Incoming Resources
- The Oregon Trail, an American saga, David Dary
- The American heritage book of great adventures of the Old West,, compiled by the editors of American heritage. Introd. by Archibald Hanna, Jr
- Heading West, life with the pioneers : 21 activities, Pat McCarthy
- The three-cornered war, the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West, Megan Kate Nelson
- The Oregon Trail, by Elaine Landau
- Seven trails West, Arthur King Peters
- A primary source history of Westward expansion, by Steven Otfinoski
- Wagon trains and settlers, Ellen H. Todras
- Surviving the journey, the story of the Oregon Trail, by Danny Kravitz ; consultant, Michael J. Trinklein, Professor Emeritus, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
- The scouts, by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Keith Wheeler
- Saloons of the Old West, by Richard Erdoes
- Winning the Wild West, the epic saga of the American frontier, 1800-1899, Page Stegner ; foreword by Larry McMurtry
- Blood and thunder, an epic of the American West, Hampton Sides
- Children of the West, family life on the frontier, Cathy Luchetti
- Westward expansion, Teresa Domnauer
- Frontier settlements, Raymond Bial
- Three western narratives, Washington Irving
- Wagons west, the epic story of America's overland trails, Frank McLynn
- The best land under heaven, the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny, Michael Wallis
- Astoria, John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival, Peter Stark
- What if you met a cowboy?, written and illustrated by Jan Adkins
- The townsmen, by the editors of Time-Life Books, with text by Keith Wheeler
- West by covered wagon, retracing the pioneer trails, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; photographs by William Muñoz
- Cowboys and the wild West, Hilarie N. Staton
- Women's diaries of the westward journey, Lillian Schlissel ; preface by Carl N. Degler ; Gerda Lerner, supervising editor
- The Earth is weeping, the epic story of the Indian wars for the American West, Peter Cozzens
- Globe trekker, produced by Pilot Film and Television Productions for American Public Television ; producer, Chris Ledger
- What was the Donner Party?, by Ben Hubbard ; illustrated by Tim Foley
- Crooks, cowboys, and characters, Sean Price
- The Homestead Act, by Elaine Landau
- Discovering the West, the expedition of Lewis and Clark, by John Micklos, Jr
- Don't know much about the pioneers, Kenneth C. Davis ; illustrated by Renée Andriani
- Daily life on the nineteenth century American frontier, Mary Ellen Jones
- Westward expansion, an interactive history adventure, by Allison Lassieur
- Our journey west, the Oregon Trail adventures of Sarah Marshall, Gare Thompson
- The Old West, Stephen G. Hyslop
- What was the Wild West?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Pioneer days, discover the past with fun projects, games, activities, and recipes, David C. King ; illustrations by Bobbie Moore
- What was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?, by Steve Korté ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- The foul, filthy American frontier, the disgusting details about the journey out West, by Heather E. Schwartz
- Sacagawea's nickname, essays on the American West, Larry McMurtry
- Wild West, by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce ; illustrated by Isidre Monés
- Into the west, from reconstruction to the final days of the American frontier, James M. McPherson
- Diary of Sallie Hester, a covered wagon girl, by Sallie Hester
- Voices from the Oregon Trail, by Kay Winters ; illustrated by Larry Day
- Seduced by the West, Jefferson's America and the lure of the land beyond the Mississippi, Laurie Winn Carlson
- Pioneers, adventure in a new land, Linda Burnett
- Oh what a slaughter, massacres in the American West, 1846-1890, Larry McMurtry