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Historical Events in July 1832

  • Jul 10 President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US

Source of Mississippi Discovered

Jul 13 Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft

  • Jul 24 Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming's South Pass
  • Jul 25 1st railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Massachusetts, kills 1
  • Jul 26 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo