninth parallel from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, also creating the Northwest Angle.
1846 The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
and CanadaCanada Canada is the world's second-largest [i] country by total area, occupying most ...
, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1859 "Fifty-Niners" stream into the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. during the 1859 Gold Rush
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