Resources

Westward People:

http://www.pwcs.edu/marshall/Westward%20Expansion.htm
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/buffbill.htm
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/bio/public/Jackson.htm
http://www.aboutbillythekid.com/Biography.htm

Train Robbery, Law Enforcement, Texas Rangers, Cowboys:

Family Encyclopedia of American History (Readers Digest)

Butterfield Express:

http://www.over-land.com/mail.html
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2308

Gold Rush, Lewis and Clark:

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
http://www.lewis-clark.org/
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/USAhistory/CalGoldRush/CalGoldRush.htm
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm
http://www.trailblazers101.com/ship1.htm

 

L and P Express:

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/leavenworth_pikes_peak.htm
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_clubs/leavenworth_pikes_peak_express/leavenworth_pikes_peak_express.html

Oregon Trail:

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html
Family Encyclopedia of American History

Pony Express:

http://www.42explore2.com/pony.htm
http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/ponyexp1.htm

Railroads:

http://www.csrmf.org/doc.asp?id=345
http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/hist-ov/index.shtml
Eyewitness Books TRAIN A Dorling Kindersley Book

Santa Fe Trail:

http://www.santafe.org/
Family Encyclopedia of American History

Smoke Signals:

http://www.inquiry.net/OUTDOOR/native/sign/smoke-signal.htm
http://www.artipot.com/articles/206162/how-indians-used-smoke-as-communication.htm

Tall Tales:

http://www.applejuice.org/johnnyappleseed.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/early.html
http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/ks2.html

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