Sites to use to answer the American West Web Search

 

The numbers before the link correspond to the question that they help you find the information for on your questions page.

 

1. http://www.americanwest.com/index2.htm

 

2-7 http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/ponyexp1.htm

 

8. http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=224656

 

9. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/turner.htm

 

10-14. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/27.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Colleges_Act

http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm

 

15-16 http://www.nationalgrange.org/about/history.html

 

17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed_wire

 

18-19 http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/62bonanza.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanza_farming

 

 

20-24. Use the category links at: http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/index.htm to find the

answers to the following questions.

 

25 http://www.beefusa.org/theicattleindustryhistory.aspx

     http://history.enotes.com/history-fact-finder/economics-business/how-did-american-cattle-industry-get-started

 

26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_longhorn_%28cattle%29

 

27 http://www.americanwest.com/pages/buffbill.htm

 

28 http://www.buffalobill.org/

 

29 http://www.cowgirls.com/dream/cowgals/calamity.htm

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/westernamerica/p/calamity_jane.htm

 

30-31 http://www.nps.gov/libi/

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_the_little_big_horn.htm

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/knee.htm

http://ga.essortment.com/woundedkneewha_rqen.htm

 

32. http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/joseph.html

 

33 http://www.historycentral.com/Indians/CentofDishonor.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Century_of_Dishonor