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PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
The Avalon Project : 19th Century Documents
Chronological List of Primary Documents at the Library of Congress
The Avalon Project : Louisiana Purchase; 1803 and Associated Documents
The Avalon Project : Louisiana Purchase Treaty; April 30,1803
War of 1812 and Associated Documents
The Avalon Project : Monroe Doctrine 1823
The Avalon Project : Kansas - Nebraska Act 1854
The Avalon Project : British-American Diplomacy
The Avalon Project : Spanish-American Diplomacy
The Avalon Project : Franco-American Diplomacy 1778 - 1843
The Avalon Project : German-American Diplomacy
The Avalon Project : Mexican-American Diplomacy
Documents of the U.S.-Mexican War
The Avalon Project : Statutes of the United States Concerning Native Americans
Oneida Nation Treaties Project
Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans
Relations Between The United States & Native Americans
INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Writings of Thomas Jefferson
The Homestead Act of 1862
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
Dawes Act, 1887
The Overland Trail Diaries
Overland Trails Documents, 1843-1860
PBS - THE WEST - Archives
Words and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents
Documents from the LOC on Women's Rights
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1848-1920
By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy Prior to 1898
Democracy in America
Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress Reaffriming Principles of the Monroe Doctrine
Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth
Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier In American History - the "Father of Western History" - complete text! For a specific chapter, check Turner: Table of Contents
A Literary History of the American West
The Nineteenth Century in Print: the Making of America in Periodicals
1805 New England Primer Contents
1807 New England Primer Contents
More Documents are listed below that relate to each topic. Also, check out my main General U.S.A. History. For Civil War documents, check out my Civil War Primary Documents
webpage.
TIMELINES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
19th Century American Culture Kingwood College Library
SECTIONAL ISSUES 1815-1860
1815-1841: The Age of Jackson and Ante-Bellum Reform Timeline
1845-1916: Gilded Age: From Frontier to Factory Timeline
1854 - 1919: Imperialism and World War I Timeline
1869 - 1921: Populism and Progressivism Timeline
TIMELINE: Events in the West: Prehistory - 1917
Historical Timeline of Transcontinental Railroads
For many more timelines, check out each topic below or visit the timeline section on my General U.S.A. History page.
MAPS & IMAGES
**** Historical Maps of the United States
OUTLINE MAPS: HISTORICAL U.S.
MAP: Early Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, & Linguistic Stocks - West U.S.
MAPS: Exploring the West from Monticello: Columbus to Lewis & Clark
MAP: Trails and Territories Index
MAP: Texas Cattle Trails
MAP: Settlement of the United States by 1800 & 1900 (from Reisenett: Historical Maps of the United States)
U.S. Census Maps 1790-1930
Timemap - US Borders
Historical Graphics - Political Cartoons Photographs and Advertising
History of the 19th Century in Political Cartoons
Political Cartoons and Cartoonists
Image Gallery
Paintings of George Catlin
Railroad Maps Collection
TreasureNet Historical Image Collection
Settling the Land
Farming the Land
Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian
Clip art links to Western and Native American graphics
For still more maps and images, check out each topic below or visit the Map section on my General U.S.A. History page. Civil War maps available on my Civil War Maps
webpage.
DIPLOMACY IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The Avalon Project : American Diplomacy - 1778 to the Present
U.S. Diplomatic History - On the Road to Empire
1801-1829: Jeffersonian Diplomacy
1830-1860: Diplomacy of Westward Expansion
1866-1913: Diplomacy and the Rise to Global Power
JEFFERSONIAN
AMERICA
OUTLINE: Jeffersonian Era
COMPLETING THE REVOLUTION
Jefferson's First Inaugural - 1801
Jefferson's America, 1800-1840
Thomas Jefferson Online
Jefferson to Jackson
Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson
1801-1829: Jeffersonian Diplomacy
Jefferson and the Barbary War
AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY: The Formative Years, 1783-1812
U.S. Military History: Early National Era
The Avalon Project: Louisiana Purchase; 1803 and Associated Documents
AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH
For more, check out the Jefferson links on my From Colonies to Revolution and Presidents
webpages.
THE MARSHALL COURT - MARBURY
v. MADISON, McCULLOCH v. MARYLAND
OUTLINE: The Legacy of the Marshall Court (1801-1835)
John Marshall Essay
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Marbury v. Madison, Landmark Supreme Court Cases
McCulloch v. Maryland, Landmark Supreme Court Cases
For more, check out the Supreme Court links on my U.S. Government page.
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
MAP: Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase; 1803 and Associated Documents
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase Treaty
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
LEWIS AND CLARK
PBS Online - Lewis and Clark
TIMELINE: Lewis & Clark
MAP: Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Trailblazing America - Great site on Lewis and Clark!
lewis and clark expedition
PLANNING THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (National Park Service)
Lewis and Clark @ nationalgeographic.com
Lewis and Clark's Historic Trail
Lewis and Clark Trail - Re-live the Adventure of the Corps of Discovery
Discovering Lewis and Clark
The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
Lewis & Clark Internet Archive
Sacagawea
LCArchive.org: Featured Sites
Lewis and Clark Education Center
Lewis & Clark's Expedition - Curriculum Ideas & Education Resources
Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America (Library of Congress)
The Legacy Grows: Lewis and Clark's Expedition
The Discovery Continues | The University of Montana
Lewis & Clark Rediscovery Project
ALEXANDER HAMILTON VS. JEFFERSON - & HIS DUEL WITH AARON BURR
Hamilton vs. Jefferson
The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton
The American Experience | The Duel
The American Experience | The Duel | Dueling, American Style
Aaron Burr
USA: Aaron Burr Jr
For more on Hamilton, check out the section on the NEW NATION on my From Colonies to Revolution page.
THE JAMES MADISON
YEARS & THE WAR OF 1812
James Madison's War Message to Congress, 1812
Mr. Madison's War
Chronology of the War of 1812
MAPS: War of 1812
OUTLINE: War of 1812
CHART: Key Events & Causes: War of 1812
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: War of 1812
THE WAR OF 1812
War of 1812 Website
Origins of War of 1812
Fort McHenry - For more on the history of the "Star Spangled Banner", please visit my General U.S.A. History page.
Major Battles of the War of 1812 in the U.S.
American Military History: The War of 1812
War of 1812 - 1814
War of 1812
NAMED CAMPAIGNS - WAR OF 1812
Tecumseh: His Role in the Cause and Conduct of the War of 1812
Women in War of 1812
Free Men of Colour and Choctaw Indian Volunteers at New Orleans, 1814
Treaty of Ghent; 1814
War of 1812 - Suggested Further Readings
For more on Madison, check out my Presidents
webpage.
"OLD IRONSIDES"
The oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy!
USS CONSTITUTION: "Old Ironsides" Official Website
USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides"
Navy Fact File: USS Constitution
THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS & THE MONROE DOCTRINE - HANDS OFF AMERICA!!!
JAMES MONROE: The Era of Good Feelings
Why the Monroe Doctrine?
Latin America and the Monroe Doctrine
The Avalon Project: Monroe Doctrine 1823
Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress
Reaffirming Principles of the Monroe Doctrine
For more info, check out the sites on James Monroe on my Presidents page.
THE JACKSONIAN ERA
TIMELINE: Jackson Era
OUTLINE: Jacksonian Era
MAP: 1830 U.S. Territory
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
USA: A biography of Andrew Jackson 1767 - 1845
The Cherokee Trail of Tears - 1838-1839 - The Trail of Tears - Cherokee Indians forcibly removed from North Georgia - Land Cessions of American Indians in Georgia - For more on the Trail of Tears, check out my Native Americans page.
JACKSON COMES TO POWER: THE ELECTION OF 1828
The Age of Jacksonian Democracy
Jacksonian America (Andrew Jackson on the Web)
"Tales of the Early Republic"
Readings in Jacksonian America
Jacksonian Miscellanies
Social Changes in Jackson Era U.S.A.
United States Geography in the Early Republic
Brief Biographies of Jackson Era Characters
Educational Institutions in the Early Republic
Jefferson to Jackson
Jacksonian Democracy Essay
Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message
ANDREW JACKSON ON NULLIFICATION - For other events leading to the Civil War, check out my Civil War
webpage.
For more, check out the Andrew Jackson section on my Presidents page.
RELIGION IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA
& THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING
The Nineteenth Century - Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
Nineteenth Century - Evangelicalism, Revivalism, and the Second Great Awakening
Rise of Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism as a Social Movement
Religion in the Civil War: The Northern Side - For more on how religion impacted the Civil War, check out my Civil War
webpage.
Mormonism and the American Mainstream
The American Jewish Experience through the Nineteenth Century
Roman Catholics and Immigration in Nineteenth-Century America
African-American Religion in the Nineteenth Century, Part II
Dod on Finney Part One
Historical Notes on Individual Churches in the Early Republic
For more on the history of Religion in the United States, check out my General U.S.A. History page.
ALEXIS
DE TOCQUEVILLE: A Frenchman's Impressions of American Democracy
In Search of Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Democracy in America
Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville - the complete text!
SPAIN OUT OF AMERICA
Independence in Spanish America, 1808-1826
For more info, check out my Texas History page.
MEXICAN - AMERICAN WAR
Invasión Yanqui: The Mexican War
MAPS: Mexican War
CHART: Mexican-American War Events
POLITICAL CARTOONS: The Mexican War and Slavery
The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) - PBS
The U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848
Frequently Asked Questions About the U.S.-Mexican War
Tyler, Polk, and War with Mexico
The U.S.- Mexican War: Statistics
Documents of the U.S.-Mexican War
THE MEXICAN WAR AND AFTER
Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Mexican War
Our Documents - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
The History Guy: The Mexican-American War
Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War
Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
Women in the Mexican American War
A Mexican Viewpoint on the War With the United States: An Overview
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo(February 2, 1848)
SECTIONALISM & THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR
OUTLINE: Sectionalism & National Growth
OUTLINE: Reform, Manifest Destiny, Sectionalism, Civil War and Reconstruction
SECTIONAL ISSUES 1815-1860
Sectional Conflict
Ways of Life North and South
Reform, Expansion and War
Ante-Bellum America, 1840-1860
Ferment of the 1850's
African American Journey: Missouri Compromise of 1820
MANIFEST DESTINY: AN EMPIRE FOR LIBERTY--OR SLAVERY?
THE MARKET REVOLUTION, 1815-1860
THE GATHERING TEMPEST, 1853-1860
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina’s Protest Against the Tariff of 1828
ANDREW JACKSON ON NULLIFICATION
Henry Clay
Henry Clay and the Supreme Court
Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington, KY
Daniel Webster - Defender of the Constitution
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 - Break up of Texas (includes Maps)
Daniel Webster's notes for his speech to the United States Senate favoring the Compromise
John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun in the U.S. Capitol
John C. Calhoun, "Slavery a Positive Good," 6 February 1837
John C. Calhoun's speech to the United States Senate against the Compromise
DANIEL WEBSTER: Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable
Stephen Douglas's Compromise of 1850 Speech
The United States in the 1840s: EXPANSION AND MANIFEST DESTINY
APPROACH TO WAR: AMERICA IN THE 1850s
For much, much more - visit my Civil War & Slavery & Abolition
webpages!
"GO WEST YOUNG MAN!"
Although this famous quote has been associated with Horace Greeley, he did not originate it. The saying was actually "coined" by an Indiana newspaperman named John Soule in 1851. Later, Greeley re-printed Soule's entire article so he would receive the credit he deserved.
MANIFEST DESTINY
OUTLINE:
Expansionism & Manifest Destiny
Coining the
Phrase "Manifest Destiny"
USA: Index on
Manifest Destiny
Manifest
Destiny, Westward Movement, Civil War
Manifest
Destiny Introduction Page
The
United States in the 1840s: EXPANSION AND MANIFEST DESTINY
John L.
O'Sullivan on Manifest Destiny, 1839
Which
"Old West" and Whose?
PBS - THE
WEST - Empire Upon the Trails
Westward Expansion
and Regional Differences
The
Making of The United States: Westward Expansion 1783 to 1890 - Empire?
THE
FUR TRADE
TIMELINE: A Brief History of the Fur Trade
MOUNTAIN MEN AND THE FUR TRADE
Descriptions of Mountain Men
The Fur Trade Learning Centre
Effects of the Fur Trade on American Indians
FUR TRADE: The Indian an indispensable partner
Canoes
The Canoe: portraits of the great fur trade canoes
The Fur Trading Posts
The Beaver Fur Hat
Women in the Fur Trade
Speaking the language of the fur trade
The Chinook Trade Jargon - Introduction
White Oak Society - Deer River, Minnesota
White Oak Fur Post - Links
Library of Fur Trade Historical Source Documents
Introduction to Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper
Mountain Men Links
Did you know? A ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallon.
ON
THE TRAIL - OREGON, MORMON, OVERLAND, & SANTA FE TRAILS - PIONEER LIFE -
HOMESTEADING
TIMELINE: Oregon Trail, 1841-1866
MAP: Oregon Trail
MAP (clickable): Overland Trail--Map of Julesburg to Ft.Bridger
MAP: Old Spanish Trail, 1846
MAP: Settlement of the United States by 1810 - by 1850 - by 1900
MAP: Westward Expansion 1815-1845 - 1835-1850 - 1850-1890
MAPS: California and Oregon, 1846 - 1876
MAP: Native American Western Reservations, 1875
Timemap - US Borders
Overland Trails Documents, 1843-1860
Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail History Library - Main Menu
Oregon Trail FAQ
Welcome to the End of the Oregon Trail
The Official Web Site of the National Oregon/California Trail Center
Oregon-California Trails Association
The Oregon Trail Home page
The Oregon Trail in Western Nebraska
Kansas Historic Trails, Old West Kansas KS - Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail History: Historic Trails: Old West Kansas
Fantastic, Funny, & Weird Facts about the Oregon-Trail
The Overland Trail
OCTA -- Emigrants
OCTA -- Trail Medicine
OCTA -- Stories from the Trails
OCTA -- Trail Facts
OCTA -- Trail Graves
OCTA -- Site Marking
Wagon Train
Wagon Trains - 1843 Wagon Train Pioneers
Information about Wagon Trains
Oregon Pioneers
Across the Plains in '64 - alternate site with part 2.
Emigrant Diaries and Journals
Census of Overland Emigrant Documents
The Overland Trail - Links to Western Trails
PIONEER TRAILS FROM U. S. LAND SURVEYS by Morris Werner
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Home Page
Heritage Gateways: Mormon Trail Wagon Trek
Mormonism and the American Mainstream
Pioneer Arizona Living History Museum
Pioneer Life
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
The West and Pioneers
A history of the NW Coast
"The
Santa Fe Trail Center Larned, Kansas"
The Santa Fe Trail Research
Site
The Interactive Santa Fe
Trail (SFT) Homepage
PEOPLE OF COLOR ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER
Timeline of Black History in the Pacific Northwest
Biographical Sketches of Black Pioneers and Settlers in the Northwest
Orphan Trains of Kansas
Indian Raids in Lincoln County Kansas main page
Pioneers/Westward Expansion
Women Pioneers-Westward, Learning Page
Women in Westward Expansion
They Called Them the Mercer Girls: Washington Territory's Cargo of Mail Order Brides - part 2.
THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL
American West - Frontier Trails
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
The Open Range and New Land Openings
There are no Renters Here: Homesteading in a Sod House
Websteader: Pioneer Sod Houses, c.1880 - 2003
Prairie Homestead and the Badlands Trading Post - Philip, South Dakota
Prairie Settlement (American Memory, Library of Congress)
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs
A Prairie Childhood (in
.pdf format)
Etext of The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman, Jr.
Land and agriculture data for 113 reservations, agencies, and tribal units
Comparing Allotment and Homesteading, 1900-1915
PBS - Frontier House
Sun River Homestead | PBS
Little House in the Census: Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder
PBS ONLINE: DEATH OF THE DREAM
Frederick Jackson Turner, "Significance of the Frontier"
Turner: The Frontier In American History
THE
DONNER PARTY
The American Experience/The Donner Party
MAP: The Donner Party/Route to Hell
The Donner Party - alternate site.
Education First: Donner Online
New Light on the Donner Party
CAVALRY,
FORTS, BISON (BUFFALO) & NATIVE AMERICANS
Indian Stories: How Native Americans Saw Their World Disappear
American West - Great site for info on tribes, etc.
MAP: Native American Western Reservations, 1875
Native American Documents Project
The Blackhawk War, 1831-1832
Indian Removal Act
The Cherokee Trail of Tears - 1838-1839
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears-North Georgia History
Indians and Indian Battles
Indian Raids in Lincoln County Kansas main page
Battles of the Indian War Period
Indian Wars
More on the Indian Wars
NAMED CAMPAIGNS - INDIAN WARS
National Indian Wars Association
Indian Weapons - Scalping
The Plains Indians
The Dakota Conflict Trials of 1862
Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Chief Red Cloud on Indian Rights
Chiefs & Other Important Native Americans
The Story of the Battle of the Washita
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Homepage
Tribes - AOL SITE, but VERY GOOD
Frontier Army
Everyday Life at a Frontier Fort
HISTORIC FORTS
Texas Frontier Forts
Portraits in Black-The Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers & the Western Frontier
The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier
The Buffalo Soldiers
The U.S. Camel Corps
THE US ARMY CAMEL CORPS
The Army's bold experiment with the U.S. Camel Corps
INDIAN WAR PERIOD MEDALS OF HONOR
INTERIM AWARDS OF MEDAL OF HONOR 1866-1870
Indian Wars Journal
PBS - THE WEST - Fight No More Forever - Native Americans
Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian
Buffalo Tales: The Near-Extermination of the American Bison, Native Americans
Bison or Buffalo & Native Americans- Buffalo Field Campaign
Native Americans and the Buffalo
Native American, the White Buffalo
Buffalo of South Dakota
Sites on specific tribes or events can be found on my Native
Americans page. For events surrounding the exploration of the "New
World" beginning with Columbus, please visit my From
Colonies to Revolution page.
CUSTER
& THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN
Did you know? Custer was the youngest General in US history, he was
promoted at the age of 23.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876
Custer's Last Stand, 1876, Dead and Wounded
George Custer: Little Big Horn Associates, Inc.
The General George A.Custer
PBS - THE WEST - Yellow Hair
"Comanche" - Army Horse - only U.S. Army survivor
MORSE
CODE
Samuel F. B. Morse
Morse Code and the Phonetic Alphabets
THE
PONY EXPRESS
Pony Express
Poetry of The Pony Express
American West - Pony Express Information
Pony Express Home Station
WAGONS,
STAGES, TRANSPORTATION
Road Through the Wilderness
prairie schooner
Conestoga wagon
Prairie schooner designed to ford streams, negotiate mountain trails
Prairie Schooners
Wagons
The Concord Coach: Picture
STAGE TRAVEL IN AMERICA
THE OVERLAND STAGE
The Overland Trail: The Concord Coach Page
The Concord Coach/Wagons
Adventures of Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Art Gallery
Western Stagecoach Travel
Stagecoach Pony Express Stage Coach Pony Express Rider
Mule Skinners and Freight Wagons
Stagecoach Drivers Shotgun Guards
Wheelwrights
Abbott Downing Company
Batteaux and 'Battoe Men'
Canoes
Transcontinental Railroad - Driving the Last Spike
Transcontinental Railroad Pictures and Exhibits - History - Photography
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
CHINESE-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
The Great Train Robbery of 1870, the first train robbery.
Train Robbery, 1899
Railroads West!
Railroad History below in its own section!
CATTLE, RANCHING, HORSES, ETC.
MAP: Texas Cattle Trails
MAP: Three major cattle trails
TIMELINE: History of the Longhorn Breed
Glossary of Ranching Terms
Cattle Drives
Chisholm Trail History
Along the Chisholm Trail
The Chisholm Trail Cowboy Tales
The Chisholm Trail (FAQ)
Chisholm Trail | Home
Chisholm Trail Collection
Cattlemen and Cowboys
Texas Longhorn Country:: History of Longhorn cattle
RANCHING IN SPANISH TEXAS
People in THE WEST - Charles Goodnight
Oliver Loving and the Goodnight-Loving Trail, Trail Drives of the Old West
Chronological History of Humans and Their Relationship With the Horse
NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE HORSE
INDIANS AND HORSES AT WAR
ARTIST GEORGE CATLIN'S OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE HORSE
HorseWeb Links
Anti-Horse Thief Assc.
Cattle Rustler
Famous Horses
List of Horse Links
Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire History
Barbed Wire Images
Don't Fence Me In - Table of Contents
Glidden's Patent for Barbed Wire
Devil's Rope Barbed Wire Museum Homepage
Famous Cows
Cattle: Brands and Branding
The History of Cattle Brands
Around the Campfire - Cattle Brands
Stonewall (TX) County Brands
Soza Family Cattle Brands (Arizona)
Cattle Brands
For more, visit the Wild West section on my Texas
History page.
COWBOYS
& COWGIRLS
History of The Cowboy Hat Main Page
Buckaroos: Views of a Western Way of Life
PBS - THE WEST - Cowboys
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame - Home Page
Cowgals Home On The Web!
The Texas Cowboy Gazette, History of the Texas Cowboy
The Texas Cowboy; Poetry
Cowboy Songs
Home on the Range: Richard Phillips
Trials of the Trail: African-American Cowboy Will Crittendon
The Cowboy and the City
Cowboy Myths
Introduction to Cowboys
American Cowboys
WESTERN - COWBOYS & Dude Larsen Postcards - Walt's Postcards
Politics Made Simple: Government & Religion Cow Analogy - a little bit of humor!
For more, visit the Wild West section on my Texas
History page.
THERE'S
GOLD IN THEM THAR' HILLS!!!
The Gold Rush
The American Experience for Kids | WayBack - Gold Rush
The California Gold Country: Introduction
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush: Fun facts
PBS - THE WEST - The Day of Forty-nine
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories, Oakland Museum of California.
Sutter's Mill and the California Gold Rush
Teaching The California Gold Rush
Gold Rush and Anti-Chinese Race Hatred - 1849
Women in the Gold Rush
Silver & Gold: Cased images of the California Gold Rush at Oakland Museum of Ca
Hard Drive to the Klondike: Promoting Seattle During the Gold Rush
As Precious as Gold, the Alaska/Klondike Gold Rush
The American Experience/Gold Fever in the Klondike
40 Gold Rush Town Links
THE
CHINESE IN AMERICA
TIMELINE: Chinese American History
Chinese Immigration to the United States
Documents on Anti-Chinese Immigration Policy
CHINESE-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
Gold Rush and Anti-Chinese Race Hatred - 1849
Chinese Immigration to San Francisco - 1874
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
Chinese Exclusion
San Francisco History by Subject - Great site, just scroll down to section on "Chinese"
OLD
WEST GHOST TOWNS
The Ghost Town Site
Ghost Towns and History of the American Old West,Ghost towns indexed by state
Texas Ghost Towns
Steins - a railroad ghost town near Lordsburg, New Mexico - one of my favorite places to visit!
Texas ghosts - haunted towns, hotels, depots, memories and pasts.
GHOSTS OF THE PRAIRIE: AMERICAN GHOSTS & HAUNTINGS
Old West Gravesites - Main Page
Grave Locations of the Old West
WesternOutlaw.com - Gravesites
GOOD
GUYS VS. BAD GUYS: GUNSLINGERS, THE LAW, & OTHER COLORFUL PEOPLE OF THE WEST
PBS - THE WEST - People Index
Cowboy.com Historical Personalities - just type a name in the search box.
IMAGES - The Law of the West
Gunslingers and Outlaws
FrontierTimes - Outlaws, Gunfighters-Gunslingers and Lawmen of the Wild West
John Charles Fremont - a brief biography
Henry Nash Smith: Daniel Boone
The Adventures of Daniel Boone
Frontier Justice
A TOMBSTONE ONLINE TOUR
Tombstone Arizona history from the legendary Clanton Ranch
The Gunfighter Zone
AmericanWest - "DOC" HOLLIDAY - Doc Holliday - Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait
Gunfight At The OK Corral - Tombstone
Stagecoach Mary
Wild Bill Hickok
HistoryBuff.com -- The Murder of "Wild Bill" Hickok
Kansas Gunfighters
Welcome to Old West Gunslingers of Montana
The Lady Outlaw's Hideout
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Links
The Last Days of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Wild Bunch History
Billy The Kid Links
“A Well-Mannered Bandit and a Killer”: Little Berta Ballard Remembers Billy the Kid
CALAMITY JANE
Calamity Jane biography
Annie Oakley
Oklahombres: The Study of Oklahoma Lawman and Outlaw History
History of Deadwood
Allan Pinkerton and His Detective Agency: "We Never Sleep" by Joseph Geringer
Old West Gravesites - Main Page - tombstones of gunfighters, outlaws, & lawmen
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE; REWARD POSTERS OF OLD WEST DESPERADOS
Old West Cowboy Store - Wanted Posters
The Old West History & Gunfighter Polls
Outlaws - Gunmen - Lawmen - Stories and facts of the old west
The Gunfighter's Favorite Links
Buffalo Bill and Native Americans
Buffalo Bill Cody - BUFFALO BILL - Buffalo Bill History - Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave Golden Colorado - Buffalo Bill and William Cody - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show - In Search of Buffalo Bill Cody
FIRE
ARMS
A Guide To Period Firearms and Their Use
Guns Firearms and Ammunition History
Samuel Colt Invents the Revolver - Colt Revolver - History of the Colt Revolver
EMF Company, Source of Authentic Cowboy Action Firearm Reproductions
Cas City - Cowboy Action Shooting Worldwide
IMAGES
OF THE WEST
The Photography Collection: Western USA
PBS - THE WEST - Archives
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Settling the Land - Farming the Land
TreasureNet Historical Image Collection
Guide to Illustrations: Excerpts from 'Marvels of the New West'.
Images of the American West - The Law of the West
Photos of Bison taken by Galen R. Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Old West Gravesites - Main Page
Image Database--Northern Arizona University Special Collections
Clip art links to Western and Native American graphics
Pictures available at most sites on this page.
"THE
WEST IS NOW CLOSED"(1890 U.S. Census)
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER - THE "FATHER" OF WESTERN HISTORY
Frederick Jackson Turner, "Significance of the Frontier"
Turner: The Frontier In American History - Complete text!!!
For a specific chapter, check Turner: Table of Contents
More
Sites on the WILD WEST
More Western Sites are available on my TEXAS
HISTORY page. And specific sites on Native Americans can be found on my Native
Americans page.
***** New Perspectives on THE WEST - MAIN MENU
TIMELINE: Events in the West: Prehistory - 1917
MAP: Trails and Territories Index
MAPS: Western States Index - for more state history, check out my 50 states
webpage.
OUTLINE: The Frontier West
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS & PICTURES: THE WEST - Archives
PBS - THE WEST - People Index
American Economic Growth: Movement South and Westward
American West
Search the West
Which "Old West" and Whose?
The Old West
The American West, 1865 - 1900
The West in the Gilded Age
WestWeb: Western History Resource
Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth
The Wild, Wild West
Jim Janke's Old West
Old West Gravesites - Main Page
Texas and War with Mexico - Much more on my Texas History
webpage.
GhostRiders Stunt Co. reenactors of Old West and American Frontier History.
FRBSF Currency Exhibit: Westward Expansion Currency
MISSION ARCHITECTURE - More on the Spanish missions can be found on my From Colonies to Revolution and Texas History pages.
The Autry Museum of Western Heritage
San Francisco History by Subject & Index to San Francisco History by Subject
Frontier Heritage Alliance: historical resources
A Literary History of the American West
Literary History of the American West - Across the Wide Missouri
History Online
Chronicle of the Old West/Old West Newspaper
The Pig War: How a pig almost changed American history
History of Wyandotte County, Kansas and its People
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Combined 1912
Conner Prairie Living History Museum
Frontier Times - Cattle, Brands, etc.
American West - Swedish Emigration to America
Civil War in the West & PBS - THE WEST - Civil War in the West - For more, visit my Civil War
webpage.
Jews in the Wild West
Women Pioneers in American Memory
CowboyPal, Home of the Silver Screen Cowboys - The Old West on TV and in the movies!
Virgin Land: The American West As Symbol and Myth, by Henry Nash Smith
Myth of the American Frontier, 1783-1900
Women of the West Museum
Save Our History - Frontier Homes Game
The Freeman School: Building Prairie Communities
Contents: Excerpts from 'Marvels of the New West'.
The Weekly South Dakotan
Multicultural American West
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
GENERAL SITES
OUTLINE: American Industrialization
OUTLINE: Industrial Revolution and Reform
TIMELINE: From Frontier to Factory 1845-1916
Industrial Revolution Highlights
The Industrial Revolution
More Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution - Impact
The Two Countries That Invented The Industrial Revolution
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Industrial Revolution
Rise of Industrial America Overview
The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Families
Industrial US
AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH
THE MARKET REVOLUTION, 1815-1860
Industrial Revolution Sites
Industrial Revolution - America and the Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution and 19th century links
The Second Industrial Revolution
Progress and Poverty
Resources - Nationalism, Industrialism, Imperialism
BBC - History - Industrialisation
19TH CENTURY INVENTION & SCIENCE
