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Westward Expansion What was the historical significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
What impact did it have on the growth of the nation...and on its
Native American inhabitants? Presidents Andrew Jackson, James Polk, and John Tyler, like many
Americans of this time, embraced the notion of enlarging the "empire
for liberty." In other words they wanted to expand the borders
of America westward. The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating
the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of
industry and agriculture in the United States. They depict the development
of cartographic style and technique, highlighting the achievement
of early railroaders. Included in the collection are progress report
surveys for individual lines, official government surveys, promotional
maps, maps showing land grants and rights-of-way, and route guides
published by commercial firms. American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920 comprises 253 published
narratives by Americans and foreign visitors recounting their travels
in the colonies and the United States and their observations and
opinions about American peoples, places, and society from about
1750 to 1920. Also included is the thirty-two-volume set of manuscript
sources entitled Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, published between
1904 and 1907 after diligent compilation by the distinguished historian
and secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society Reuben Gold Thwaites. Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the Western
History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public Library, illuminate
many aspects of the history of the American West. Most of the photographs
were taken between 1860 and 1920. They illustrate Colorado towns
and landscape, document the place of mining in the history of Colorado
and the West, and show the lives of Native Americans from more than
forty tribes living west of the Mississippi River. Lessons Westward Expansion "California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of
California's Early Years, 1849-1900 The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred
Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections The Louisiana Purchase is a landmark event in American history,
one that had a lasting impact not only on the size of the United
States, but also on its economic, cultural, and political makeup.
Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion,
1820-1890 First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters, 1862-1912 American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920 Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910 Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 Map Collections Chinese and Westward Expansion
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