[Transcontinental Railroad] [Native Americans] [People of the Old West] [Homestead Act] [Gold Rush] [General Resources]

Transcontinental Railroad

• California Railroad Museum - building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad - driving the last spike
• Theodore Judah - builder of the Pacific Railroad
• Railroad Museum - Big Four
• Railroad Museum - rail workers
• The Iron Road - descriptions about building the railroad

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Native Americans

• Sayings of Chief Joseph - selected statements and speeches by the Nez Percé Chief
• Geronimo - his own story
• Native Americans - PBS Online presents the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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People of the Old West

• Wild, Wild West's Favorite Links - great for job descriptions of the "Old West"
• Fur Trade in the Indian Territory - life of a fur trader
• Trade List of John McKnight - materials needed for trade venture
• Frank Mayer- the Buffalo Harvest - describes the life of a buffalo hunter
• The Concord Review: Sample Essays - life of a Mormon
• A Memior of the California Gold Rush - life of a '49er
• Women on the Overland Journey - women '49ers
• Imogene Glover on farming - an audio account (click here to download RealAudio Player)
• Mountain Men and the Fur Trade - online research center devoted to the history, traditions, tools, and mode of living of the trappers, explorers, and traders known as the Mountain Men
• Discoverers and Explorers - fur trappers
• Kit Carson - fur trapper
• Peter Skene Ogden's Snake County Journals - Peter Skene Ogden was a chief trader with the Hudson's Bay Company
• Sam Bass - outlaw
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - outlaws
• Harvey Logan, aka Kid Curry - outlaw
• Origins of the Pony Express - life of a rider
• The Fur Trade

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Homestead Act

• Land in Her Own Name - women homesteaders
• Imogene Glover on homesteading, an audio account (lick here to download RealAudio Player)
• Riverton History Page
• A Brief Explanation of Homesteading

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Gold Rush

• Gold Rush Stories of Women Pioneers - pioneer life
• All About the Gold Rush - comprehensive guide to the epic quest for gold by PBS
• Women and the Gold Rush - women of the California Gold Rush
• A Memior of the California Gold Rush - life of a '49er
• Coeur D'Alene Mining Company

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General Resources

• Westward Expansion
• History of the West

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