southwestern states

Describes the history of Spanish missions in the Old West and how they helped to shape the development of the region.

Examines what is known about the Anasazi civilization, from the arrival of the Ancient Ones in North America 14,000 years ago to the lives of their present-day descendants, the Pueblo.

Examines the art of Native Americans in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico including weaving and pottery, jewelry and baskets.

Presents a history of the trail that became an important commercial route to the southwestern United States during the 1800s.

Highlights Pueblos everyday life, hunting and farming, burial and religious practices and trade with the great Meso-American civilizations to the south.

Readers will find out about the extraordinary life of Wyatt Earp, a well-known lawman of the Wild West.

Chronicles the short life of Billy the Kid, one of the most closely hunted outlaws in the Wild West, whose notoriety only grew after his death. Includes a glossary, a further reading list, and related Internet addresses.

On Halloween, Old Armadillo sits inside his little house waiting for his friends to come trick-or-treating.

This Southwestern version of the familiar Christmas song features such gifts as ten tamales steaming, six pi?atas swaying, and two prickly pears.

A family builds an adobe house in the Southwest desert.