| Quilting
- Quilting
with Children
- a wonderful resource from Heddi Craft and experienced
quilter (with children!)
- America
Quilts
- another quality offering from PBS; includes classroom
application
- National Quilt Collection
- from the Smithsonian...a gallery of historic quilts!
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Frontier Personalities
-
The Diary of James Madison Coon and Nancy Iness (Miller) Coon
- read the account of these travelers on the Oregon
Trail
- Julia
Louisa Lovejoy
- she wrote articles about life in Kansas... good
first-hand account of living in the West and of her views on abolition
- Luzena
Stanley Wilson's Memoirs of the Gold Rush
- the recollections of a woman in the Gold Rush...1881
- Catherine
Sager - Across the Plains in 1844
- Pioneer account of trip across plains to the Northwest
in 1844...fascinating!
- Narcissa
Whitman - 1836
- the diaries of Narcissa Whitman, trail pioneer,
1836-1847
- Oregon
- the journal of John B. Wyeth...1832...journey
from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean...fascinating!
- James
H. Lane
- a principal leader of the antislavery forces that
ultimately made Kansas free-soil
- Benjamin
Singleton
- those who answered Singleton's call to head west
became known as "Exodusters," and Singleton himself was described
as the "Father of the Exodus
- William
Gilpin
- influential in the settling of the new west...
staunch believer in "Manifest Destiny"
- Oliver
Otis Howard
- a moral crusader and soldier...he strived valiantly
to protect the rights of Native Americans in the West
- Sayings
of Chief Joseph
- speeches given Chief Joseph ...poignant
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Historical Perspective
- End
of the Oregon Trail, Local Legacies, Library of Congress
- A "Local Legacies" project from the State of Oregon,
commemorating the significance of Westward Migration
- Lemhi
Pass
- from the USDA Forest Service, this beautiful site
offers views the pioneers must have seen
- Ghost
Towns
- view artifacts...don't miss the Virtual Museum!
- Pioneering
the Upper Midwest
- an American Memory collection, Library of Congress;
excellent primary source material
- End
of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
- a view of the "end" of the trail
- Pony Express
Home Station
- an extensive and informative site about America's
Pony Express ...alive and well, yet!
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Multicultural
Perspective
- Black Indians
- Katz explores the "missing piece" in American
History...the hidden Native American heritage of a significant number
of African Americans
- Jews
in the Wild West
- tales from the trail, anecdotes and a bibliography
make this worth a look
- Western
Migration and Homesteading: African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library
of Congress)
- from the Library of Congress ...information about
African-American western emigration
- American
West : Multicultural Perspectives
- an ambitious project ...provides links to sites
offering a multicultural perspective on the settling of America's
"West"
- The
Chinese and Westward Expansion
- From the Bancroft Library. collection.
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Native American
Perspective
- Native
Peoples and American Indian West
- links of all kinds ...Native Americans and the
American West
- Impressions
of an Indian Childhood
- impressions of an Indian childhood
- THE
WEST
- Archives of the PBS documentary include text and
images (episode one and two are particularly rich in Native American
information and images)
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Environmental
Perspective
- Conservation
Chronology 1847-1871
- art and text about America's desire to preserve
its resources and its beauty ...includes information about the popular
"West" (1847-1871)
- Fish
and Wildlife on the Oregon Trail: Then and Now
- this site is intended to help people understand
the changes in fish and wildlife populations since the years of the
Oregon Trail migration
Teacher Resources
- Donner
Online
- from PacBell, a WebQuest on the Donner Party
- Western
Folklife Center
- Cowboy Poetry for yer enjoyment!
- Goldrush
Curriculum
- Excellent teaching resources from the Oakland
Museum of California
- Westward
Expansion
- wonderful maps of the various trails west...and
a good deal of information can be found here
- Laura
Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl
- the Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl, page...of
interest to learners of all ages
- Expansion and Reform
- Internet Resources from the Learning Page, Library
of Congress
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