1858 in the United States
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1830s  1840s  – 1850s –  1860s  1870s
Years:	1855 1856 1857 – 1858 – 1859 1860 1861
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Events from the year 1858 in the United States.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Undated 2 References 3 External links

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• April 19 – Treaty with Yankton Sioux Tribe.^[1]
• May 11 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
• May 19 – The Marais des Cygnes massacre is perpetrated by pro-slavery forces in Bleeding Kansas.
• July – Fifty-Niners stream into the Rocky Mountains of the western United States during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush.
• July 29 – The United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• August 16 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
• August 21 – The first of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 is held.
• November 17 – The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

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• Abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican Party nomination for a seat in the US Senate.

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[edit] External links

• Media related to 1858 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons