THE WESTWARD EXPANSION

	The California Gold Rush http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CalGoldRush/CalGoldRush.htm
	Trail of Tears http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110322/index2.htm http://www.cherokeebyblood.com/trailtears.htm http://cherokeehistory.com/samuel.html
	Lewis and Clark http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/lewisandclark.html http://www.lewisclark.net/index.html http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/ http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/ 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. http://www.americanwest.com/pages/awexpans.htm
	The Santa Fe Trail http://www.sangres.com/history/santafetrail/timeline01.htm http://www.vlib.us/old_west/trails/sfthist.html - read only / no pictures http://www.nps.gov/archive/beol/kids_sft.htm
	Oregon Trail http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/ http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm
	Prairie living/Pioneers of the Western Push Obstacles and Stories http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html - Dust Bowl http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm - Dust Bowl http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryathome/activities_sodhouse.html - Sod-houses http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0500/frameset_reset.html? http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0500/stories/0501_0109.html