pioneers

Describes the popular culture of the American period of westward expansion--1849 to 1890--covering such aspects as advertising, fashion, food, leisure, literature, and music, and listing the prices of several products.

A biography of one the West's wildest women known for her outrageous behavior and claims of scouting for the Army and fighting off Indians.

Briefly explores what it was like for a woman to live and work in the Old West, including first-hand accounts about such things as making soap, clothing, and nutritious meals.

Presents the lively correspondence of Theodore and Sophie Bost, a pioneer couple who settled in Minnesota.

Describes the Overland Trail and the frontiersmen who traveled to Fort Bridger.

A young woman uses her journal to chronicle her journey from France to Canada.

A Revolutionary War story of pioneers in New York State.

Portrays the people and times, the drama and danger of the developing frontier in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century United States.

Briefly explores what it was like to travel across the country by wagon train, including first-hand accounts about such things as cooking on the trail and dangers to be faced.

As a school project, sixth graders recreate a westward trek to Oregon with all the perils that faced real pioneers.