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The first African-American senator was Republican Hiram Revels, repping this Southern state in 1870 Mississippi $2,000 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 2024-10-16 #9183
The 1783 Treaty of Paris set the western boundary of the new United States in the middle of this river the Mississippi $200 J AMERICAN HISTORY 2022-05-11 #8638
The last state to end prohibition was this "Magnolia State", which adopted a local-option law in 1966 Mississippi $800 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 2016-06-16 #7324
By the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which ended the French & Indian War, Britain got the land east of this river the Mississippi $800 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 2013-06-25 #6637
When Thomas Jefferson took office in March, 1801, this river formed the western U.S. boundary Mississippi $100 J AMERICAN HISTORY 1997-09-08 #2991
The Keokuk Dam, then the world's largest, opened in 1913 across this river the Mississippi DD $1,000 J AMERICAN HISTORY 1996-06-06 #2724
In Pinckney's Treaty of 1795, Spain granted the U.S. the right to navigate this river the Mississippi $500 J AMERICAN HISTORY 1996-02-05 #2636
During an 1832 expedition, Lake Itasca was discovered to be the source of this river the Mississippi $800 DJ U.S. HISTORY 1993-05-20 #2019
This state entered the Union in 1817 with Washington, near Natchez, as its capital Mississippi $400 DJ U.S. HISTORY 1992-02-24 #1731
An earthquake in 1811 at New Madrid, Mo. caused this "Big River" to flow backwards for a time Mississippi $100 J U.S. HISTORY 1988-04-19 #847
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