| Research Websites African-Americans in the West site Includes many historical documents Alcatraz Island’s official website Angel Island’s official website California Heritage Collection U.C. Berkeley site that allows you to search countless documents important to Californian history California Historical Society California Indian Heritage website GLTB history in the West Los Angeles historical website Japanese American Internment Exhibit and Access Project Manzanar National Park website A former Japanese-American Internment Camp Native American website Comprehensive information on topics relating to Native American history Overland Trails website Includes historical information and links to sites that cover every possible overland trail route PBS’s “The West" website PBS site on Japanese-American internment San Francisco’s Virtual Museum website Includes links to Bay Area and California historical topics San Francisco’s “history index” website The Journals of Lewis and Clark National Geographic's Lewis and Clark Website The Library of Congress’ “Northern Great Plains” website The Library of Congress’ “Map of National Parks" website The Library of Congress’ “Trail to Utah and the Pacific” website Includes letters, diaries and other primary sources mapping out the lives of emigrants on the overland trail. The Library of Congress’ “California as I saw it!” website Includes testimonials about early settlers’ experiences in California The Library of Congress’ “Evolution of the Conservation Movement” website U.C. Berkeley’s Oral History Project on Jeannette Rankin Suffragist from Montana, first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives U.C. Berkeley’s Oral History Project on Mabel Vernon Prominent western suffrage organizer for the National Woman’s Party University of Utah’s “Japanese American Internment" websites Includes photography exhibits For additional information on the history of San Francisco, visit the Bay Area Literature page. You will find extensive information on San Francisco's Gold Rush connections, Native American history, and the impact of immigration in the Bay Area. Lynchings in the West Promised Land: Western Religious History Mission Churches in the West History of the Mormon Trail The California Missions Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest in the 1880s A Journal of African American Religious History Southwest Jewish History American Indians of the Northwest Pacific Region American Journeys American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in 1000 A.D. to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later. Rudo Ensayo: A Description of Sonora and Arizona in 1764 The Oregon Trail Murray's People This site offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the people, events and history of the Pacific Northwest . The Jack London Collection |
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