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Try the **UDLibSEARCH databases** first. These are on your Internet Explorer home page.
 * 1) Britannica School Edition and World Book will have articles on many of the suggested topics, e.g. the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail, the Pony Express, the Trail of Tears, the Alamo, the Chinese Exclusion Act, the American Fur Company and the Mormon religion.
 * 2) Annals of American History allows you to read primary documents (actual documents, letters and articles written at the time). See the section on Expansion & Imperialism.


 * Westward Expansion** http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/westward.html This page hosted by Kennesaw State University has links to some excellent sites on many of the topics listed for your assignment.


 * Westward Expansion** http://www.jerichoschools.org/8thsocial/westexp.html This site provides another list of links to sites under various headings. It was designed for 8th grade Social Studies by Jericho Publc Schools, Jericho NY.

A website with links to info on westward expansion, western trails, cowboys, Native Americans, pioneers, trappers, scouts, gunslingers, outlaws, ghost towns, gold & silver mining, saloons, the prairie, rodeos, stage coaches, frontier railroads, steam boats, and anything of interest or of significance west of the Mississippi River.
 * The American West** http://www.virginiaromancewriters.com/Links/cowboylinks.html


 * PBS sites** are based on their television series. See:
 * The Trail of Tears http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html
 * Frontier House http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/frontierlife/index.html
 * The Mormons http://www.pbs.org/mormons/view/
 * Remember the Alamo http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/
 * Trans Continental Railroad http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/
 * The Gold Rush http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
 * THE WEST Episode Five: Cowboys http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/five/cowboys.htm

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 * The Oregon Trail** http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html Site created by teachers who wrote the original Oregon Trail PBS program.
 * The Alamo** http://www.thealamo.org/main.html Official museum site.
 * Cherokee Removal: The Trail Where They Cried** http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/history/trail.htm U.S. Department of the Interior.
 * Immigration Station** http://www.angelisland.org/immigr02.html by the Angel Island Foundation. Angel Island was where Chinese immigrants were held while it was decided whether or not they would be allowed to stay.
 * Chinese immigration to the United States, 1851-1900.** http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/chinimms/chinimms.html Site hosted by the Library of Congress.
 * The Chinese Railroad Men** http://cprr.org/Museum/Fusang.html from the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum.
 * Mississippi River Navigation** http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/PAO/history/MISSRNAV/index.asp See Steamboat Navigation. This site is by New Orleans District US Army Corps of Engineers.
 * Mississippi Steamboat Journey** http://www.riverweb.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/narrative?ID=587
 * Grand Ladies of the River** http://www.travellady.com/ARTICLES/article-grandladies.html This site describes the furnishings and facilities of a steamboat trip which tourists can take today, but in doing so it gives details of what life was like in the 1800s.
 * Buffalo Soldiers National Museum** http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/
 * Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars** http://www.buffalosoldier.net/
 * The Pony Express** http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/ponyexp1.htm
 * Cattle Trails** http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~itgenweb/itprojects/roads/cattle-trails.htm
 * Pioneer Woman-**

Books in our library**  : __Cowboys__ 978 Si __The Cowboy Trade__ 978 Ro __American Cattle Trails East and West__ 978 Pl __The Book of Cowboys__ 978 Ho __Cowboys of the Wild West__ 978 Fre (AR book) __Cows and Cowboys yesterday and today__ 978 Sw __Cowboy Capital of the World ; the saga of Dodge City__ 978.1 Ca __The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party__ 979.4 Cal (AR book) __The Oregon Trail__ 978 Ste __Westward on the Oregon Trail__ 978 Am __The First book of the Santa Fe Trail__ 978 Pl __Children of the Wild West__ 978 Fre __Badmen of the West__ 978 El __The Book of the American West__ 978 Mo __The Authentic Wild West: the Outlaws__ 978 Ho __The American Heritage History of the Great West__ 978 Am __How the Settlers Lived__ 978 La __A Strange and Distant Shore: Indians of the Great Plains in Exile__ 978 As __The Rush for Gold__ 979.4 Be __The California Gold Rush__ 979.4 Am __Buffalo Soldiers__ P973.8 This is a pamphlet and they are stored in the office. Ask Mrs. March for it.

-April S.
 * The Pony Express-** http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/pony_express.htm Gives accurate information about the Pony Express riders, trails, and descriptions of several stations.