Pioneers

Pioneers

Research topics:

Apache: http://www.bigorrin.org/apache_kids.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_american_apache.php

Arapaho: http://www.bigorrin.org/arapaho_kids.htm

Bridget "Biddy" Mason: http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/maso-bid.htm

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/mason-b.html

Buffalo Soldiers: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/83645/buffalo-soldier

http://www.discoverseaz.com/History/BufSold.html

California Gold Rush: http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/california_gold_rush.php

http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/calgoldrush/calgoldrush.htm

Cattle Drives: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Cattle_drives.aspx

http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/agriculture/cattle-drives-started-earnest-after-civil-war

Cheyenne: http://www.bigorrin.org/cheyenne_kids.htm

http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/NativeAmericans/Cheyenne.htm

Chief Joseph: http://www.biography.com/people/chief-joseph-9358227

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/chief_joseph.php

Cochise: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-cochise.html

http://cochise-jl.generalanswers.org/

Colonel John Fremont: http://www.robertwynn.com/Fremont.htm

http://www.civilwarhome.com/fremontbio.htm

Conestoga wagons and prairie schooners:http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/conestoga-wagon.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/prairie_schooner.aspx 

Daniel Boone: http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/daniel_boone.php

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Be-Br/Boone-Daniel.html 

Davy Crockett: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/people/c/crockett/

http://www.biography.com/people/davy-crockett-9261693 

Donation Land Act (Oregon): http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=400

Donner Party: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/donnerparty.htm 

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty.html 

Forts along the trails: http://fortwiki.com/Category:Oregon_Trail_Forts

Fort Laramie

Fort Bridger

Fort Hall 

Fort Kearny 

George Caleb Bingham, painter:http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/b/bingham/index.html

http://www.georgecalebbingham.org/bio.htm 

Hopi: http://www.bigorrin.org/hopi_kids.htm

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/southwest/hopi.html 

Indian Territory/Five Civilized Tribes: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/286000/Indian-Territory

http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/history-of-native-americans/five-civilized-tribes.htm 

Indian Wars: http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/the-indian-wars/

Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0900105.html 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_dusable.html

Jedediah Smith: http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/jedediahssmith.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWsmithJ.htm 

Jim Bridger: http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/jamesbridger.html 

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/79352/Jim-Bridger

Kit Carson: http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Carson-Kit.html 

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-kitcarson.html 

Lewis and Clark: http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/lewis_and_clark.php

http://www.lewisclark.net/biography/ 

Louisiana Purchase:http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/louisianapurchase.htm 

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/louisiana_purchase.php