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Historical Maps of the United States

Here you can find historical maps of the United States concerning Native American tribes, exploration, settlement, and territorial growth dating back to the 16th Century.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html

Mountain Men and the Fur Trade

Here you can find sources of history relating to the Fur Trade in the Rocky Mountain West. Sources include diaries, narratives, letters, images and more.

http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html

The History of the Cherokee

Here you can find historical information, images, maps, and genealogy relating to the Cherokee Nation. It also has a comprehensive list of books, newspapers, and Internet links concerning Cherokee History.

http://cherokeehistory.com/index.html

The Oregon Trail

The "Oregon Trail web site is based on the award-winning documentary film aired nationally on PBS stations." You can read about the history of the Oregon Trail and the historic sites located along it.

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

The Overland Trail

Describes how and why the Overland Trail began in 1862 and how it came to and end. Other information on stations, stops, landmarks, personalities is also included.

http://www.over-land.com/

Asian-Nation

This site dedicates itself to "Exploring the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural elements and issues that make up today's Asian American community, 'Asian-Nation' provides provocative, useful, and interactive content about the Asian ...

http://www.asian-nation.org/index.shtml

Four Faces of Pocahontas

Learn more about this legendary Native American woman. This page gives information about Pocahontas, including details about her rescue of John Smith, her kidnapping, and her later life.

http://www.co.henrico.va.us/about-henrico/history/four-faces-of-pocahontas.html

Lakota Wowapi Oti Kin: Lakota Information Home Page

This is a joint project of Martin Broken Leg and Raymond Bucko, S.J.. Comprehensive list of resources related to Lakota people and culture.

http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/

Colonial Currency

Browse or search this database of images of paper money, lottery tickets, and other fiscal documents from colonial America. It also features essays about related topics such as banks, devaluation and the copper panic.

http://nd.edu/~rarebook/coins/ColCurrency/index.html

The Learning Page

This site was created by the Library of Congress (LC) to assist teachers is using the American Memory Collections, an online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items important to America???s heritage, to teach history and culture. The ...

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/index.html

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