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Western History and Research

Western States | General History | Museums

General Information

Amercian West History
British Columbia Cowboy Heritage Society
Center for the Study of the North American West
The Cavalry
Chinese Cowboys
Desert USA has environmental, cultural and entertainment information about the arid West.
The Euro-American Organization
Farmers' Almanac
The Gunfighter
Historical Text Archive
the History Channel
Immigration History Research Center
Legends of America, a content-rich travel guide
Lewis and Clark Trail
Lonehand offers Old West and reenactment information; good links.
National Geographic Map Machine
Find National Parks by state.
New Perspectives on The West
Old West information.
Old West News with information about reenactments, wild West art, living history and more.
Old West History
The Old West
The Presidents, with academic comment.
Presidents
Presidential information
Reproduction Fabrics See and buy material with patterns and colors of 19th century garments.
Rural Heritage A magazine that specializes in work done with draft animals.
Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States From the American Memory Project offers a variety of information regarding western women.
Texas Ranger History
U. S. Firearms 19th century Colt replicas and other firearms.
Western Arms Replicas and information.
Western Search Engine

Museums and Western Centers

American Heritage Center
American West Heritage Center
American Western History Museums
Buffalo Bill Historic Center
Historic Helena, Montana
High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon.
Jewish Heritage Center of Western Canada
Museum of the American West
The Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron. Nebraska.
Museum of the Mountain Man Pinedale, Wyoming has exhibits and living history days, as well as a summer "rendezvous".
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame honoring women of the American West.
Pony Express Museum
John Wesley Powell Museum, Utah has dioramas and ainvformation about the aGreen River area.
Western FolkLife Center
Western Heritage Center of the High Plains.
Western Heritage Center Billings, MT

Western State Histories

Short information about all the states can be found at The Making of the United States

ALASKA: Alaska State Historical Society; Chronological History
ARIZONA: The Arizona History and Archives Holdings date from 1864 to the present.; Women in Arizona History; Historical Society
ARKANSAS: Arkansas History; Arkansas History Resources; Arkansas Heritage; Arkansas History Commission
CALIFORNIA: California History Collection; California History
COLORADO: Colorado History; Colorado Historical Society
IDAHO: Idaho History; History Timeline
IOWA: State Historical Society of Iowa; Historic Period; History Timeline
KANSAS: Kansas State Historical Society; Cutler's History of the State of Kansas; Territorial Kansas History; State History Guide - Kansas
MINNESOTA: Minnesota History
MISSOURI: Missouri Historical Society

MONTANA: Montana Historical Society; Montana KIDS
NEBRASKA: Nebraska State Historical Society
NEVADA: Nevada History; Nevada Historical Society; Nevada Web; Statehood Myth Buster
NEW MEXICO: History of New Mexico; Timeline of New Mexico History; New Mexico Culture
NORTH DAKOTA: North Dakota History
OKLAHOMA: History links; History and Information; Oklahoma Land Rush; State History Information and maps
OREGON: Archeological information; On This Day in Oregon; Oregon facts; Oregon Historical Society; State motto
SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota History
TEXAS: Lone Star Junction
UTAH: Utah State History; Utah History to Go
WASHINGTON: Washington State Historical Society; Washington State Timeline; Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History

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