to 1848

Describes mission life during the Spanish colonial period in the southwestern United States, the plight of Native Americans and Roman Catholic missionaries, and Spanish missions today.

In 1615, a friar sent to Santa Fe by the Viceroy of New Spain meets a boy who shares his concern for the local Indians and who helps him determine the future of this small outpost town.

A condensation of the journals kept by Meriwether Lewis and his co-captain William Clark during their 1804-1806 expedition to explore America's newly acquired Louisiana territory, a mission that took them from the Missouri River near St. Louis, to the northern Pacific coast and back.

Discusses the life and work of Jedediah Smith, an explorer of the American West and leader of mountain men.

Follows the life of the nineteenth-century trapper and explorer who earned his reputation on the western frontier.

Chronicles the exploits of the mountain men who opened many trails and passages through the American West in the early nineteenth century.

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.

Brief text and color illustrations chronicle the history of the American West, from the adventures of Lewis and Clark to the massacre at Wounded Knee.

Describes the adventures and trials experienced by explorers of the western United States during the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother dies.