- New Perspectives on The West    - Companion site to Ken Burns' program about the American West featuring an interactive timeline, maps and archived primary source materials.

    - Abandoned Ghost Towns of the West - Pictures and information about abandoned ghost towns, mining camps, mines and graveyards.

    - American Old West Web Ride - Read biographies and see pictures of the people that made the "Old Wild West", including mountain men, Native Americans, outlaws, lawmen, and gun-slingers, the women. 

    - The American West Frontier History - A collection of American western history web sites for the use of college students. 

    - America's West - Development & History - Provides information on the history and development of the American West. 

    - The Arrows that Wounded the West - Article from the Wild West Magazine about the use of bows and arrows by American Indians, and detailed examples of the treatment of arrow wounds by U.S. Army surgeons during the mid-1800s. 

    - Bibliographic Essay on the African American West. - Under the care of th U.S. Park Service a bibliographic essay by Quintard Taylor where he addresses African American history in the West. 

    - Buffalo Soldiers - Basic facts laid out in time-line style featuring the black cavalry units used in the old west. 

    - Butch Cassidy - Short biography of Butch Cassidy. 

    - Chuck Wagon Central - The chuck wagon as used in the old west, the "Chuck Wagon Registry", cowboy stories and historic tidbits.

    - Conservation Chronology 1847-1871 - A time line showing the Nations efforts at conservation in the American West. The people and the places in pictures and biographies. 

    - Cow Town - Cockeyed Frank leads you back in history to visit charactors from the "Wild West". Short biographies and pictures along with stories from the "Old West". 

    - The Dawes Act or General Allotment Act of 1887 - Complete text of the Dawes Act, an act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations. 

    - Department of Dakota - Factual data about the Military Department of Dakota containing troop rosters, a gazeteer of locations within the department, information about military operations from the 1870s. 

    - The Depression Years (1929-1940) - Period photos and description of the impact of the Depression on the West. 

    - Expansion of America Westward - Brief history of the United States expansion westward throughout the first half of the nineteenth century.

    - Fagan's Grave - In the late 1850s, Michael Fagan was buried beside the Cherokee Trail in what is now central Colorado. This site focuses on history in the locale and times of his burial. 

    - Geary and Kansas - A full account of its discovery, its organization as a territory, transactions and events under Governor's Reeder and Shannon, polictical dissensions, election frauds, battles and outrages.

    - Ghost Town Gallery.com - Maps and photos of ghost towns and mining camps. 

    - Hamilton Montana Marcus Daly Mansion Historic Estate & Museum - Daly Mansion, the historic estate of Copper King Marcus Daly, located in the Bitterroot Valley, just outside Hamilton, Montana. 

    - Handbook of Texas Online: Cattle Brands - A description and history of cattle brands from the "Texas State Historical Association". 

    - A Hat Fashions the Settlement of the West - "The Beaver Hat", this curious whim of fashion set in motion forces and events of profound significance for the opening of the American West. 

    - The Historical Garden of the Gods - A study of the Native Americans, adventurers, gold seekers, pioneers and entrepreneurs who have left a part of themselves in this garden of rock. 

    - Historical Gazette - Acts of bravery, mean deeds, the pioneers' struggles, gold seekers, Indian battles, railroad barons, all headlines from early news papers. 

    - The History of Cattle Brands - A brief description and history of cattle brands. 

    - History of Longhorn Cattle - History of the Texas Longhorn breed of cattle known for their endurance on the trails westward. 

    - History of Pioneers - Brief history of the pioneer and America's expansion into the West. 

    - The History of the Upper Midwest - An overview of the history of the upper Midwest including lay of the land, the Indians, the French, the British, the ordinances, the pineries and the mines. 

    - Imaging and Imagining the Ghost Dance - Of all the incidents in recent American Indian history, the Ghost Dance of 1890 is probably without equal in evocative power. 

    - The Interactive Santa Fe Trail - Travel through Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and New Mexico along the Santa Fe Trail, past and present. 

    - Jimmy Camp - A historic campground along the Cherokee Trail in what is now central Colorado. Named for the legendary Jimmy Daugherty, used by 19th century trappers, gold seekers, settlers, coalminers and ranchers. 

    - John Henry Holliday DDS - Dedicated to the famous western dentist, gambler and lawman. Provides original photos of his family's homes and places from the life he left behind in Georgia. 

    - Kit Dalton's Homestead - Information on Kit Dalton, an outlaw of the Wild West. 

    - Library of Fur Trade Historical Source Documents - This webpage is a virtual library of historical source documents pertaining to the United States Rocky Mountain West in the years 1800-1850. 

    - Lone Hand Western - The history of the old west, chuckwagon and cowboy lore, books for the re-enactor and western music. 

    - Longitude: Frémont and the Determination of Coordinates - A look at Fremont's determinations of longitude on his Second Expedition 1843-44, and how they relate to his search for the Buenaventura River.

    - Meeting of Frontiers - English-Russian, The story of the American exploration and settlement of the West and the parallel exploration of Siberia, and the Russian Far East. Meeting in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. 

    - Missouri River Steamboating - Dedicated to preserving and expanding the research into the Missouri River's steamboating history, and compiled by the descendent of a family of Missouri River pilots.

    - Mountain Howitzer - Information on the lost Fremont Cannon left on the West Walker River in January 1844. 

    - Mountain Men and the Fur Trade - Dedicated to the history of the trappers, explorers and traders known as Mountain Men with a map, images, photos, a library, and more. 

    - The Northern Great Plains (1880-1920) - Photographs from Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections with 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century. 

    - The Old West - Professor Janke's list of resources on historical, cultural, social, technological, and other aspects of the Old West. As near a complete list as possible.

    - Old West Kansas - Compilation of the Kansas Heritage Sites covering a broad range of topics dealing with the American West and more specifically with the history of Kansas. 

    - Oliver Loving and the Goodnight-Loving Trail - Discusses the history of the famed Goodnight-Loving cattle trail and seeks to gather information on trail drives. 

    - The Oregon-Trail - This web site is based on the award-winning documentary film on PBS." Read about the history and see the historic sites located along the trail. 

    - The Overland Trail - The Overland Trail was established in 1862 by Ben Holladay, the Overland Trail went from Julesburg, Co to Ham's Fork, Wy. Pages describe the route, stations and landmarks, personalities.

    - Queho, a Clubfooted Indian Outcast - Queho became the elusive killer hermit of El Dorado Canyon. By Allen P. Bristow 

    - Russian Settlement at Fort Ross, California - A brief history of the settlement at Northern California's "Fort Ross" in the 19th Century.

    - Sacagawea - A Politically Incorrect Hero - Sacagawea's resourcefulness, intelligence and diligence was essential to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but she was very different from people's modern ideas of what a "hero" should be. 

    - Shawn Hall's Nevada Ghost Towns - Detailed county by county Nevada ghost town listing with historical information, pictures, books, and maps. New detailed ghost town profile each month. 

    - Sod Houses - Presenting pioneer and homesteader sod houses, dug-outs and memories, c.1880 - 1999. Includes pictures of rebuilt and current houses. 

    - The Story of Major John Wesley Powell - Biography of Major John Wesley Powell. 

    - Turner: The Frontier In American History - Classic by Frederick Jackson Turner: The significance of the frontier in American History reprinted online. 

    - Union Pacific Rail Road-History - This is the story of the first transcontinental railroad; the greatest, most daring engineering effort the country had yet seen.The idea was to span the west with iron rails from Omaha to Sacramento. 

    - Voices from the Trading Post - Oral history interviews with over fifty Indian traders of the southwest United States. Contains slide shows, with a focus on Navajo, Hopi, Zuni reservations. 

    - Voices From the Western Frontier - Documents and newspapers preserved by a Lakota family, with searchable transcriptions, photographs and audio recordings. A history of the frontier and western states, the Indian Wars, and genealogical research. 

    - Wagon Train to Oregon 1843: The Great Migration - List of pioneers on the first great migration over the Oregon Trail, in 1843, with links to related sites and individual researchers on various pioneers. 

    - Web de Anza - Provides visitors with documents and multimedia resources covering Juan Bautista de Anza's two overland expeditions from the Sonoran Desert to northern California. 

    - Western History Association - Information about this association which exists to promote the study of the North American West in all its varied aspects and in its broadest sense. 

    - The Western History Photography Collection - The Denver Public Library collection of more than 500,000 photographs related to the history of Colorado and American West.Over 50,000 of these images are searchable on the Internet. 

    - Women in America - The eighteen travelers included here--Irish, German, Scotch, English, and French--pieced together form a more complete and varied picture of the life of American women than can be gleaned from the text of Democracy in America alone. 

    - Women Pioneers in American Memory - Features stories about the strong and determined women who were an integral part of the migration to different parts of the country seeking new opportunities. A Library of Congress site. 

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