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The
West
Another multimedia contribution by Ken Burns and
family. Sponsored by
PBS and General Motors, the site provides
a plethora of information on
people, events, photos, art, and primary
sources
from West
Jim
Janke's Old West Page
"The Old West of this page is defined loosely as
the legend and reality of 19th Century
America west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
and anything and anybody
associated with it, past and present. After all,
the Old West is not really a time or a
place but a state of mind." --Source
The
American West - Development & History
An in depth look at the West
Personalities
of the West
Part of the Overland Trail Website. Provides links
to biographical information on
Mountain Men, Trail Blazers, Women of the West,
and Cowboys and Gunslingers.
The
Multicultural West
"This site is intended as a space for the
interactive exchange of ideas, information, and
educational tools related to American West in
multicultural
and inter cultural perspective.
. The West is an extremely rich site for exploring the rewriting
of
American history as the story of interactions, often
tragic, sometimes creative, among
a variety of peoples. While the West has often been
relegated to a "frontier" past, we
hope to use this site to explore the multi- and
inter cultural West in the 20th century
as well, looking both at continuities with the past
and new cultural configurations at
play in this century." --Source
The
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
"The Evolution of the Conservation Movement
documents the historical formation
and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve
and protect America's natural
heritage. The collection consists of 60 books and
pamphlets, 140 Federal statutes and
Congressional resolutions, 34 additional legislative
documents, excerpts from the
Congressional Globe and the Congressional
Record, 360 Presidential proclamations,
170 prints and photographs, 2 historic manuscripts,
and a two-part motion picture.
Production of this collection is being supported
by a generous gift from
Laurance S. and Mary French Rockefeller." --Source
Kansas
State Historical Society: Topics in Kansas History
Kansas
at a Glance
Information
on Kansas people, history, facts and symbols, government, geography and
natural resources, and commerce and industry.
Kansas
Fact and Fancy: Trivia Questions
Kansas
Time Line
A Timeline of events beginning at 1500 through May
1999. Includes links to information on cowboys,
Kansas Forts, trails, Gunfighters, Kansas people,
Railroads, Towns, and Tribes.
The
History of the United States From 1492 To 1920 -- Chapter 31, History
of
Kansas
History
of Kansas from Secretary of States Office
Includes
good information on past government officials.
Pioneer
Days in Kansas by Richard Corldey
A copy of his book.
KANCOLL:
A large Collection of Books about Kansas
A
Standard History of Kansas and Kansans 1918 multi-volume work
Report
of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, 1861-1865
Civil
war information
Bleeding
Kansas
From the
PBS source Judgement Day. Includes links to James Horton on
Bleeding
Kansas and
William Scarborough on Bleeding Kansas.
An
Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas
The act
that created the territory of Kansas.
Railroads
in Kansas
A really informative narrative about the Railroads
through Kansas from the
1850's to the early 1900's
Immigration:
From Far Away Russia
From the
Kansas State Historical Society.
The
Kansas Collection
Kansas
Territory: Crucible of American Experience
Background and resources on the many facets
of Kansas history.
Kansas
Gunfighters
Kansas
Government Resources
Trail
of Hope: The Story of the Morman Trail
The
Oregon Trail
The
Overland Trail
Thorough and easy to follow, this site covers
the stops along the trail, and the
colorful people who traveled on it.
The
Donner Party
The
Battle Of the Little Bighorn
"The following is a description of the events leading
up to and the events of "the Battle
of the Little Bighorn" or "Custer's Last Stand,
as told to Curtis by the participants,
primarily the Native American tribes and individuals
who were involved in it and
during Curtis' personal inspection of the site."
--Source
1868
Treaty--Sioux Nation and U.S.A.
Scanned image of the original document from the
National Archives and Records
Administration and a lesson plan including several
related documents.
The
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
ARTICLE 1. From this day forward all war between
the parties to this agreement
shall forever cease. The Government of the United
States desires peace, and its honor
is hereby pledged to keep it. The Indians desire
peace, and they now pledge their honor
to maintain it.
The
Trail of Tears
Black
Hills Treaty of 1868
An 1868 treaty with the Sioux Indians
recognizes
the Black Hills of Dakota as part
of the Great Sioux Reservation.
Diaries,
Memoirs, Letters and Reports Along The Trails West
W.
B. Travis, Letter from the Alamo (1836)
A call for aid and pledge of faith from the
besieged commander.
The
Alamo
The official Alamo web site.
The
Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier
Created by the International Museum of the
Horse, this page discusses the often
neglected African American soldiers who served in
the 9th and 10th Calveries during
the period following the Civil War. Includes some
interesting photos and an extensive
bibliography.
Lewis
and Clark Trail
Mountain
Men and the Fur Trade
" This home page is an on-line Research Center
devoted
to the history, traditions,
tools, mode of living, etc., of the trappers,
explorers,
and traders known as the
John
Sutter
The
American Experience: Gold Fever on PBS
Related online resources, teacher's guide
and pertinent links to gold rush sites.
California
Gold Rush
This site is your comprehensive guide to the epic
quest for gold. From the PBS
documentary.
Gen.
John A. Sutter describes the discovery of gold in California
Chronology and first-person accounts of the
gold rush, courtesy the Museum of the
City of San Francisco.
Gold
Fever!
Oakland Museum of California's 1998 Gold Rush
Exhibition
Gold
Rush
The Sacramento Bee's sesquicentennial
issue-articles
on the gold rush journey, the
people, the impact.
Women
in the California Gold Rush
The truth about Gold Rush women -- from author
JoAnn Levy
Gold Rush Sesquicentennial
USA:
The Iron Horse: the Impact of Railroads on 19th Century American Society
An essay by Marieke Van Ophem including early
railroads,
the transcontinental
railroad, the great race, colonizing the west, labor
conflicts and unionism, and railroad
regulation.
Railroads
in Kansas
A really informative narrative about the Railroads
through Kansas from the
1850's to the early 1900's
The
History of the Chinese in California
"The January 4, 1855, issue of the Oriental
contained
an editorial entitled "Laborers for
the Pacific Railroad," in which it was confidently
predicted that the time will come
when "the boundless plateaus of the Western half
of this continent, now desolate and
almost unpopulated by any but the savage and scarce
[sic] improvable destroyers
of the buffalo, will be scattered with busy lines
of Chinese builders of iron roads, that
shall link the two oceans, and add to the wealth
and comforts of the dwellers upon
either shore."" --Source
Chinese-American
Contribution to Transcontinental Railroad
Steel
Rails and Iron Horses
The Transcontinental Railroad by the Bureau of Land
Management and Environmental
Education Homepages.
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