HIST 368: Frontier in U.S. History

Railroad maps from the Library of Congress.

Maps show spread of population west based on Census data from 1790-1890.

Includes historical and contemporary maps on exploration and settlement of the United States including early inhabitants and US territorial growth.

"The Denver Public Library’s Western History/Genealogy Department collection of digitized photographs (formerly Photoswest) chronicles the people, places and events that shaped the settlement and growth of the Western United States."

196 images from the National Archives.

The one hundred and eighty-eight photographs by John C.H. Grabill taken between 1887 and 1892. "Grabill's remarkably well-crafted, sepia-toned images capture the forces of western settlement in South Dakota and Wyoming and document its effects on the area's indigenous communities."

Photographs of San Francisco between 1862-1867.

Full-text of the original 20 volume work documenting Native Americans at the end of the 19th century. Photographs and text.