west (united states)

Pictures and documents tell the story of African-American westerners including explorers, fur traders, slaves, cowboys, homesteaders and soldiers.

Presents a portrait of the range cook in the American West, describing the wagons these men used, the duties they performed, the food they prepared, and the impact they made on the cowboys they fed.

Wine on the desert--Virginia creeper-MacDonald's dream--Partners--Dust across the range--The bells of San Carlos.

Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West.

"Traces the colorful, sometimes violent, history of the cattle industry from its beginnings in Mexico to the early 1970s. You will follow cowpunchers driving their Longhorn herds up famous trails--Chisholm, Western, Goodnight-Loving--and meet the men who pioneered them--Flyleaf.".

When Cowboy Ned meets Miss Clementine, his horse Andy, who is his best friend, becomes jealous.

A sheriff in the Old West fights crime with the help of his lucky ten-gallon hat.

Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.