So this post officially begins the beginning of my blog chronicling  the move westward across America. I’ll probably bore you; most people seemed bored by history, although I have no notion why, and I tend to be boring when reciting facts. Well, if you do stick around long enough for me to get through the Civil War (which is probably the most fascinating time in American history, according to me and probably no one else), I’ll be super duper excited to talk about people in frontier towns, which is my favorite time period in history ever. Don’t ask me why, ’cause I don’t know.

Well, let us begin, shall we?

At the turn of the 19th century, America looked like this:

And held roughly 5.3 million settlers, with twice as many indigenous folk who had been push westward as the population exploded. The country itself was only a tender 25 years old. Its President was John Adams and the capital had recently made a move from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. And along with the growing population came the growing urge to seek out new lands west of the Mississippi River.

I think we’ll first start out with the first overland expedition over US soil, the Lewis and Clark expedition. So, expect that in a few days!

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