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THE WEST - Ken Burns
THE WEST - Ken Burns
This multimedia guided tour proceeds chapter-by-chapter through each episode in the series, offering selected documentary materials, archival images and commentary, as well as links to background information and other resources of the web site
THE WEST - Ken Burns
American Experience . Buffalo Bill | PBS
American Experience . Buffalo Bill | PBS
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create the myth of the American West that still endures today.  Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
American Experience . Buffalo Bill | PBS
Crash at Crush -- 1896
Crash at Crush -- 1896
Almost 50,000 people paid to see two 35 ton locomotives crash into each other head-on at 40 miles per hour in 1896.
Crash at Crush -- 1896
PBS - Frontier House
PBS - Frontier House
Companion site for documentary. Have you ever wondered what life was really like for pioneers living in the American West during the late 19th century? How did they fare without the modern conveniences we take for granted? Could a modern-day family handle a pioneer family's lifestyle?
PBS - Frontier House
Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier In American History
Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier In American History
Full text of book in which Jackson argues the idea of the frontier shaped the American being and characteristics. He writes of how the frontier drove American history and why America is how it is today. Turner reflects on the past to prove his point by noting human fascination with the frontier and how expansion to the American West changed people's views on their culture. From the University of Virginia
Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier In American History
The Gold Rush Trail
The Gold Rush Trail
Illustrations, articles and photos from the San Fransisco Chronicle
The Gold Rush Trail
The Dakota Conflict Trials of 1862
The Dakota Conflict Trials of 1862
Comprehensive collection of articles, artifacts and documents from the "Famous Trials" site at the University of Missouri - Kansas City
The Dakota Conflict Trials of 1862
Helen Hunt Jackson - A Century of Dishonor (Book)
Helen Hunt Jackson - A Century of Dishonor (Book)
Originally published in 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson chronicles the treatment of American Indians by the United States beginning in colonial times through to her present. She hoped to awaken the conscience of the American people, and their representatives, to the flagrant wrongs that had been done to the American Indians, and persuade them "to redeem the name of the United States from the stain of a century of dishonor".
Helen Hunt Jackson - A Century of Dishonor (Book)
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
In this treaty, signed on April 29, 1868, between the U.S. Government and the Sioux Nation, the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people.
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
California, First Person Narratives: General Collections
California, First Person Narratives: General Collections
"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. From the Library of Congress
California, First Person Narratives: General Collections