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Tells the story of the American West through letters, diaries, memoirs, journals, essays, and photographs, that chronicle the experiences of the explorers, soldiers, Indian warriors, settlers, railroad builders, and showmen who set out into the wilderness in search of a dream.

This is the concluding volume of the saga of Barnabus Sackett, patriarch of that family. He returns to England, where he learns of an order for his arrest. The gold coins he found in Sackett's land are thought to be the royal treasure King John lost in the Wash during the time of the Crusades. After encountering some old friends and enemies from the previous book, he returns to America with Abigail, his new bride. He establishes a community between...

Examines the reasons for the westward migration of the nineteenth century and chronicles the experiences of the men and women who traveled to the vast western areas of North America and established farms, ranches, towns, and cities.

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

Since the establishment of the American colonies, the frontier expanded westward steadily until the country bordered both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Soldiers, explorers, missionaries, and fur traders were the first Europeans to penetrate the country's interior. Soon, gold miners, dirt farmers, and cattle ranchers followed, blazing dangerous trails across barren lands and snow-topped mountain ranges. American Indians were too few to stop the...

Discusses the reasons people migrated West, the routes they took, some of the difficulties faced by pioneers, the different ethnic and cultural backgrounds of the settlers, and the building of homes and towns.

Explains how the fur trade played a part in the social dynamics of the nineteenth century, such as relations with Native Americans, foreign policy, explorations of natural resources and the establishment of business.

This book describes the discoveries made by the mountain men and trappers from the 1820s to the 1840s and explains how the discovery of the South Pass and the creation of maps opened the West for settlers.

The author relates her family's experiences as homesteaders in western Nebraska in 1914.

Discusses some of the explorers and trappers who journeyed west to hunt and trade beaver pelts and other commodities during the early nineteenth century.