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West
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 200 Years, 200 Books: A Lewis and Clark Expedition Bibliography in Honor of the Bicentennial: The Corps 33 
 This bibliography presents books about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Part of a project to describe the 200 most important books about the journey, the title refers to the 33 members of the Corps of Discovery (the Expedition's official name) who made the journey to the Pacific and back. From the Washington State Library, the Washington Lewis and Clark Trail Committee, and the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. Opens directly into a PDF file. http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/pdf/corps33.pdf Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, United States History, Washington State: History, Washington State: Librarianship Last updated Mar 2, 2005 Adams Museum & House
"The Adams Museum in Deadwood is the oldest history museum in the Black Hills of South Dakota." The site features images and information about "Deadwood's infamous past" and some of the colorful characters who lived there, such as Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Deadwood Dick. Also includes information about museum exhibits and programs. http://adamsmuseumandhouse.org/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 27, 2005 The Adventure of Wells Fargo
A collection of "stories taken from the historical archives of Wells Fargo that let you discover life as it was on the Western Frontier." Includes vignettes about stagecoach drivers, traveling conditions and etiquette, the bank's business relationship with Chinese communities, the meeting of Henry Wells and William Fargo, and more. https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/history/adventure/ Topics: Business, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, United States History Last updated Sep 25, 2008 The American West
This site covers the "history and development of the American West, from the Frontier and Pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West." It includes information and links about: westward expansion; trails; cowboys; Native Americans including Sitting Bull; pioneers; trappers; scouts; gunslingers and outlaws: Doc Holliday, Kit Carson, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickock, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Buffalo Bill; ghost towns: Dodge City, Tombstone, O.K. Corral, Virginia City; "and anything of interest or of significance west of the Mississippi River." http://www.americanwest.com/index2.htm Topics: Communities & Groups, Discover New Trails at LII, United States History Last updated Jun 21, 2000 Discovering Lewis and Clark™
Provides extensive coverage of the events and natural history of the expedition. With over 1400 pages and monthly updates, the site contains selections from the expedition journals, photographs, maps, graphics, and sound. Searchable. Content centers on a synopsis of the expedition by history professor Harry Fritz, of the University of Montana, Missoula. http://www.lewis-clark.org/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Feb 23, 2003 Heading West, Touring West
This site is based on two New York Public Library exhibitions. The first "traces the evolution from an imagined to a defined and mapped American West. Through impressions of the West in maps from 1540 to 1900, the website presents an overview of the mapping process, which continues today." The second "celebrates the [19th century] creators, promoters, and performers of professional theater, music, and dance who toured the American continent." http://www.nypl.org/west/ Topics: Geography, Maps, Performing Arts, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated Mar 15, 2004 History of the American West, 1860-1920
"Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the ... Denver Public Library ... illustrate Colorado towns and landscape, document the place of mining in the history of Colorado and the West, and show the lives of Native Americans." The site features special presentations on Native American women, Denver, and World War II troops, as well as thousands of photos browsable by photographer, place, or topic. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html Topics: Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated May 18, 2004 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: Discover New Trails at LII, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 9, 2007 Jewish Life in the American West: Generation to Generation
This exhibit "explores the history and adventure of Jews in the American West from early exploration along the Santa Fe Trail in the 1820s through decades of immigration and settlement in Western cities and towns." This site also includes a dreidel game, brief biographies of prominent western Jews, classroom activities, and other educational resources. From the Autry Museum of Western Heritage. http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/jewish_life/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Emigration & Immigration, History, Judaism, Society & Social Science, United States History Last updated Aug 31, 2006 Legends of America
This western U.S. "travel site for the nostalgic and historic minded" features illustrated essays on topics such as American history, ghost towns, historic people, roadside attractions, and Route 66. Includes articles (many of them historic) on subjects such as Native Americans (such as Cochise and Sitting Bull), women (such as Ida B. Wells and Calamity Jane), explorers (such as John C. "Grizzly" Adams), the American cowboy, railroad building, and more. Includes links to related sites. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 23, 2007 Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration, 1507-1814
This exhibit of history, maps, and navigational instruments "examines the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the cartographic tradition that made the expedition possible." Includes maps of the emerging view of the new continent of North America, French cartographic contributions, and those "made to western exploration by the Virginia gentry." A bibliography and related links are available. From the University of Virginia. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/lewis_clark/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, Maps, U.S. Maps, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Nov 11, 2004 Lewis & Clark Bicentennial: 1804 - 2004
An extensive list of Web links about the Lewis & Clark expedition, the Louisiana Purchase, historical sources, Sacagawea, and places named after Lewis & Clark. From Carlos A. Diaz, Government Documents Specialist for the Daniel J. Evans Library at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington state. http://govdocs.evergreen.edu/hotopics/lewis-clark/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, Holidays and Observances Individually, United States History, Washington State: History, Washington State: History By Place Last updated May 26, 2008 Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West
A cooperative project of several organizations, this site provides access to Lewis and Clark maps, with related activities and lesson plans. http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, Lesson Plans, Maps, U.S. Maps, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Jan 11, 2004 Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
This Web site is designed to accompany the Ken Burns documentary and includes expedition maps and journals, a timeline, opinions from historians, classroom resources, and more. Information on Sacagawea can be found in the list of the corps members. Related Web sites and a bibliography of other resources are also included. http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Feb 14, 2003 Lewis and Clark: The Ultimate Adventure
Time Magazine celebrates the bicentennial (1803-2003) of the Corps of Discovery expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The Web site includes two essays on the leaders, an interactive map of the journey, pages from the original journals, a map of tribal lands then and now, a bibliography, and a guide to more resources. See the full table of contents for essays on Sacagawea, their Shoshone guide. http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, Notable People, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Oct 2, 2004 A Literary History of the American West
The full text of the title originally published in 1987. Opens directly into a PDF file. http://www.prs.tcu.edu/lit_west_full.pdf Topics: Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Apr 20, 2007 Meeting of Frontiers
This bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library "tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest." Discusses the meaning of the frontier to each nation, the concepts of colonization and national identity, and the perception each nation has had of the other throughout their expansions. Also includes an extensive bibliography and annotated webliography. From the Library of Congress, in cooperation with the National Library of Russia and the Russian State Library. http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html Topics: History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 30, 2000 Mount Rainier: Its Human History Associations
A report prepared for the Field Division of Education of the National Park Service in 1934. "Its purpose was to provide an outline of the pertinent historical facts which could be used in the development of a museum ... at Mount Rainier National Park." The report includes elevation measurements of the mountain (in Washington state) and a discussion of discovery and exploration in the region. Includes a timeline and bibliographies. From the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/berkeley/rensch2/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, National Parks & Forests, United States History, Washington State: Environment, Washington State: Recreation, Washington State: Travel Last updated Jun 17, 2007 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: California: Arts and Humanities, California: History, California: Recreation, Communities & Groups, Discover New Trails at LII, Los Angeles & Environs, Notable People, United States History Last updated Apr 27, 2005 The Museum of Westward Expansion
This site, based on the museum located in the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, focuses on the "history of the 19th century American West, from the Louisiana Purchase to the closing of the frontier in 1890." The site includes an interactive tour of the museum, a chronology of events in the 1800s, audio clips, and narratives highlighting exploration, American Indians, the fur trade, and other topics. From the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/expansion_museum.html Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, Museums by Place: United States, National Parks & Forests, United States History Last updated Nov 14, 2006 National Cowboy Museum & Western Heritage Museum
The Web site for this Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, museum provides research and educational materials on cowboys and other topics related to the culture of the American West. Features images from the galleries (with suggested readings), a children's activity page, and finding aids for the research center's collections on art, photography, history of the American West, rodeo, and Western popular culture. Searchable. http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Museums by Place: United States, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, The Grapes of Web, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Oct 4, 2004 National Geographic: Lewis & Clark
Features an interactive log (illustrated with historical photos, drawings, and maps) based on the journal entries from the Lewis and Clark expedition. Also offers a timeline, lists of expedition supplies and discoveries, photos of the trail today, activities for children, and articles on Sacagawea and other related topics. Includes message boards, a preview of the film "Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West," a bibliography, and links. From the National Geographic Society. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Jun 22, 2005 New Perspectives on THE WEST
Complements the eight-part PBS documentary series on the history of the American West and includes an interactive timeline of events in The West; historical sites information on western states from Kansas to California; biographical information on Stephen Austin, Buffalo Bill, Chief Joseph, Crazy Horse, Alice Fletcher, Lewis Meriwether, Big Bill Haywood, and seventy others; links, and a set of lesson plans with materials designed for middle and high school students (grades 6-12). http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/ Topics: Lesson Plans, United States History Last updated Jun 28, 2001 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: Discover New Trails at LII, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Nov 21, 2005 The Overland Trail
Description of the route, the ride, the stops, the coaches, and the people of one of the principal pioneer routes (from 1862-1868) to the American West. http://www.over-land.com/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, United States History Last updated Nov 20, 2001 The Photography Collection
A searchable collection of photographs of the American West, primarily Colorado, that provides access to images of a portion of the over one million item collection. Over 100,000 "images of North American Indians, pioneers, railroads, mining, Denver and Colorado towns. ... Notable collections depict the daily lives of the Tenth Mountain Division ski troops and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." From the collections of the Denver Public Library and the Colorado Historical Society. http://photoswest.org/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 13, 2005 Pony Express
Dedicated to the Pony Express riders who carried the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, covering the almost 2,000 miles in ten days. This short-lived service [April 1860 to November 1861] is part of the legend of the American West. There is a list of Riders ; a copy of the Oath each rider was required to take; salaries; the stations; a detailed map of the Trail ; biographical information about the founders; links to Museums; a list of contemporary newspaper articles; information about the National Pony Express Association ; and much more. http://www.xphomestation.com/ Topics: Mammals, United States History Last updated Apr 21, 2001 Scoundrels, Adventurers & Colorful Characters of the Wild West
Collection of biographies of "scoundrels, adventurers and colorful characters who called the Arizona Territory home," such as Cochise, Geronimo, John Wesley Powell, the Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Clanton Gang. Also includes listings for points of interest related to the individuals, recommended reading, and an option to browse listings by region in Arizona. From Arizona Heritage Traveler, a project of the Arizona Humanities Council and the Arizona Office of Tourism. http://www.arizonaheritagetraveler.org/templates/topics.php?nid=2&sid=55 Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jun 4, 2007 Shipler Photograph Collection
Thousands of digitized images documenting the people, places, and events of Utah and the surrounding states from 1903 through 1980. Subjects include agriculture, architecture, business and industry, parks and other recreational areas, natural resources, floods, sports, trade unions, and transportation. From the Utah History Research Center. http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/photos/shipler.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Surveyors of the American West
This New York Public Library virtual exhibit highlights America's westward expansion through the photographs and searchable notes of photographer William Henry Jackson and of civil/mining engineer Robert Brewster Stanton. Three months of Jackson's diary entries made during the summer of 1869 along with many large format images and stereoscopic views are on display. Four volumes of Stanton's notes and selected photographs taken during two expeditions surveying the canyons along the Colorado River from 1889 to 1890 are also featured. http://digital.nypl.org/surveyors/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geography, Geology, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, United States History Last updated Aug 24, 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 Traders: Voices from the Trading Post
With funding from the now-disbanded United Indian Traders Association (UITA), the University of Northern Arizona's library is conducting oral history interviews with over fifty Indian traders of the southwest United States. More than just a collection of interviews, this site also contains photographic slide shows of traders and trading posts from 1860-1999. Additionally, the site contains interview excerpts about livestock, weaving, jewelry, pinon nuts, medicine men, and pawn. Focus is primarily on the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni reservations of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Utah and Colorado. A fascinating and historically important project. http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/exhibits/traders/ Topics: Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Mar 16, 2006 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: California: Photograph Collections, Christianity, Discover New Trails at LII, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Oct 8, 2002 Wells, Fargo & Co.'s History Pages
"Over 150 years ago, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo founded a company [in San Francisco] that has become a legendary part of America," known for its banking operations and its stagecoaches. The site features a FAQ, company history (including information about Wells Fargo and black, women's, Hispanic, and veteran's history), information about stagecoaches and stagecoach travel, and about various Wells Fargo museums in California and other states. http://www.wellsfargohistory.com Topics: Business, Industries, United States History Last updated Jun 29, 2005 Wild West
Collection of historical essays about the frontier-period in the western U.S., covering gunfighters and lawmen, shootouts, American Indian wars, women in the West, the Gold Rush, the Pony Express, and other topics from the time period. Some of the individuals profiled include Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Doc Holliday, Annie Oakley, and Chief Seattle. From a publisher of history magazines. http://www.historynet.com/magazines/wild_west Topics: United States History Last updated Apr 4, 2008 Wyatt Earp Historical Homepage
This site provides a good deal of information about the famous "Gunfight at the OK Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona, as well as biographical material about Wyatt and the other participants. Also included is a fairly extensive bibliography, lists of Earp movies and books, and a page of "Old West" links. http://users.techline.com/nicks/earp.htm Topics: United States History Last updated Jun 3, 2002 |
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