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AMERICAN HISTORY: THE WEST AND WESTWARD EXPANSION - Accurate as of June 2006
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California As I Saw It: First Person Narratives of California
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml
Search by keywords or browse author, subject, or title indices
Donner Online
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner
WebQuest with all kinds of information
The Donner Party
http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/
Historical overview, travel logs, maps, etc
Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
Interactive journey and links to other sites
Lewis & Clark
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
Follows expedition; information on Native Americans
Lewis & Clark Online Base Camp
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisclark
Resources and links
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html
Links to documents, history, traditions, business records, etc; can also search the site
New Perspective on the West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
Journeys through the PBS documentary on the history of the West
The Old West
http://www.ibiscom.com/owfrm.htm
First person accounts of historical events
The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Information on the trail, sites, diaries of people, and facts about its history
Pony Express Home Station
http://www.xphomestation.com
Links to history, riders, stations, etc
Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/
Diaries, maps, photographs, illustrations from the pioneers trekking West
WestWeb
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb
Topically organized index of sites about study of the American West
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