165 years ago today - May 19, 1848

[Deseret] the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican War; the United States gets more than one-half million square miles, including what will become the states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. Texas is also ceded to the United States.James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill in California

[Source: Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-TimeLine2.html]

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