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Spanish missions

forever changing the people of the Old West
2014
Describes the history of Spanish missions in the Old West and how they helped to shape the development of the region.

Traveling the Santa Fe Trail

Learn about the Santa Fe Trail, used primarily as a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Exploring the territories of the United States

Explores the history of the territories and former territories of the United States.
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Building the transcontinental railroad

Describes the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Building the Erie Canal

Photographs and illustrations provide the history and describe the geographic and engineering challenges of building the Erie Canal.

Epic Civil War battles

Photographs and illustrations provide the history of epic battles of the Civil War.

Building the Erie Canal

2014
Examines the construction and history of the famed Erie Canal, which connected the Atlantic coast with the Great Lakes.

The Spanish in early America

2014
The Spanish claim to territories that are today the United States rested upon the 16th century exploits of Ponce de Leon, Hernando De Soto, and Francisco V?zquez de Coronado. The Spanish colonies in America at one time or another were comprised of South America, Central America, Mexico, most of the United States and the Caribbean.

Immigrants to America

Waves of immigrants have altered and defined the United States throughout its history; this book introduces readers to the many groups who arrived from around the world.

The Reconstruction era

2014
Photographs and illustrations provide the history of the time period after the Civil War in the south, describing how freed slaves received few rights and attempts at reconstruction and reunification met with many obstacles.

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