1851 in the American Old West

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See also: 1850 in the American Old West, other events of 1851, 1852 in the American Old West and the list of 'years in the American Old West'.

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  • Horace Greeley popularizes the saying "Go West, young man", though the phrase was originally written by Indiana newspaper writer John Soule in the Terre Haute Express in 1851
  • Western Union founded as The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company

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