1852 in the American Old West

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See also: 1851 in the American Old West, other events of 1852, 1853 in the American Old West and the list of 'years in the American Old West'.

[edit] Events

• March 18 - Wells Fargo company founded to provide express and banking services to California
• March 20 - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe published
• November 2 - Franklin Pierce elected president

[edit] Births

• May 1 - Calamity Jane, frontierswoman (d. 1903)
• July 19 - Commodore Perry Owens, lawman and gunfighter (d. 1919)

[edit] Deaths

• June 29 - Henry Clay, US statesman and senator, key figure in Compromise of 1850