Westward
Expansion (many, many many links)
New
Perspectives on THE WEST - a documentary series by PBS.
Includes people in the west,places, journals and documents.
Explorers
and the Westward Movement -
Westward
Expansion - 100 links to many topics. Try this one! LINKS
to MANY MANY TOPICS!!!
the American
West - lots of links
Museum
of Westward Expansion Tour - "Hear" Thomas Jefferson
talks about his many accomplishments, William Clark speaks of
his western expedition with Meriwether Lewis through the wilderness
to the Pacific Ocean, a Buffalo Soldier recounts his struggles
after the Civil War, and an 1846 Overlander woman headed West
tells the story of her adventure.
Westward
Expansion - Many sites: Oregon Trail, Donner Party,
cosboys pioneers, mountain men, Pony Express, the Alamo,
gold rush, Trail of Tears.
Westward
Expansion - 100 links to many topics. Try this one!
LINKS to MANY MANY TOPICS!!!
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Rivers
of Words: Exploring with Lewis & Clarke - Clickable
map of the journey with excerpts from journals and letters.
From the American Memory, Library of Congress Collections.
Journals
of Lewis and Clark - the complete journals, searchable.
California
as I saw it: First Person Narratives - full text and illustrations
of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history
through eyewitness accoutns.
New
Orleans to San Francisco in '49 - Diary of a 10 year old
girl traveling to the goldrush with her family in 1849.
Westward
Ho! - a page of primary sources about traveling west and
the people who went west.
Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog -
History
of the Pony Express
The Pony
Express Home Station
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Links
to Trails West - The Santa Fe trail, Oregon Trail, Cherokee
Trail,Beck Wourth, Nex Pierce and more
Virtual
Trip with Lewis and Clark - Make decisions, decide who should
go on the trip, which routes to take, where to spend the winter....
Lewis
and Clark
the
Oregon Trail - from Independence MO to Oregon.
Emigrant
Road a Visual Journey- Travel the trail, read a diary, includes
photographs of sites along the way, maps, etc.
Discovering Lewis and
Clarke- journals of the expedition, photographs, maps, animated
graphics, moving pictures, and sound files. Excellent site.
Go
West Across America with Lewis and Clarke -sign on for the
virtual trip!
The
Oregon Trail - All about the trail, historical sites, fantastic
facts.
Oregon
Trail History Library - maps and accounts.
Frontier
Trails
Trail
of Tears
Links to Trails
West - The Santa Fe trail, Oregon Trail, Cherokee
Trail,Beck Wourth, Nex Pierce and more
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***California
Gold Rush - Excellent site for students. Includes: How it
started (discovery of gold) camping & housing, cost of living,
coming by sea, the overland trail, on foot, life of a 49-er,
timeline.
Goldrush
Interesting Facts- the "stinky Trail", $100 for a glass
of water and more.
Gunslingers
and Outlaws
Discovery
of Gold by Gen. John A. Sutter
All
about the Gold Rush - discovery, fever, the journey, despair,
clash of cultures.
Gold
Fever: a Virtual Tour
E-tutor
California Goldrush Virtual Lesson
Gold
Rush History - many links, some primary sources.
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Men
and Women of the West- Short bios and pictures.
Women
of the West
Women
of the West II (many links and pictures)
Biographies
Gunslingers
and Outlaws
Nat
Love - a black cowboy
Cowboys
Mountain
Men
More
Biographies
Biography
of Davy Crockett
Buffalo
Soldiers (African-American soldiers)pictures, daily life
Jim
Bowie
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Pioneer
Life - GREAT photos of pioneers from the l860's
Design
a period home interior - choose the furniture, be sure you
choose things needed and not just decorative.
Diaries
of 2 young girls who made the trip west.
Pioneers
- Created by students it tells the story of the pioneers and
their adventures on the trail to their new lives. Includes:
toys, tools, pastimes, dangers, crossing rivers, and cooking.
Geronimo,
His Own Story
Seminole
Tribe of Florida
The
Unconquered Seminole
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Frontier
Transportation
Transcontinental
railroad Photographic History Museum
the
Iron Road (railroad)- difficulties of the work and photos
Transportation
Photos (MANY) and information
Central
Pacific Railroad Photographic Museum - a long name but
an excellent site for photos and information.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
of the American West (1861-1912)
Images
of the American West:photographs and images contained
in the National Archives grouped into various categories related
to life in the Old West.
Cowboy
ClipArt
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Maps
The
Alamo
The
U.S.-Mexican War - maps, pictures, history, documents.
All there is to know about this war.
The
Mexican War
War of
1812 - Lots of great pictures and maps of the war
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