Life in the West

Class 7 Library Research

Below is a selection of sites that you may find useful in your "Life in the West" research. There are many more out there, but this should provide you with a solid start. Make sure you write your bibliography as you go and check all facts against what you've already learned. Enjoy!

The following are 6 pathfinders that contain links to multiple sites:

Expansion and the West
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#west

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#trails

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#ortrail

Native American Sites

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/natamhc.html

Trappers, Fur Traders, Frontiers & Mountain Men

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html#trap

Women of the West
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html#womenwest

The California Gold Rush

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#calgold

The following are individual websites:

The Cowboy: Desert USA

http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/dec/papr/cowboys.html

http://www.otrd.state.ok.us/studentguide/cowboys.html

California As We Saw It: Exploring the California Gold Rush

http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/

Western Expansion & Reform (1829-1859) - from The Library of Congress

http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform

Women in the Gold Rush - excerpts from diaries

http://claim.goldrush.com/~joann/

Women of the West, Diaries, Memoirs and Letters, and Personalities Along the Trail

http://www.over-land.com/westpers2.html

http://www.over-land.com/diaries.html

http://www.over-land.com/persons.html

The Oregon Trail - see also Historic Sites on the Oregon Trail

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Sites.html

Archives of the West: 1806-1848, People, and Places

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/

Ranch and Mission Days in Alta, California, Gold Rush Chronology 1846-1849, & Gold Rush Stories of Women Pioneers - from the Museum of the City of San Francisco

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/rancho.html

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist/chron1.html

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist5/foremoms.html

Living History Farms: 1850 Pioneer Farm

http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygsite.pl?2~0

Updated 2/1/2005
Ms. Cane, The Chapin School
Please contact cane@chapin.edu with any suggestions.