William Walker, of Yuba County, California, sails from San Francisco, California, along with 45 other soldiers of fortune for Mexico, ostensibly for the purpose of halting Apache indigenous American raids into California.

       NOTE: Congress did not support this venture.

       [restored 2/11/2022]

Subsequent Events:

Authority:

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 143.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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