Index
Alamo 23–24
Apache 15–16
beaver 30–31, 33
buffalo 16–17, 20
California 15, 22–23, 33–34, 36, 40, 42
cattle 20, 22, 46, 48, 55
Civil War 48, 51–52
Cody, Buffalo Bill 58
cowboys 28, 48–50, 52
Donner Party 36
gold 33–37, 40, 50
Great Plains 16, 44, 48
guns 17, 19, 52–53
Homestead Act 48
immigrants 31, 34, 40, 48
Jefferson, Thomas 8, 26–27
Lewis and Clark 8, 26–29
Louisiana Purchase 8, 26, 30
Mexico 22–23
miners 33, 35, 37, 40, 50, 52
missions 20, 24
Mississippi River 14, 52
Mormons 9, 57
Mountain Men 32–33, 38
Navajo 15–16, 18
New Mexico 8, 15, 19, 22–23
New Spain 20, 22
Oregon Trail 43
outlaws 51–53, 55
pioneers 42–44, 46
Pueblo Indians 16, 18
railroad 50
Sacajawea 28–29
Texas 23, 48
wagons 34, 36, 38, 42–45, 57