Andrist, Ralph K

Discusses the problems involved in building the Erie Canal and the importance of this waterway to the development of the United States.

Follows the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Illustrated with photographs, and original maps, drawings, paintings and documents characterizing the period.

Discusses the problems involved in building the Erie Canal and the importance of this waterway to the development of the United States.

The discovery of gold in California shaped the history of the west. This is the story of the gold rush; the people, the mining techniques and the events of the time.

Discusses the problems involved in building the Erie Canal and the importance of this waterway to the development of the United States.

Discusses the problems involved in building the Erie Canal and the importance of this waterway to the development of the United States.

Discusses the problems involved in building the Erie Canal and the importance of this waterway to the development of the United States.

Discusses the problems involved in building the Erie Canal and the importance of this waterway to the development of the United States.

Follows the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Illustrated with photographs, and original maps, drawings, paintings and documents characterizing the period.