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The following websites links will provide you with some awesome resources about the westward expansion of Americans. You will discover primary sources (journals, letters, diaries, etc.), content documents, and references which will assist you with your research. Enjoy!
NCHS Library Catalog Start here for books and resources "at home".
AMDOCS: Documents for the study of American History (Full text, primary sources, all time frames.) http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
American West (Site from Kansas with links to all types of information on frontier, Indians, life, clothing, etc.) http://www.ku.edu/~kansite/WEST/people.htm
“California As I Saw It” (Online collection of first hand accounts of westward expansion from the Library of Congress.) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
Expansion & Manifest Destiny (Links to full-text docs relating to the westward movement across the American continent. This link takes you directly to the related section from a larger list.) http://150.108.2.20/halsall/mod/modsbook26.html#Expansion%20and%20Manifest%20Destiny
End of the Oregon Trail : Emigrant Biographies (Links to Oregon Trail diaries and emigrant biographies) http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/biomenu.html
Gallery of American Indians (Paintings of American Indians and the West. While this is an art gallery selling paintings you can actually see the images which were painted during the time frame in question.) http://www.philaprintshop.com/indian.html
Gold Rush (California Gold Rush Sesquicentennial website. Links to many images, descriptions, etc., of the California Gold Rush Era.) http://www.calgoldrush.com/
Internet History Source Books (Master listing of awesome online resources of all types of history information which is searchable or you can use the pick listings of time periods.) http://150.108.2.20/halsall/index.html
Jim Janke’s Old West (Links to hundreds of cowboy related sites including full text and historical sites.) http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm
“A Journal of our Travels…” (Personal narrative of trip west to California posted by the man’s family.) http://www.maui.net/~mauifun/journal.htm
Laura Ingalls Wilder Accounts of Life on the Prairie (From the official Little House on the Prairie site, gives Wilder’s child-eye view and historical background to validate life on the prairie of a farmer.) http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/backgnd.html
Native American and Northern Plains Historical Resources Guide (Links to many valuable accounts and documents reflecting life as an Indian and life on the plains.) http://www.usd.edu/library/jstor/subject_alpha.cfm?subject=F
PBS – History Links (Links you to programs produced by PBS on various topics including wagon trains , life on the frontier, etc. Transcripts are online as are additional information and resources) http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/
“Significance of American Frontier” (Speech delivered by Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893. Talks about the overriding issues of the day.) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1893turner.html
Trails West: Across the plains and mountains (Links to all the westward routes settlers used.) http://www.over-land.com/trwestmid.html
Web West (Links to primary and secondary full-text resources on the American West. Pay close attention to links on the RIGHT!) http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/