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Web de Anza
is an interactive environment for studying Spain's exploration and colonization of "Alta California" (1774-1776). Diaries and letters (available in both English and Spanish), maps and... (University of Oregon, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Meeting of Frontiers: America and Russia
is a bilingual, multimedia digital library that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the... (Library of Congress) |
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Language of the Land: Journeys Into Literary America
examines the "sense of place" evoked by landscapes described in the works of Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, and other American writers. Literary passages are... (Library of Congress) |
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American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
features more than 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest: the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These... (Library of Congress) |
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The West
is an online companion to the 8-part PBS documentary. The site is divided into sections dealing with an overall tour, events in the West, places, people, and archives... (WETA, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Frederic Remington: The Color of Night
is the first exhibition devoted to the nocturnes, or night paintings, of one of America's most gifted interpreters of the Frontier West. Twenty-nine paintings are organized around... (National Gallery of Art) |
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Grant-Kohrs Ranch
commemorates America's frontier cattle era. The ranch—located north of Yellowstone in Deer Lodge, Montana—is among the best surviving examples of an economic strategy based on the... (National Park Service) |
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest
recounts the expedition's crossing of the Lemhi Pass and Lolo Trail, and the time spent at Fort Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. Although the Corps of Discovery did not realize its... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Explore the West with the Lewis and Clark Expedition
is a travel itinerary of 41 forts, Indian villages, mounds, mountain passes, trails, caves, and other sites along the 8,000-mile journey. The expedition -- launched from St. Charles... (National Register of Historic Places, supported by National Park Service) |
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Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno, Virginia City
tells the stories of three cities established after the Comstock Lode discovery in 1859 brought a "reverse migration" from California. The stories, told by this travel itinerary of 57... (National Register of Historic Places, supported by National Park Service) |
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Picturing Modern America
helps students learn about modern America (1880-1920) by analyzing primary sources. Topics include immigration, the city, women and suffrage, industrialization, the West, children's... (Education Development Center, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Journeys West
helps students examine the motivations of people who traveled west during the 1800s, as well as the conditions they encountered, the conflicts between settlers and native people, and... (Library of Congress) |
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Fill up the Canvas
features journal entries from 20 points in the journey of Lewis and Clark: mission preparations, winter in St. Louis, first council with Indians, death of Sergeant Floyd, first... (Library of Congress) |
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TeachingHistory.org
provides lessons, teaching guides, best practices, and other resources for teaching history. See videos on "what is historical thinking," teaching history in elementary school, and... (TeachingHistory.org, supported by Department of Education) |
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The Old Mormon Fort: Birthplace of Las Vegas, Nevada
recalls the individuals and events leading to the creation of Las Vegas. In 1855, Brigham Young sent 30 men to farm, convert Indians, and build a settlement along a trail to the... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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The Homestead Act of 1862
recounts efforts to improve homesteading laws and make land ownership possible for more settlers. The distribution of government lands had been an issue since the Revolutionary War... (National Archives and Records Administration) |
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Travel and Westward Expansion
is a collection of 50 books written in the 19th century that offer travelers' impressions of various parts of the U.S. or western territories... (Library of Congress) |
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First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
consists of letters, journals, books, newspapers, maps, and images documenting the land, peoples, and exploration of the trans-Appalachian West. The first European travelers, their... (Library of Congress) |
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Glorieta and Raton Passes: Gateways to the Southwest
examines the role of these two passes in ensuring that the Southwest would become and remain part of the U.S. Learn about traders and armies that depended on the passes, which were... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection
features newspapers published throughout Colorado from 1859 to 1930. Topics include Colorado statehood, the 1908 Democratic National Convention, Denver mint robbery, early days of... (Institute of Museum and Library Services) |
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Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years
provides more than 1500 primary documents, photos, and maps that tell the story of southern Nevada's boom towns (in the late 19th and early 20th centuries). Special sections focus on... (UNLV, supported by Institute of Museum and Library Services) |
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American Southwest
presents a travel itinerary of 58 historic places across Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It includes forts built to protect mail routes and settlers, missions and churches... (National Register of Historic Places, supported by National Park Service) |
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Keys Ranch: Where Time Stood Still
tells the story of Bill Keys, whose ranch was the center of a desert network of homesteaders and miners in the early 1900s. At age 15, Keys left his Russian parents' home in Nebraska... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
presents documentation of a northern Nevada cattle-ranching community, with a focus on the family-run Ninety-Six Ranch and its cowboys, known as buckaroos. This collection presents 41... (Library of Congress) |
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History of the American West, 1860-1920
features 30,000 photos of Colorado towns and landscapes that document the role of mining in the history of Colorado and the West. Photos of Native Americans from more than 40 tribes... (Library of Congress) |
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Migration North to Alaska
encourages students to use primary documents on Alaska to study topics related to the migration of people, ideas, and culture throughout history. It offers suggestions for projects... (National Archives and Records Administration) |
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Thomas Moran
was one of the major landscape painters of his day, and painted some of America's most prominent natural treasures, including the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone. He... (National Gallery of Art) |
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American Visionaries: Thomas Moran
features paintings and sketches of the noted American landscape painter. Moran's pencil and watercolor field sketches and paintings captured the grandeur and documented the... (National Park Service) |
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In the Beginning Was the Word: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures
resuscitates the vibrant, moving human exchanges that took place between the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church and Native Alaskans during the years 1794 to 1915... (Library of Congress) |
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The Freeman School: Building Prairie Communities
examines a once common feature on the American West landscape: the one-room schoolhouse. This particular one-room school, originally known as the Red-Brick School House, served the... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Californio to American: A Study in Cultural Change
looks at an area that was once part of an Indian village, then an outpost shelter for vaqueros (cowhands), and then the site where Californios (Spanish settlers in what is now the... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park
presents artifacts from the Chaco Canyon, an area of the Colorado Plateau occupied by Native Americans for over 10,000 years. Images of pottery, ceramics, beads, pendants... (Museum Management, supported by National Park Service) |
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Tonto National Monument: Saving a National Treasure
tells the story of the Salado people, who thrived in the Arizona valley where Tonto Creek joins the Salt River (1050-1450 AD). The Salado culture combined customs of several American... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Donner Party
provides a transcript, map, and essays for a TV program that tells the harrowing tale of what tragically became one of the most famous of wagon trains. The Donner party set out from... (WGBH, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States, 1846-48
offers geography and history activities showing how two years in history had an indelible impact on American politics and culture. Students interpret historical maps, identify... (Smithsonian Institution) |
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Tracking Down the Real Billy the Kid
is a lesson in which students learn about the role of gunfighters in the settling of the West and analyze interviews with people who knew William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the... (Library of Congress) |
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Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage in the West
gives a facsimile of the handwritten petition of the suffragist, editor, and temperance leader. This lesson relates to the expression of First Amendment rights, including speech and... (National Archives and Records Administration) |
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Ashland, Oregon -- From Stagecoach to Center Stage
highlights 32 historic places in this community located 14 miles north of California at the foot of Mt. Ashland. These places together illustrate the development of Ashland from a... (National Park Service) |
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Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos Cast Their Spell
looks at the history of this area in Utah known for its hoodoos -- limestones, sandstones, and mudstones that have been carved by erosion into spectacular spires, fins, and pinnacles... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Women Pioneers in American Memory
features photographs of women throughout American history who have forged ahead to make a better life for themselves, their families, and their society. These women include pioneers... (Library of Congress) |
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Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and... (Library of Congress) |
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California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
consists of texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting California's history from the Gold Rush to the turn of the century. It captures the pioneer experience; encounters between... (Library of Congress) |
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Skagway: Gateway to the Klondike
examines the impact of the Klondike Gold Rush on the development of Skagway, Alaska. This lesson allows students to trace the development of Skagway from a homestead, to a gold rush... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site's Learning Page
examines the people and construction of Bent's Fort, and the Santa Fe Trail. Built originally in 1833, this adobe fort became a center of trade with Indians and trappers. For much of... (National Park Service) |
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Seattle: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
explores the city's history and shows how it continues to shape the city's life today. It uses residential, commercial, industrial, and religious locations to create a tour of 37... (National Park Service) |
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site -- The Learning Place
offers a teaching guide about the mission of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman at Waiilatpu, an important way station in the early days of the Oregon Trail. The Whitmans labored to bring... (National Park Service) |
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