Key Events in American History: 1852

President: Millard Fillmore

VP: vacant

Date, Event

Feb 16th Studebaker Brothers Wagon Company is formed

Mar 18th Wells Fargo & Company is formed in New York

Mar 20th Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet B. Stowe is published

July 3rd Congress agrees to establish a mint in San Francisco to support economic growth

Nov 2nd Franklin Pierce defeats Winfield Scott for the presidency

California Gold Rush continues (1848-1855)

Cholera & smallpox continue to take their toll on Indians and westward pioneers

California gold production reaches $81.3 million

May 1st Martha "Calamity" Jane (Scout/Frontierswoman)

Jan 6th Louis Braille (Educator/Inventor)

Jun 29th Henry Clay (Orator/Politician)

Oct 24th Daniel Webster (Lawyer/Politician)