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http://www3.pbs.org

New Perspectives on The West

A sizeable collection of information regarding famous Americans is provided at this site. Scroll down the main menu and select "People in the West" to obtain an "interactive biographical dictionary of historical figures" which includes "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Kit Carson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Mark Twain, George Armstrong Custer, and many others.

 

http://www.americanwest.com/

The American West

This is an excellent site, loaded with information about the history of America's West! Details include the westward expansion, some maps about the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Pony Express, the Mormon Pioneer Trail, important dates, the Alamo, European emigration, pioneer towns such as Dodge City and Tombstone, ghost towns, Death Valley, famous western pioneers and frontiersmen such as Buffalo Bill, Davy Crockett, and Daniel Boone, as well as women of the west, mountain men, Native American tribes, and important documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and so much more.

 

 

 

http://www.historybuff.com/ History Buff:Week of 5/1/2000[6139]
This site is devoted to press coverage of events in American history. It includes an extensive, searchable, library with the categories Civil War, Baseball, Engravings, Journalism Hoaxes, Old West including Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Crime figures such as Bonnie & Clyde, Lizzie Borden and over a dozen other categories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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