American West Topical Index |
| USA Centennials, Sesquicentenials, Bicentennials, more |
[US States by date of statehood]
50 Years Ago (2009):
EVENTS: * 1959 * 1960 * 1961 * 1962 * 1963 * 1964
1959: * Alaska (Jan 3) statehood
and * Hawaii (Aug 21): statehood
100 Years Ago:
EVENTS: * 1910 * 1911 * 1912 * 1913 * 1914
1912: New Mexico (Jan 6) and Arizona (Feb 14)
150 Years Ago (2011) sesquicentennial:
EVENTS: * 1859 * 1860 * 1861 * 1862 * 1863 * 1864
200 Years Ago:
EVENTS:
* 1810
* 1811
* 1812
* 1813
* 1814
* 1811: Oregon Territory |
Oregon Trail, Joseph Gaston
* 1812: Louisiana (Apr 30)
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America Western Expansion Lesson Plans |
*Teacher guides
such as
Best on the Web for Teachers |
Exploring the West
Featured song:
Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim, c. 1865 , homesteading on the plains
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| Research and Reference Tools |
Doing Research |
Other American West indexes |
Library of Congress American Memory:
historical collections for the National Digital Library |
Making of America Project |
New Perspectives on the West (PBS) |
North American History |
Old West Kansas |
The Spire Project (Serious Help with Serious Research) |
Teacher guides | WebRings |
Tour The West (PBS) |
Questia Research Library and
topical index
1805: Nez Perce met Lewis & Clark in what is now Idaho
American Indian Resources |
Native American Bibliography |
Native American Timeline |
History, Genealogy | Prairie Band Potawatomi Language |
Wyandotte County KS |
more...
Hispanic History of North America | Hispanic - Latino History, Genealogy | Causes of the Mexican-American War
BOOK: The Latino Wave, Jorge Ramos
- Amazon.com "In his writings, Tocqueville debunked the myth that European immigrants of the time were settling in the frontier wilderness. Of course they weren't. Those newly arrived established themselves primarily along the eastern seaboard, where industries already existed that required their work. Populating the West was a rich man's adventure..." (p38)
International Views of the American West
GERMAN: Karl Friedrich May, author | Lawmen
Association | Der Wilde
Westen | German-American
Historic Sites and Museums | Wild West, Das Vierte TV
FRENCH:
Wild West: Indiens, Cowboys, Cheval |
Western : les grandes étapes | Laupi's Country Corner
JAPAN: Frontier Spirits
UK: Old West Living
History |
Colonial Period |
Revolutionary Era |
Revolution-Reconstruction (Hypertext on American History) |
Constitutional Period |
New Nation 1790-1828 | Age of Jackson 1830-1855 | Coming of the Civil War 1850-1860 | Western Expansion and Reform |
Civil War 1861-1865 |
Reconstruction 1865-1880 |
Gilded Age 1876-1900
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Progressive Era | 1900s |
Imperialism | US Agricultural History |
The Constitution of the United States of America
Causes of the Mexican-American War, azteca.net
Geographical
Northwest Territory |
Old Southwest |
Upper Midwest |
Northeast |
Southwest |
Plains |
Rockies |
Oregon Territory |
West coast | Pioneer Trails |
Changing boundaries animated map 1650-1907 |
westward travel today
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Where the Old West Begins |
*Kansas Heritage * Kansas History
*Go Wyld - Wild West Wyoming
*Oregon
Trail History
*Overland Trail History * Santa Fe Trail History
1803: Ohio
1803: Louisiana Purchase
Oct 20: purchase ratified |
Franco-American Diplomacy, 1778-1843
Louisiana State Museum |
Map
1804: Jim Bridger born
1804-1806: Lewis and Clark, 2004-2006
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World events 250 Years Ago: (wikipedia.org) |
* 1760 * 1761 * 1762 * 1763 * 1764 * 1765
* 1766
* 1767
* 1768
* 1769
* 1770
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WWW-VL: History: American West
URL: http://www.vlib.us/americanwest/
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