In 1843 Congress allocated $30,000 to string one between Baltimore & Washington; it was completed in 1844
Signed February 2, 1848, this treaty ended the Mexican War
In 1890 this GOP senator from Ohio sponsored an antitrust act & the Silver Purchase Act
On Sept. 30, 1953, Pres. Eisenhower named this California governor as Chief Justice of the U.S.
When Thomas Jefferson took office in March, 1801, this river formed the western U.S. boundary
In 1997 this U.N. secy.-general became the first international guest of President Clinton's second term
Was Pope Catholic? No, he led a 1690 revolt against colonizers from this European country
Once defined as most of the U.S. west of the Mississippi, it shrank to most of present-day Oklahoma
In 1791 Little Turtle won a great victory over white forces on the banks of this Indiana river
What may be the USA's oldest continuously inhabited town, Old Oraibi, was settled c. 1150 by these Arizona Indians