Introduction

The Internet Resources

Native Americans,Western Expansion,Cowboys, Outlaws and Gunfighters

• The Arrows That Wounded the West - Tells about the dificult wounds caused by arrows and the use of the bow and arrow by Native Americans

• Billy the Kids Great Escape - A pretty accurate historical account of one of the famous outlaws near misses

• Ten Myths About Billy the Kid - Think you know the story? Read this and find the facts behind the legend.

• Boothill - The legendary graveyard of the old west. Many towns had them, but some are more famous than others.

• Black Bart - The legendary gentleman,poet,and outlaw.

• Custer's Italians - A different look at the famous(infamous) 7th Cavalry at a time when immigrants were doing many of the more dangerous jobs in this country.

• The Dodge City War - The story of a confrontation which involved some of the most famous men of the West (Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson,et al.

• Ex-Slave Mary Fields at Home in Montana in the Late 1800's - An interesting account of the life of a former slave and how she lived on the frontier.

• George Crook:Indian Fighter - General Crook may have been an 'Indian fighter', but he didn't hate the Native Americans. This is a little long ,but it has a lot of good inforamtion about one of the most effective and humane commanders of the frontier.

• Get Out of Dodge - Another tale of one of the Old Wests most colorful and notorious towns. What it doesn't tell you is that I was born there.

• In Search of Silver and Gold - A story about a brave and generous woman in the Old West. She was not only an 'agel of mercy' ,but also a sucessful miner. Neat story !

• Kit Carson:American Hero - A lot of Native Americans would disagree with this title. It may be a little slanted, but there are some interesting facts about a colorful and interesting figure in the settlement of the Old West. We live pretty much in his old stomping grounds

• Lakota Noon At Greasy Grass - 'It has been said that, with the possible exception of Gettysburg, the Battle of the LittleBighorn may be the most written about event in American history. This is a lengthy (If you read the fulltext version.),but interesting account by the only eyewitnesses of this famous battle.

• A Trip to the Past: The Industrial Revolution - 'This web page is dedicated to the industrial revolution, the changes that occurred and how it effected modern life. This web page demonstrates the transition from hand tools to machines, and shows the pros and cons of the revolution.'

• A magazine of Western stories- Sometimes cowboy poetry - The title of this site says it all.

• A site for links to Native American information - This is a link to links. If your task includes reaseaarch about NAtive Americans, this is a good place to start.

• Old West Town and Links - A list of links to old west owns and trails

• People In the West - Biograhphies of famous people of the West.

• Old RI's Stories - A settler's recollection of incounters with Native Americans

• Old West Art Gallery - Paintings of the Old West by some of the more famous Western Artists

• Cowboys - A description of the icon of America - the Cowboy

• American Westward Expansion - Includes maps of the Lewis & Clark Expedition 1804, the Santa Fe Trail 1821, the Oregon Trail 1835, the Mormon Pioneer Trail of 1846, the Pony Express Route 1860, the Overland Trail 1862 and Key Dates of Expansion. Also, several other trails are described and a story on frontier transportation explain the important role of the transcontinental railroad and the railroad companies.

• Wagon Trains - A nice short description of life on the trail west. It includes the supplies and clothing and daily life on the trail.

• The West - A really complete set of links to sites with all kinds of information about the American West. People, places and events can all be found here.

Sports History

• Baseball Almanac - A possible source of info on the history of America's pasttime.

• Jackie Robinson and other Baseball Highlights - This Library o fCongress web sit e has a lot of links to other articles about the history of baseball. There are also some neat pictures.Click on Baseball's Beginnings to get htis information and loook at the pictures.

• The Baseball Archive - THere is a lot of information on this site for those of you interested in the origins of baseball and the development of America's Pasttime.

• Jackie Robinson and other baseball highlights,1869 - 1960 - A great site from the Library of Congress. Click on the highlighted words to take you to pictures and text about thehistory of 'Americas favorite passtime'.

• The Baseball Archive - Look on the left side of the page for History/Almanac. Click this and get a variety of articles on the All American game.

The Age of Industry and Immigration;Disasters

• Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone - If your interests are in the development of modern technology, ring this one up.

• Thomas Edison- American Inventor - If you don't now it by now Edison was amazing. Read about him here.

• Andrew Carnegies Life an Philanthropy - Once the wealthiest man in the US and maybe the world. If his money was in today's dollars, he would be richer than Bill Gates. He was also a pretty generous guy. Here's a spot about him.

• Great Homes of the Gilded Age - Links to site about some of America's castles,such as Biltmore & Hearst Castle built by some of the wealthiest tycoons of the Gilded Age

• The History Place- Child Labor - Some excellent photos of children at work in diferent settings around the turn of the century. They are accompanied by some text and explination.

• An Eywitness Account - The famous writer, Jack London (Call Of The Wild), writing as a journalist about the 1906 earthquake in San Fransico

• Museum of the City Of San Fransico - A very good source for information on the earth Quake of 1906. Photos and articles about a wide range of topics connected tothis disaster, including the relief efforts.

• The Great Chicago Fire - A webste dedicated to the Great confligration. A good source for all types of information on the fire.

• Historical Texas Hurricanes - You'll need to look a little , but there is some good information on the Galveston hurricane. The worst loss of life by natural disaster in the history of the US.

• THe 1900 Storm - A site dedicated to the commeration of the storms 100th anniversary. SOme remarkable photos. A nice place were people share family legendsd about the storm also.

• Ellis Island: An Online Exhibit - This is an online exhibit from the History Channel. You may not be able to access the video portions of the exhibit. However, there is still a wealth of information here. Click on the signs in the lefthand corner of the screenfor info on those topics. The 'Heritage' sign will take you to a form for doing a family tree.

• Angel Island Home Page - The home page of Angel Island,but I bet you could've guessed that. This site will link you to sources on Chinese American historyu and would be of help on the topic of immigration.

• Political Cartoons and Cartoonists - Be sure to check out the links at the bottom of the pages. They might take you to what you're looking for.

WWI,Prohibition & the Depression

• Groliers History of WWII - A concise but detatiled account of the war form Groliers Online Encyclopedia.

• WWI Document Archive - This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.

• Trenches on the Web - These pages contain information on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history. Entire kingdoms were to vanish in the clash. The map makers of the world would be busy indeed! Good starting points down the introduction page is ,well, a good starting point.

• Aerodrome; Aces and Aircraft of WWI - This is pretty much just what the title says.

• Battles of WWI - Has infromation on the following battles:The Battles of the Marne, 1914, 1918, The Battles of Ypres 1914, 1915, 1917, The Battle of the Somme, 1916, The Battle of Cambrai, 1917

• WWI Photos - WWI Photos (Duh!)

• WWI Aviation History- Illustrated - Lots of links to articules and pictures of WWI planes.

• Prohiobition & Temperance - Us the clickable table of contents to find a varitety of in formation on Prohibition, itsa causes and effects.

• The St. Valentine's Day Massacre - A well writen article on one of the most infamous of incidents in the Chicago gang-wars o fthe 20s.

• The Jazz Age: Flapper Culture and Style - A good look at flappers and what all the flap was about. There are links to more information about teh Twenties in the article and at the bottom of the page.

World War II, The Cold War, and the Sixties

• Biographies and Articles form World War II - A list of articles and biographies from Groliers Online relating to WWII. A good source for timeline articles.

• World War II Family Journal Writing Option - Theis is the site you need to visit for information on the journal writing option. Ther are also links from this site for information about the war that will be useful in this and other projects.

• WWII Pictures - This is a web site put together by a highschool student to honor her grandfather who fought in WWII. It's not professional, but it is nicely done. I choose it as a link because it's such a cool thing for a young lady to do. It is also a very personalized view of the war.

• The High Price of Freedom - This is a site full of links to WWII. If you have'nt been able to find what you need in thte other sites this is a good place to do a little more digging. The links are categorized along the left side of the page.

• Batle of Britain - These pages will catalogue the official reports of the most important event in Royal Air Force history, the Battle fought over Britain between the 10th July and 31st October 1940.

• Battles of WWII - A site with short descriptions of a variety of battles. There isn't a large variety, however there is some good short descriptions . To find a battle click on the appropriate name US HQ or the like to find a list of battles.

• WWII Sites - A large list of sites for infromation over WWII. Scrool down the page and look for your topic.

• Women Come to the Front - A site from the Library of Congress with informationon several woman journalists in WWII.

• Military Woman Resource Guide - A Guide to woman in the US military, but I guess you figured that out.

• Amazing Women in War and Peace - 'History raves about the heroics of men in war... but few instances are mentioned in which female courage was displayed. Yet during every conflict, and the peaceful years between,they too were there.'