history

Looks at the increasing need for weapons by Americans as they moved westward during the 1800s, features photographs and descriptions of some of the weapons, and tells stories of how they were used. Includes photographs, a glossary, a time line, and resources.

Traces the history of the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, a six-year project, completed in 1869, with the help of newly freed slaves, and immigrants from a variety of countries. Includes photographs, a glossary, a time line, and resources.

Tells the story of the Pony Express, a horseback mail delivery service that provided a link between the eastern states and the newly settled territories of the West in the 1860s.

Explores the history of the Spanish mission era in California, discussing the lengths to which Spanish priests went in their attempts to convert the native people of the region to Christianity. Includes photographs, a glossary, a time line, and resources.

An examination of Native American life, discussing the introduction of the horse to Native Americans by the Spanish in the sixteenth century, and considering its impact on the tribes. Includes a chronology and glossary.

Examines the sixteenth-century explorations of Spanish conquistadors in the southwestern region of North America, and discusses the discoveries they made while in search of the legendary cities of gold.

Examines the explorations of Juan Ponce de Leon and other Spanish conquistadors in Florida and the southwestern region of what is now the United States, and discusses the founding of St. Augustine by Pedro Menendez de Aviles.

Chronicles the English attempts to settle in North America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the failed colony on Roanoke Island and the more successful Jamestown settlement.

Tells the stories of some of the men who were among the first to explore and map the American West in the early nineteenth century, paving the way for westward expansion by the United States.

Discusses the activities of some of the first French explorers who came to North America beginning in the late sixteenth century, including Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, ?tien Br?l?, and others.