MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Kit Carson
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Seth Hays
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Council Grove was founded in the late 1840s because of the mile-wide grove of hardwood timber in the area. The city is named for Council Oak, under which a council of U.S. commissioners and the chiefs of the Great and Little Osage ostensibly negotiated a treaty in 1825.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hays House lays claim to being the oldest, continuously-operating restaurant west of the Mississippi River. Seth Hays, great-grandson of Daniel Boone, was Council Grove’s first permanent settler. He came here in 1847 to trade with the Kaw (Kansa) Indians, who purchased guns, blankets, flour, and tinware from him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Council Grove is one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas History because it is a Santa Fe Trail National Historic Landmark town and is the site of a 1825 treaty that led to an intersection of cultures between Kaw Native Americans and Euro-Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -2704 Woodrow Ct is believed to be the oldest personal residence in the city of Hays.