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Pioneers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Alaska's Gold 
 This site has two sections: Alaska's Gold Themes , an overview of the Alaska Gold Rush; and Alaska's Gold Lode , a searchable database of over 3500 "documents and materials associated with the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes selected from the Alaska State Library's Alaska Historical Collections, the Alaska State Archives, and the Alaska State Museum." There is also a Teacher's Guide: Learning with Primary Source Materials . http://www.library.state.ak.us/goldrush/ Topics: Geography, Geology, History, Industries, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Water Last updated Jul 11, 2004 American Experience: The Donner Party
This companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program features a description and transcript of the film, along with links to other books, articles, and Web sites on the Donner Party and the settlement of the West. Includes a map of the group's route and a teacher's guide for related activities and discussion ideas. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/ Topics: United States History Last updated Jan 19, 2004 Black Oral History Collection
Features interviews with "African American pioneers and their descendants throughout Washington [state], Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, from 1972-1974." Topics discussed "include early black settlers, job opportunities, social life and community, living patterns, black churches, and black political involvement from the late 1800s through 1974." Includes sound files and descriptive records. Browsable and searchable. From Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xblackoralhistory.html Topics: Black Resources, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 4, 2006 Daniel Boone Homestead
Website for this historic site in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, where pioneer Daniel Boone was born in 1734. Features a biography of Boone, a chronology of his life, reading suggestions for adults and children, and essays about the Oley Valley region surrounding the site. Also provides an interactive map of the site, visitor information, and an events calendar. http://www.danielboonehomestead.org Topics: Notable People, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jun 4, 2007 The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
This collection of "original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West" features materials on Native Americans, blacks, women, leaders, industry, agriculture, and more. Includes books, periodicals, pamphlets, scientific publications, broadsides, letters, journals, legal documents, financial records, maps, artifacts, and pictorial images -- all from the holdings of the University of Chicago Library and the Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky. From the Library of Congress American Memory Project. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html Topics: Agriculture, Black Resources, Correspondence, Geography, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Water Last updated Feb 4, 2005 George Washington Bush
Articles about George Washington Bush, early Black pioneer and part of the Simmons-Bush party that traveled to the Oregon Territory (where Blacks were not allowed to live at the time) and Washington state in the 1840s. Articles compiled by the City of Tumwater, Washington state, site of Bush's homestead. http://www.ci.tumwater.wa.us/research%20bushTOC.htm Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, United States History Last updated Oct 19, 2005 Homestead National Monument of America
Website for this National Monument in Nebraska dedicated to the impact of the Homestead Act of 1862. Includes a map of homesteading states, and essays on topics such as "exodusters" (African American homesteaders), Abraham Lincoln and the West, and the last homesteader (who filed a claim in 1974). Also includes background about famous homesteaders and their descendants, material on the nature and science of the area, photos, and more. From the National Park Service (NPS). http://www.nps.gov/home/index.htm Topics: United States History Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Household Cyclopedia of General Information
Originally published in 1881, this wonderful book was designed for frontier families who had to do it all with not much help from experts. Want to know how to bud trees, amputate a leg, prepare your beehives for winter, make Lucifers (matches), make black paint from various natural materials (peach pit black is dull)? This is the book for you. Great fun to browse. http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Household_Cyclopedia_of_General_Information/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Home & Housing, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, United States History Last updated Mar 26, 2002 The Interactive Santa Fe Trail (SFT) Homepage
Includes links to maps, pictures, book lists and reviews, online books, travel planning resources, biographies, discussion groups, and other historical information about the Santa Fe Trail. From the Kansas Heritage Group. http://www.kansasheritage.org/research/sft/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 9, 2007 James Pierson Beckwourth, 1798-1866
Jim Beckwourth was an African American pioneer who played an important role in the exploration and settlement of California and the American West. This site gives background information about him and the trail named for him. There are links to other sites related to Beckwourth and his times. Sponsored by Beckwourth Frontier Days, an annual living history celebration in Marysville, CA. http://www.beckwourth.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, United States History Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Museum of the American West
This Los Angeles museum is "devoted to preserving and interpreting the rich history and traditions of the American West." Online exhibits include cowboy skills and crafts, art and artists, Jewish life, Chinese immigrants, the Ortega family, and homesteading. Formerly the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, the site also provides a biography of Gene Autry and his Cowboy Code. http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Notable People, United States History Last updated Apr 27, 2005 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
"The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame [in Fort Worth, Texas,] honors and documents the lives of women who have distinguished themselves while exemplifying the pioneer spirit of the American West." The site includes information and photographs of the nearly 200 honorees in the Hall of Fame. Includes annotated bibliographies on cowgirls, African American women and the American west, horses, artist Bob Wade, and more. Also includes a virtual tour of the museum. http://www.cowgirl.net Topics: Mammals, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Jan 31, 2005 National Quilt Register
"The National Quilt Register is a major initiative of the Pioneer Women's Hut, a museum located ... in southern NSW, Australia. ... It is our policy to collect domestic objects relating to rural families, especially the women and by gathering the stories put these objects in the context of their lives." The online exhibit of dozens of quilts is searchable, and browsable by story theme or quilt style. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/nqr/ Topics: Agriculture, Crafts, History By Place, Regions of the World, United States History Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Northwest of the West: The Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast
A brief, illustrated overview of westward expansion in the Pacific Northwest, including information on settlers and emigrants, the early economy of the region, railroads, pioneer Ezra Meeker, and contemporary merchandising of the frontier experience. A part of The Frontier in American Culture , from the University of Washington Libraries. http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/frontier/local/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 18, 2004 Oregon Trail History Library
Historical information on the Oregon Trail from the time of the British presence in the 1700s through the influx of settlers in the mid-1800s. Includes short biographies of several Black settlers, a diagram of a prairie schooner, maps, historical essays, and a FAQ. Also highlights the cost of provisions, various diseases and treatments, and the role of women on the Oregon Trail. From the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City, Ore. http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/histhome.html Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 21, 2005 Pioneer Association of the State of Washington
Describes this "association of the lineal descendants of the pioneers of Washington Territory, dedicated to the preservation of Family Heritage, and the History of Washington State." Features current and back issues of the group's publication, an events calendar, and membership requirements and application form. Includes a brief history of the association, which was founded in 1895. http://www.wapioneers.org/ Topics: United States History Last updated Feb 8, 2005 Pioneer History to About 1900: Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest
This extensive, searchable site presents brief histories of 19th century churches and Bible colleges in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington state. Period photographs and drawings of the churches, ministers, colleges, and communities are provided as well as maps and aerial photographs of many of the communities as they appeared 100 years ago. From a minister affiliated with the Northwest College of the Bible. http://ncbible.org/nwh/orhistmenu.html Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 15, 2003 Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
A collection of historical materials pertaining to the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin from the 1600s through the early 1900s. Includes first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, and colonial archival documents. Searchable; and browsable by author, subject, and title. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 30, 2004 Texas Ranch House
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "sends a group of modern-day people back to the year 1867. It is the era of western expansion, a time of rounding up and branding free-roaming cattle and taming wild horses." Highlights of the website include diaries and memories of 1867 people and events, "test your true grit" and "stock a chuck wagon" games, and a ranch tour. Includes lesson plans and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ranchhouse/ Topics: United States History Last updated Apr 18, 2006 Today in History: June 7, Daniel Boone
"On June 7, 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first saw the forests and woodlands of present-day Kentucky. The Kentucky Historical Society celebrates June 7 as 'Boone Day.'" This article features information about Boone, photographs, and links to related historical information. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun07.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, United States History Last updated May 25, 2005 Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
A collection of "49 diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. In addition to the diaries, the collection includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations, and 7 published guides for immigrants." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/ Topics: Christianity, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Oct 8, 2002 Washington State Pioneer Life Database
"A collection of writings, diaries, letters, and reminiscences ... that recount the early settlement of Washington, the establishment of homesteads and towns and the hardships faced by many of the early pioneers." Browsable and searchable. Also features an online exhibit entitled "Northwest of the West: the Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast." From University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/pioneerlifeweb/ Topics: United States History Last updated Sep 10, 2003 Wayback: Gold Rush!
Aimed at children, this site offers "information about this fascinating moment in American history, looking at Californios, the Spanish-speaking community that had been in California since the mid-1700s; the various routes Forty-Niners took to reach the gold fields, with mixed success; and the overall history of the Gold Rush." Includes a guide for teachers and parents. From PBS Kids. http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/ Topics: History, United States History Last updated May 24, 2004 Wind River Historical Center
"The Wind River Historical Center and its partner in educational programming, The Lucius Burch Center for Western Tradition, foster understanding and appreciation for the natural history and cultural landscape of the Greater Yellowstone Region." Browse the exhibits and archives for documents, images, and oral histories relating to the native tribes and early settlers in the area. Searchable. This organization is located in Dubois, Wyoming. http://www.windriverhistory.org Topics: Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Dec 1, 2004 Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
A "digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century." From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/subcollections/wipionexpAbout.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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