History of the Old West

Stories of the Old West

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True stories of the American frontier including the pioneers, the Indians, the cowboys, the gunfighters, the ranchers, the railroaders, and many others.

YearTitleAuthor(s)
1675King Philip’s WarRichard Hildreth
1682La Salle Explores Length of Mississippi RiverFrançois Xavier Garneau
1689The Lachine MassacreFrançois Xavier Garneau
1763Pontiac’s UprisingE.O. Randall
1774Frontiersmen Before the American RevolutionTheodore Roosevelt
1775French in the Ohio ValleyTheodore Roosevelt
1775Daniel Boone Settles KentuckyTheodore Roosevelt
1803The Louisiana PurchaseHenry S. Randall
1836The Texas RebellionSam Houston| |Charles Edwards Lester
1846California Acquired by the United StatesHenry B. Dawson
1848Gold Discovered in CaliforniaJohn S. Hittell
1848The Mormons Migrate WestThomas L. Kane
1852Life on the Oregon TrailEzra Meeker
1867The Alaska PurchaseCharles Sumner
1869The First Transcontinental Railroad CompletedJohn P. Davis
1870-1871John Wesley Hardin, GunfighterJohn Wesley Hardin
1876The Northfield Bank JobCole Younger
1881The Tombstone GunfightJack Le Moine

General Entries

 

TitleAuthor(s)
Gunfighters of the Old WestBat Masterson
Mark Twain’s Mississippi RiverMark Twain

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