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Library of Congress
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The History Net
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America's Library
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Famous Trials
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U.S. History Topics
- 1600 - 1800 American Colonial Period
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Archiving Early America
Our main focus is primary source
material from 18th Century America-- all
displayed digitally. A unique array of
original newspapers, maps and writings
come to life on your screen just as they
appeared to our forebears more than 200
years ago.
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Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's
Founding Fathers
The following biographical sketches of
America's founding fathers are taken
from the 1829 book, Lives of the Signers
to the Declaration of Independence, by
the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich. Some
editing has been done including an
effort to modernize the spelling.)
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Jamestown Rediscovery
Jamestown Rediscovery is
investigating the remains of 1607-1698
Jamestown on the APVA property on
Jamestown Island, Virginia.
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Mayflower History
Information about the Mayflower
passengers, the trip, and many other
facts
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Salem Witch Trials
Essays and other resources, including
court documents, of the Salem Witch
Trials of 1692. Some of the papers and
court documents are searchable. The site
also includes a map of Salem, and
information on a memorial for the
victims. (added 6/7/99)
- 1801 - 1879 Explorers & the Westward
Movement
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Discoverers Web Homepage
A collection of information about
discovery and explorations from 3000 BC
onward. Also includes biographies of
famous explorers.
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Oregon Trail
a compendium of facts and details about
the Oregon Trail
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End of the Oregon Trail
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The Great Chicago Fire
an online exhibition produced by the
Chicago Historical Society and Academic
Technologies of Northwestern University
to mark the 125th anniversary of one of
the most famous events in American
history, as well as the most formative
event in the history of Chicago
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Historic Steps of Lewis & Clark
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Historical Image
Collection
If you need images and photographs of
the old West, this is the site for you.
Images are listed by subject and by
state
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New Perspectives on THE WEST
Apart from the guided tour, the web site
does not present a narrative history of
the West. Instead, it presents the
elements of Western history -- profiles,
documents, images -- and encourages
visitors to link these into patterns of
historical meaning for themselves. The
five main sections are Tour The West,
Events, Places, People, and Archives.
From PBS.
- The Wild West Gunfighters: Good
Guys vs. Bad Guys
- The Wild West
- 1880 - 1949
- Military History
- Civil War
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Mountain Men & the Fur Trade
searchable site, subtitled Mountain Men and the Fur Trade in the Rocky
Mountain West, covers the period from 1800-1850.
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The American
West
History and development
of the American West, from the Frontier and Pioneer
days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West
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Old Timer's Page
How it used to be done: including The Ice House,
Potting Meat, Salt Curing Meat Making Bread in a
wood burning oven, Making Butter, Soap Making,
Building a Cistern, Building a Root Cellar, The Out
House, and more.
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Civil War
Images
If you need images and photographs of the old West,
this is the site for you. Images are listed by
subject and by state.
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Expansion & The West
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Ghost Towns
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Women of the
West
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The Donner Party
An excellent site by Daniel Rosen
examines the day to day events of the greatest
tragedy of the western expansion, including journal
entries, images, links to other sources, and brief
biographies of members of the party.
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The Wild Wild West
Elizabeth Gibson has compiled a
collection of essays, articles, biographical
sketches and more on each western state and some of
the people involved in the history of the West.
Still under construction, but worth a look.
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Wyatt Earp
Historical Home Page
This site deserves its place here because of its
links to information on some of Earp's associates
and contemporaries, including Bat Masterson, Billy
the Kid, and others
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William F. Cody
(Buffalo Bill)
Thumbnail images of Buffalo Bill, his wild west show
and includes a biography.
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The Overland
Trail
The Overland Trail, established in 1862, went from
Julesburg, Colorado to Fort Bridger, Wyoming where
it joined the Oregon Trail. Look at the route,
stations, stops, and landmarks, and biographies of
people along the trail.
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Pony Express
Home Station
Site maps, riders, history of the trail, museums,
stations, statues, facts and a quiz about the Pony
Express. A comprehensive site!
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Native American
- Individual Tribes
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Native American
- Megasites
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The American
Experience | Lost in the Grand Canyon
"In May 1869, accompanied by nine men, the
scientific explorer John Wesley Powell left Green
River City on the first expedition by boat through
the Grand Canyon. These maps, with their
accompanying journal entries, detail the course of
the grueling journey that ultimately claimed three
lives."
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Railroad Maps
Collection
Study the growth of travel, settlement, industry and
agriculture in the United States.
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WestWeb:
Western History Resource
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Buckaroos in
Paradise
Documentation of a Nevada cattle-ranching community
created by the Paradise Valley Folklife Project
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Primary
Resources - Western United States & Canada
websites describing holdings of
manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical
photographs, and other primary sources for the
research scholar.
- Revolutionary War
- World War I
- World War II
- More World War II Web Sites
(1939-1945)
- Korean War
- Vietnam
War
- Native Americans
- Historical Documents & Speeches
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AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of
American History
- Arranged by era
and sorted by author
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Historical Text Archive
- The HTA
provides original material , links
to other sites, and electronic
reprints of books and is organized
by geography/nations and topics.
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America's Freedom Documents
Full text of the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution, and
the Bill of Rights.
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Declaring Independence: Drafting the
Documents
Chronology of 1776
events and more from the Library of
Congress
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US
Historical Documents
US historic
documents, in chronological order
from pre-colonial through modern
times.
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Words & Deeds in American History
Included are the papers of presidents,
cabinet ministers, members of Congress,
Supreme Court justices, military
officers and diplomats, reformers and
political activists, artists and
writers, scientists and inventors, and
other prominent Americans whose lives
reflect our country's evolution.
- U.S. Presidents
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The Presidency
Grolier Online presents
The American Presidency,
an exclusive history of
presidents, the
presidency, politics and
related subjects. You
can select an
encyclopedia set for
either middle or high
school age levels before
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POTUS: Presidents of the United States
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find background information, election results,
cabinet members, notable events, and some points of
interest on each of the presidents. Links to
biographies, historical documents, audio and video
files, and other presidential sites are also
included to enrich this site.-
Presidential
Portraits at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress staff has had frequent
requests for presidential portraits. As a result,
they've compiled this ready reference aid of formal
and informal pictures. The selected images include
at least one likeness of each of the forty-one
presidents and most of the first ladies.
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Presidents
Short biographies and
portraits of the U.S.
Presidents -
First Ladies
Short biographies and portraits of
the First Ladies-
Presidential
Sites
Biographical and
other related websites
listed under each
President's name
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