WESTWARD TRAVEL
LOCATION:
3 East Flaming
Gorge Way
Green River,
Wyoming
82935
Just blocks from
I-80 Exits 89 &
91
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Days to Zion: The Day-by-Day Trek of the Mormon Pioneers |
Daily
account of the trip of the first company of Mormon pioneers. |
| Hal Knight and Dr. Stanley B. Kimball |
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Amidst
the Gold Dust - Women Who Forged the West |
Amidst
the God Dust is a collection of individual biographies about five women who, at first glance, seem vastly different, yet despite outward differences, have much to teach us about hardships, courage and perseverance. (Cover notes) |
| Julie Danneberg |
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Beyond
the Hundredth Meridian John
Wesley Powell |
The successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West. Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West. Only now, we may recognize just how accurate a prophet he was. |
| Wallace Stegner |
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Blood
of the Prophets
Brigham
Young |
The
massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single
most violent act to occur on the overland trails, yet it has been all bur forgotten. Will Bagleys' "Blood of the Prophets" is the most extensive investigation of the events surrounding the mass killings since Juanita Brooks published her groundbreaking study. |
| Will Bagley |
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The
Cherokee Trail Bent's Old Fort to Fort Bridger |
Cherokee Indian gold seekers 150 years ago pioneered what was then-and now- Colorado's busiest highway. Travelers have long thronged this road along the eastern base of the rocky Mountains. Starting at Bent's Fork on the Arkansas River, then west to Pueblo then north to Fort Bridger in Wyoming. Includes maps, pictures and journal entries of those who traveled the Cherokee Trail. |
| Lee Whiteley |
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Cherokee
Trail Diaries
Volume
I - 1849 |
This definitive work of the Cherokee Trails includes the trails' location, including campsites and the emigrants that pioneered them. |
| Patricia
K.A. Fletcher, Dr. Jack Earl Fletcher, Lee Whiteley |
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Cherokee
Trail Diaries
Volume III - 1851-1900 |
Includes maps, journal entries and corrections to Vol. I and II. Covers emigrants, goldseekers, cattle drives and outlaws who used the trails. |
| Dr.
Jack E. Fletcher, Patricia K.A. Fletcher |
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Coyotes
and Canaries:
Characters Who Made the West Wild...and Wonderful |
In this enlightening volume, Wyoming historian and storyteller Larry Brown gives us the low-down on numerous residents of the "Equality State," from famed saddle maker, Frank Meanea, to the notorious Tom Horn, to Wyoming's first black legislator, William Jefferson Hardin. An absolute must for any interested in Wyoming history. |
| Larry K. Brown |
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Donner
Party Cookbook A guide to survival on the Hastings Cutoff |
Terry Del Bene combines a riveting narrative with his extensive knowledge of 19th century foods. Like peeling an onion, this account strips the story to the hard truths of overland travel as the layers of social and cultural belief and action that resulted in the 1846 tragedy in the Sierra Nevada are uncovered. There is nothing dry about the tale. |
| Terry Del Bene, Ph.D. |
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Down
the Great Unknown
John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy through the Grand Canyon |
On
May 23, 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran named John Wesley Powell and
a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in
the American West. No one had ever explored the fabled Grand
Canyon; to adventurers of that era it was a region almost as mysterious
as Atlantis -- and as perilous.
The ten men set out down the mighty Colorado River in wooden rowboats. Six survived. |
| Edward Dolnick |
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Empire
Express
Building the First Transcontinental Railroad |
Beginning
in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands
of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the
United States effectively doubled in size fought three wars, and began
to discover a new national identity.
Nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History |
| David Haward Bain |
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Finding the Right Place The Story of the Mormon Trail |
This book is concerned with many of the experiences of the Mormon travelers. These experiences are reflected in a variety of exercises including map work, charts & graphs, classification, identification, word searches, and others. All should appeal to both young and old explorers of the Mormon Trail. |
| William E. Hill |
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Following
Lewis and Clark's Track The Story of the Corps of Discovery |
This activity book is focused around the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and the Experiences of the Corps of Discovery. The wide variety of exercises include: time lines, charts and graphs, map reading, word searches, puzzles and other activities that should appeal to young and old alike. |
| William E. Hill |
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Great Trains to cut out & put together |
From 1 horse-power trains to the UP Big Boy read about the trains and then make paper models to show what they looked like. |
| Nick Taylor |
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Heading West An Activity Book for Children |
As you read through this book you will get a chance to complete many different types of exercises. All of them will help you learn about the pioneers and their trip west. You will see some of the scenes, animals, forts, clothing, and equipment that the pioneers saw and used one hundred and fifty years ago. |
|
William E. Hill and Jan C. Hill |
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In Tar and Paint and Stone The Inscriptions at Independence Rock and Devil's Gate |
The
definitive history and index of inscriptions found on Independence Rock
-- The Oregon Trail's "Great Register of the Desert."
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| Levida Hileman |
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Journals
of Lewis and Clark |
Together Lewis and Clark kept a journal, a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River, mapping rivers, tracing the principal waterways to the sea, and establishing the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington and Oregon.. |
| Edited
by Bernard Devoto |
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The
Lincoln Highway Wyoming |
Presents a narrative history of the highway in the state, including a driving guide, followed by a dossier of maps. The U.S. Geological Survey's 7.5 minutes quadrangles are used a a base, with the routes of the several variations of the Lincoln Highway overlaid as dark gray bands. Chapters take you county by county through Wyoming with pictures to illustrate many land marks. |
| Gregory M. Franzwa |
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Maps
of the California Trail |
250 Maps of the California Trail. |
| Gregory M. Franzwa |
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Meriwether
Lewis
Boy Explorer |
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans. These lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies are easily read by children of eight and up. |
| Charlotta M. Bebenroth |
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More than Meets the Eye: Wyoming Along Interstate 80 | Interstate
80 through Wyoming is brimming with sights, history and fascinating folks. You'll find them all in these pages. |
| Mary Ann Trevathan |
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre | This book remains the definitive study of that dark day in the history of Utah when an emigrant wagon train crossing southern Utah was attacked by Indians and Mormons, and all the emigrants, with the exception of a few children, were slaughtered. Brooks, a scholarly researcher, discusses the facts as she found them, neither smearing nor clearing the participants as individuals. |
| Juanita Brooks |
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Oregon-California Trails | This activity book is focused around the experiences of the early emigrants. The wide variety of exercises include: map reading, identification, word searches, making charts and graphs, classifications, and crossword puzzles that should appeal to young and old alike. |
| William E. Hill |
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The Oregon Trail | Exuberantly documents Francis Parkman's 1846 expedition into the American wilderness. Observed with a reporter's eye and recorded in detail, the whole panorama of life on the Great Plains comes forth against the cruel indifference and majesty of the vast land itself -- the emigrants with their "broad-brimmed hats, thin visages, and staring eyes: whose days were filled with hardship, and the Indians and buffalo whose demise Parkman foresaw. |
| Francis Parkman, Jr. |
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The Oregon Trail Revisited | The emigrants who pioneered the Oregon Trail and settled the West Coast have become American heroes and a source of inspiration today. Included in this book are detailed instructions to precise locations along the trail, which may be reached in a family car. |
| Gregory M. Franzwa |
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Ponder The Path |
Book One of the authors’ Talking History Series, this book “…is a stirring narrative of the westward expansion of the United States between 1808 and 1830, “ (from Foreword). |
| Gary Wiles and Delores Brown |
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Stagecoach
Wells Fargo and the American West |
The trail of Wells Fargo runs through nearly every imaginable landscape and icon of frontier folklore. From the Great Plains to the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, the company's operations embraced almost all social, cultural, and economic activities west of the Mississippi. For a time, Wells Fargo was the most powerful and widespread institution in the American West, even surpassing the presence of the federal government. |
| Philip L. Fradkin |
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This is the Place The Story of the Mormon Trail |
As
you read through this book you will learn many things about the Mormon Trail and the people associated with it. There are some fun activities and puzzles to do. There is also a game to play as well as a project to complete. We hop you will enjoy activities.. |
| William E. & Jan C. Hill |
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Trails
of the White Savages |
Branded "White Savages" by Ben Franklin, the Scotch-Irish outcasts became America's warriors and trailblazers of the early 1800s. Andrew Jackson, Ewing Young and others fought duels, wars and Indians. Together, they rose from obscurity to become America's most powerful men. |
| Gary
Wiles & Delores Brown |
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Undaunted Courage | In this sweeping adventure story is presented one of the most momentous journeys in American History. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, to Lewis's lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. Along the way, Ambrose shows us the American West as Lewis saw it -- wild, awesome, and pristinely beautiful. |
| Stephen E. Ambrose |
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Wagons
Wheels: A Contemporary Journey on the Oregon Trail |
Climb aboard Ben Kern's lead wagon and retrace the Oregon Trail with the 150th Anniversary Wagon Train. Experience the trail first-hand through the diaries of modern-day travelers Ben Kern, Candy Moulton, and Earl Leggett, plus gain insight from the historic diaries of pioneer emigrants. |
| Candy
Moulton & Ben Kern |
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WASHAKIE
Chief of the Shoshones |
Washakie was chief of the eastern band of the Shoshone Indians for almost sixty years, until his death in 1900. a strong leader of his own people, he was the wisdom of befriending the whites. Washakie is seen signing historic treaties, aiding overland emigrants in the 1850s, and finally assisting whites in fighting the Sioux. |
| Grace Raymond Hebard |
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West with
Lewis and Clark The Story of the Corps of Discovery |
A blend of history and educational actives on 40 fun-filled pages: coloring, dot to dots, map, recipes, music, mazes, figure-ground, word games, classification, an art project and more. |
| William E. & Jan C. Hill |
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Women
in Waiting in the Westward Movement |
The fascinating portraits of six frontier marriages, paying equal attention to the activities of each spouse. The family histories are told with verve and sensitivity. They provide new insight into the contributions that waiting eastern women made to settling the American West. |
| Lindy
Peavy and Ursula Smith |
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Women's
Voices from the Western Frontier |
Butruille has done much more than gather the words of different western women who confronted an awesome landscape when it was called a frontier. She engages those voices with her own, she matches their lives with ours. This book is radiant with songs and words and lives. White women, Indian women, black women, Asian women, all roads come together. |
| Susan G. Butruille |
