west (u.s.)

Provides information about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s which occurred when the U.S. was stricken by a drought that caused devastating dust storms, primarily in the middle of the country. Includes primary source quotes, comments, and photographs.

A stranger rides into a small Wyoming town in 1889 and creates a lasting impact on its inhabitants, especially on young Bob Starrett and his family.

In 1863, a sixteen-year-old boy nicknamed Scrib travels around the West making his living writing and delivering letters, an occupation that leads to him nearly getting killed, being jailed as a criminal, joining up with the notorious Crazy James Kincaid, and delivering a letter from President Abraham Lincoln to a Paiute Indian.

Despite the opposition of the owner of the Red Rock Runner Railroad in 1893, the new settlers of Florence, Oklahoma, are determined to build a real town.

Pictures and text trace the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition through the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Coast.

A detailed account of the Lewis and Clark expedition features the dog that was its most unusual member. Selections form the actual journals of Lewis and Clark appear throughout the text.

Recounts the life story of the Native American woman, Sacajawea, who was taken as a slave when she was a girl, then later sold as a wife to a French fur trader, and who eventually guided Lewis and Clark as they explored the western United States.

Describes the choices and decisions the pioneers faced as they traveled to the American West and built settlements there. Includes activities.

Surveys the settling of the American West, using excerpts from contemporary sources to highlight the original Native American inhabitants, the arrival of fur traders, the Gold Rush, Mormon migrations, the growth of cattle-ranching, and more.

A brief introduction to the day-to-day life of cowboys in the American West.