General Information
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The West - PBS Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Western Historical Manuscript Collection from the University of Missouri
https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/aa/units-manuscripts
Western Folklife Center: The Art and Culture of the American West
https://www.westernfolklife.org//
Catherine Lavender's WestWeb
www.library.csi.cuny.edu
"WestWeb is a topically-organized website about the study of the American West..."
California Missions
http://www.econoclad.com/newsletters/calmiss.html
California Missions Interactive
Virtual tour of all the missions
http://www.tsoft.net/~cmi/
Links to Trails West
http://www.over-land.com/links.html
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
History of the Expedition
http://www.lewisandclark.org/
Lewis & Clark Expedition 1804
http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~tmcs/lewsclrk1.htm
Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
"comprehensive companion site to Ken Burns' documentary film from
PBS Online."
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
"Library and research center for Western Fur Trade History, with a focus on the Mountain Men in the Rocky Mountain region from 1800-1850."
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html
A History of the North West Coast
http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
Highlights of the Oregon State Archives: A Virtual Exhibit
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/50th/50thintro.html
A "virtual exhibit featuring 12 mini-exhibits that interpret Oregon
history with photographs and documents."
Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Emigrant Road
http://www.emigrantroad.com/
The Interactive Santa Fe Trail Page
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/sft/index.html
"Become a cyber pioneer and travel the wonders of the Santa Fe Trail."
University of California Riverside/ California Museum of Photography
http://cmp1.ucr.edu/
Historical Gazette
http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/
Contains many stories of the West including a serial from USGS geologist Waldemar Lindgren on his visit to Eastern Oregon mining districts in 1900 and stories from Dan DeQuille's 1876 book about the Comstock Lode in Nevada.
Treasure Net Historical Image Collection
http://www.treasurenet.com/images/
A large collection of images arranged by topics and by states that includes a section of images of the American West.
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project: 1936-1940
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/wpa/
Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang
http://www.nmia.com/~btkog/
"The Billy the Kid Outlaw gang strives to protect and promote the history of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett. We are a non-profit organization residing in southern New Mexico."
GhostRiders
http://www.ghostriders.org/
Reenacting the Old West and the American Frontier
The Donner Party
http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/index.htm
"Follow the Donner Party with a daily log of their ill-fated journey of 150 years ago, from their homes in Illinois and Missori, to their snow-bound camps in the Sierra Nevada."
Historic Sites and Museums
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The Ghost Town Site
http://www.cultimedia.ch/ghosttowns/
Located in Switzerland and available in English and German
LA County Museum of Art
http://www.lacma.org/
Kansas Heritage Server
http://www.ku.edu/heritage/
Includes a wealth of information about local history. Concentrates on the Civil War and Westward Expansion.
The Virginia Dale Colorado Overland Trail Stage Station
http://www.over-land.com/
is the only stage station to remain intact on the Overland Trail ; includes short historical anecdotes about the station
The American Cowboy
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Cowboy.com: The Western Connection
http://www.cowboy.com/
"is the premier publication of western living, personalities, music, fashion and more!!"
Cowboys Online: Alphabetical Index
http://www.cowboys.com/alpha.htm
Buffalo Bill's Wild West
http://www.buffalobill.com/
Family History of Kit Carson
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/families/kitcarsn.html
Western State Sites
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Alaska
Alaskan Center
http://alaskan.com/
Arizona and New Mexico
The Arizona Guide
http://www.arizonaguide.com/home.asp
Arizona Historical Foundation
http://www.asu.edu/lib/list/tour/azhist.html
Arizona - Department of Library, Archives and Public Records
http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/
Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation - Las Vegas, NM
http://www.worldplaces.com/cchp/
California
The Historic Anaheim Web Site
http://www.anaheimcolony.com/links.htm
California Views : The Pat Hathaway Collection
http://caviews.com/
The Pat Hathaway Collection. Holdings: over 75,000 images from 1870-1997; contains View of Monterey, Cannery Row, Sardine fishing industry, John Steinbeck & Ed Ricketts, California Missions, San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
The Gold Rush of California: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles
http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/goldrush/GoldTOC.htm
The Gold Rush
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/home.html
"companion web site to the PBS special. Includes fun facts and teacher
resources."
California Historical Society
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Santa Clara University - de Saisset Museum
http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Departments/deSaisset/
"Event and exhibit information; caretaker of the California History Collection."
The California State Assembly
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/
State of California Judicial Branch
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
The Official Web Sit of the City of Los Angeles
http://www.ci.la.ca.us/
Pomona Valley Historical Society
http://www.osb.net/Pomona/
"featuring the Palomares Adobe and other sites the society runs."
Old Sacramento
http://www.oldsacramento.com/home.html
The Museum of the City of San Francisco: General Subject List
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/subjects.html
San Francisco History Index
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/
City of Santa Monica
http://pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us/cm/
Sonoma Valley, California
http://www.sonomavalley.com/2000/index.htm
Colorado
Old Colorado City Historical Society
http://history.oldcolo.com/
Telluride Colorado Visitor's Guide
http://telluridemm.com/
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Montana Vigilantes and Sheriff Henry Plummer
http://schmittroth.tripod.com/mont_vigi/
"history of the Gold Camp Vigilantes in Montana in 1862-64 with an emphasis on Henry Plummer."
Central Oregon Directory
http://www.central-oregon.com/
The City of Des Moines, Washington
http://www.desmoineswa.gov/
Nevada and Utah
Guide to to Moab Utah
http://www.moab.net/linksystem/index.pl
Nevada Women's History Project
http://www.unr.edu/wrc/nwhp/