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1 Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself Rachel Dickinson

2 Nomad Press A division of Nomad Communications Copyright 2007 by Nomad Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. The trademark Nomad Press and the Nomad Press logo are trademarks of Nomad Communications, Inc. Printed in the United States. ISBN: Questions regarding the ordering of this book should be addressed to Independent Publishers Group 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL Nomad Press 2456 Christian St., White River Junction, VT Image Credits Cover photo of train by Börries Burkhardt; prospector, p.2 / wagon train, p.28: Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved; Louisiana Purchase, p.5/buffalo Bill, p.6/lewis and Clark, p.7/clark field notes, p.8/lewis, p.8/ Clark, p.9/mexican War, p.18/manifest Destiny (George A. Crofutt, artist), p.19/laura Ingalls Wilder, p.20/oklahoma Land Rush (McClenny Family Picture Album), p.21/sutter s mine, p.22/bodie, CA, p.22/john Sutter, p.23/deadwood, p.24/custer, p.24/joseph Smith, p.48: from Wikipedia; panning for gold, p.21/first sod home, p.67/log cabin, p.68/log cabin, p.68/teams plowing, p.74/school, p.84/branding cattle, p.101: from the Library of Congress; emmigrant s guide, p.42/fort Hall, p.46/ Whitmans, p.46/log cabin, p.71: from the National Park Service; laying tracks, p.61/golden spike ceremony, p.62/turning sod, p.65: from the U.S. National Archives (USNA); Levis, p.25: courtesy of PatentMuseum.com; wagon train, p.26: soddie, p.66: from National Agriculture Library; quilting bee, p.74: courtesy of Middlesex Historical Society, from Middlesex in the Making: History and Memories of a Small Vermont Town, by Sarah Seidman and Patty Wiley; pottery, p.82: courtesy of Dargate Auction Galleries LLC / girl spinning, p.83: courtesy of Alden House Historic Site; cowboy, p.102: courtesy of Horse Prairie Ranch, Dillon, Montana; turkey, p.94: Pennsylvania Game Commission, photo by Joe Kosack; longhorn, p.103: courtesy of Butler Texas Longhorn.

3 contents Introduction How It All Began Chapter 1 Mapping the Way Chapter 2 The Decision to Go West Chapter 3 Wagon Trains Chapter 4 Hardships on the Trail Chapter 5 Popular Routes Chapter 6 The Transcontinental Railroad Chapter 7 Building Homes Chapter 8 Frontier Farming and Food Chapter 9 At Home and at School Chapter 10 Fun and Holidays Chapter 11 Cowboys and Indians Chapter 12 Documenting the West Glossary Resources Index

4 Great American Pioneer Projects Timeline w pioneers 1803: President Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. This extends the United States borders from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. 1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Corps of Discovery head out to explore the Louisiana Territory. 1806: Lewis and Clark return after reaching the Pacific Ocean. 1830: Congress passes the Indian Removal Act, giving President Andrew Jackson the power to remove Native Americans from the east to lands west of the Mississippi River. 1834: The Indian Territory is established in what is now Oklahoma. This is to serve as home for Native Americans who are displaced by white settlers. 1836: Defeat at the Alamo. Later the same year the Republic of Texas wins independence from Mexico. 1842: John C. Fremont makes accurate maps of the West. 1810: The U.S. annexes West Florida from Spain that includes parts of modern-day Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. 1843: The first wagon train settlers from the East travel west along the Oregon Trail in the Great Migration : The U.S. annexes East Florida, which makes up present day Florida

5 Timeline 1844: The U.S. signs a treaty with the Republic of Texas to annex an area that includes Texas and parts of what are now Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. 1862: Congress passes the Homestead Act, which encourages settlers to move west. Many settle on the Great Plains, on lands reserved for Native Americans. 1845: The U.S. annexes Texas. John L. O Sullivan coins the term Manifest Destiny. GOLD 1846: The Mormons begin leaving Nauvoo, Illinois, to head west to their new home near the Great Salt Lake. Beginning of the Mexican-American War. GOLD 1848: Gold is discovered at Sutter s mill in California. The U.S. gains what is now California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Wyoming as a result of the end of the Mexican-American War. The US also annexes the Oregon Territory containing what is now Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and parts of Montana and Wyoming. 1853: For $10 million, the U.S. buys what is today part of Arizona and New Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. 1860: The Pony Express operates a speedy delivery service in the west. Young men and fast horses deliver the mail in breakneck speed covering sometimes as much as 250 miles per day. This mail service lasts about 18 months until the telegraph puts them out of business. 1861: Telegraph line is completed between San Francisco and St. Louis, effectively making the Pony Express obsolete : The U.S. purchases the Alaska Territory from Russia for $7.2 million. 1869: The rails of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads meet at Promontory Point near Ogden, Utah, inaugurating cross-country train travel. 1872: Yellowstone National Park is established as the nation s first national park. 1874: Barbed wire is patented, a small invention that will change the look of the Great Plains. 1876: George Custer is defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn. 1883: The buffalo on the Great Plains are almost completely exterminated only 200 remain. 1889: A huge portion of Indian Territory is opened for white homesteaders leading to the Oklahoma Land Rush. 1890: The U.S. Census Bureau declares the West settled and the frontier closed

6 Indian territory 1810 Lewis and clark expedition Oregon Trail Sacramento Transcontinental Railroad Salt Lake City, UT Promotory Point Gadsden Purchase 1853 Mormon Trail Winter Quarters, IA Omaha Independence, MO Indian territory 1834 Indian territory 1889 Louisiana Purchase of 1803

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