On Feb. 4, 1846, a year and a half after the deaths of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, the first families left Nauvoo, Illinois ...

On August 10, 1846, the U.S. Senate passed the act organizing the Smithsonian Institution, which was signed into law by President James K. Polk. Congress authorized acceptance of the Smithson bequest ...

The year is 1846, U.S. President James Polk just sent General Zachary Taylor and a number of horse soldiers to Texas to force the claim that the southern border of America is the Rio Grande River.