By Region
- 1181
- Avalon Project at Yale Law School:The Louisiana Purchase, 1803
- Contains documents relating to the purchase: treaties, conventions, statutes, and messages to Congress during the period 1800-1804. Also includes Hunter Miller's notes on the 1803 treaty of purchase. From the Avalon Project web site of documents in law, history, and diplomacy.
- 1182
- Teaching about the Louisiana Purchase
- Provides an overview of the Louisiana Purchase with tips for teaching about it to students.
- 1183
- The Louisiana Purchase and the Exploration, Early History, and Building of the West
- The history of the Louisiana Territory both before and after its purchase by the United States. Text of 1903 book by Ripley Hitchcock.
- 1184
- Before the Klondike Gold Rush
- Examines life in the Yukon, which was home to people with a vast trading network long before the arrival of missionaries, fur traders, and goldseekers.
- 1185
- Klondike Ho! 1897-1997
- Features a timeline and profiles of key figures; images of the prospectors, trails, and mining paraphernalia; maps; and information about the centennial commemoration
- 1186
- Yukon Indians and the Klondike Gold Rush
- Examines the life and culture of the native Yukon people and how their lives were impacted by the Klondike Gold Rush.
- 1187
- Discovery of Gold
- John A. Sutter tells about the events leading to the discovery and its effects on his plans for building an empire by supporting the needs of a growing state.
- 1188
- In Their Own Words and Images
- A small collection of letters and photographs from the California Gold Rush.
- 1189
- Land of Golden Dreams
- Online version of the Huntington Library's exhibition of the original manuscripts, drawings, letters, paintings, books, and diaries from the California gold rush decade, 1848-1858.
- 1190
- The Gold Rush Diary of George Bonniwell
- Use your mind's eye to visualize the tough journey made by George Bonniwell from his home in Milwaukee to the gold fields of California as you read his diary.
- 1191
- The Virtual California Gold Country
- Travel along "Historic Highway 49" and visit the old mining camps and learn about their history.
- 1192
- Daniel Lewis: The Donner Party
- Information on the Donner Party with rosters of the Donner Party, pictures, and descriptions of the route along with a background on the year of 1846.
- 1193
- Donner Party - John Sutter Sends Help - 1846
- This is the first word to reach San Francisco of the human disaster. It was published in the "California Star" shortly after a rescue party left Sutter's Fort to search for survivors in the Sierra.