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		American Experience \| The Donner Party \| Film Description ^Votes:0 --> Film Description "...Remember, never take no cut-offs and hurry along as fast as you can." -- Virginia Reed, Donner Party survivor A cautionary tale of human endeavor and failure, hope and despair, greed and ambition, The Donner Party chronicles the harrowing tale of the ill-fated emigrant group who set out for the promised land of California in the spring of 1846, only to meet with disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada the following winter. Using archival photographs, paintings, and maps; diaries, letters and memoirs of the party members; interviews with writers and historians; and new cinematography from across the Oregon and California trails, The Donner Party traces the emigrants' 2500-mile journey from Springfield, Illinois, to Sutter's Fort in California. The letters, memoir Read More Go to Site


		Deadwood Information and History ^Votes:0 "Wild Bill" Hickok Calamity Jane Wyatt Earp Deadwood Information and History Deadwood Historic Preservation A National Historic Landmark Links to Deadwood and Old West Related Sites Links to regional information The city of Deadwood, seat of Lawrence County, in the Black Hills of Western South Dakota was incorporated 1876. The city was named for the dead trees that were found in the narrow canyon (Deadwood Gulch) where you'll find the historic Main and Sherman streets, with many streets built up its steep sides. Deadwood had the first telephone exchange in the state of South Dakota. Established by Paul Rewman in March of 1878, calls between Deadwood and Lead were 50 cents at the time, 25 cents cheaper than a stage ride between the cities, and much faster. The completion of the line was pro Read More Go to Site

		DODGE CITY ^Votes:0 DODGE CITY, Kansas Front Street, Dodge City, KS 1876 Dodge City is a pure definition of the West ... a gateway to history that began with the opening of the Santa Fe Trail by William Becknell in 1821 and became a great commercial route between Franklin, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico until 1880. Thousands of wagons traveled the Mountain Branch of the trail which went west from Dodge City along the north bank of the Arkansas River into Colorado. For those willing to risk the dangers of waterless sand hills, a shorter route called the Cimarron Cutoff crossed the river near Dodge City and went southwest to the Cimarron River. In those days, safety from marauding Indians was essential. Fort Dodge was established in 1865 on the Santa Fe Trail near the present site of the city, offering prote Read More Go to Site

		EyeWitness to History ^Votes:0 EyeWitness has a new location: eyewitnesstohistory.com You will transferred to our new site in a few seconds. Please bookmark the new location for future reference! Read More Go to Site

		HistoryBuff.com -- Newspapers of the Old West ^Votes:0 Subscribe to the FREE HistoryBuff.com Monthly Newsletter Trivia - Contests - More! Enter your email address in the blank below About HistoryBuff Help Support HistoryBuff.com Newspaper Collecting Nameplate Hall of Fame Online Newspaper Archives Reference Libraries Audio Library 16th-17th Century Baseball Coverage Bizarre News Circus Coverage Civil War Coverage Crime Coverage Engravers/Engravings Historic Events Inaugural Addresses Hoaxes in Newspapers Journalism Stamps Newsboys Newspaper Technology Old West[*] Presidents Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Women in Journalism Library Search Engine Primary Source Material State Facts Interactive Quizzes Panoramas Newspapers of the Old West Arizona Territory In 1879 a newspaper by the title of The Nugget began publication in Tombstone. Shortly after tha Read More Go to Site

		John's Word Search Puzzles: The Old West ^Votes:0 This page has been accessed times since moving to this site April 24, 1998. Go Back to John's Word Search Puzzles Read More Go to Site

		PBS - New Perspectives on THE WEST ^Votes:0 --> In a conversation with us several years ago, the Kiowa poet N. Scott Momaday remarked that the American West "is a place that has to be seen to be believed, and it may have to be believed in order to be seen." For five years we have travelled that landscape, photographed its vistas, talked to its people, sought out its history, all as part of our production of THE WEST, an eight-part documentary series for public television. Now -- 100,000 air-miles and 72 filmed interviews and 74 visits to archives and collections and more than 250 hours of film later -- we have begun to understand at least something of what Momaday meant. (continued....) Read More Go to Site

		The Overland Trail Main Page--Last Updated 12/07/02 ^Votes:0 THE OVERLAND TRAIL An Official Millennium Trail The Concord Coach Page Search Overland Trail powered by FreeFind Virginia Dale Stage Station in Danger! Your support is needed now! THE OVERLAND TRAIL An official Millennium Trail. Special Millennium Celebration Book Available Looking at the Overland Trail, the Route and the Ride Clickable Map of the Overland Trail: (Julesburg to Fort Bridger) The Concord Coach Page The Concord Coach Gallery Looking Back: Trappers, Mountain Men and Indians On The Trail Stations, Stops, and Landmarks Along The Overland Trail Stage Drivers and Other Employees , and also Messengers On the Overland Stage Line Virginia Dale, Colorado Site of remarkably intact stage station. Personalities Along the Overland Trail Links to other pages about... December 2002 Spotligh Read More Go to Site

		TheAtlantic.com :: Home ^Votes:0 Food A Magical Cup Corby Kummer tours the cutting edge of the coffee world, where baristas use mesmerizing high-end brewing techniques and light roasts are making a comeback. READ MORE Past Present The Land of Lost Luggage The Atlantic found the fate of misplaced bags in this 2002 piece. READ MORE Photo by David McNew/Getty Images Foreign Affairs Scents and Sensibility How Sarah Chayes helped Afghans build a thriving soap and body-oil business—and overcame the incompetence of America’s aid establishment. READ MORE Photo by Sarah Chayes Past Present Lincoln’s Great Depression Seven score and four years ago this week, Lincoln spoke the sparse, poetic lines of his Gettysburg Address. An Atlantic contributor argues that Lincoln’s unusual clarity was partly due to his st Read More Go to Site

		U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920 ^Votes:0 U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920 1775 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1900 1920 Overview Last updated June 17, 1996 Read More Go to Site

		Western History Subject Index -- Photograph Archives, Univ. Utah ^Votes:0 Western History Subject Index -- Photograph Archives, Univ. Utah Western History Subject Index, Photograph Archives J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah Western History P0012 - John Jarvie Excavation P0024 - Everett Cooley P0036 - George A. Smith P0040 - Hiram Clawson P0046 - Institute of the American West P0063 - Riverboats P0064 - Indian Collection P0068 - Dick Beck [ BROWSE PHOTOS ] P0072 - Utah State Historical Society P0100 - Charles Kelly P0107 - Brigham Madsen P0123 - George M. Ottinger P0134 - John Hudson P0143 - Madeline McQuown P0144 - Japanese Relocation [ BROWSE PHOTOS ] P0161 - GEENTEEL GENTILE P0168 - Wild Bunch P0172 - John P. Soule P0185 - Western History--Drawings P0187 - Scofield Mine Disaster P0188 - Matthew and Clair Noall P0201 - Russell Mortensen P0211 - Tet Read More Go to Site

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