Depictions of the American west in literature, art and film perpetuate romantic stereotypes of the pioneers--the gold-crazed '49er, the intrepid sodbuster. Whil

Offers insight into the pioneer children's daily life and provides profiles of real migrant children and their later successes.

"As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest

Answers questions about the expansion of the Western United States, including what was gold fever, why did families risk everything to move West, who were the c

Learn how the U.S. government once gave away millions of acres of free land under the Homestead Act. In many cases, the "free" land wound up costing many pionee