Exploration and Westward Expansion
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Explorers, Surveys, and Expeditions
Articles
An Artist in the Rockies. Prologue. Spring 2016, Vol. 48, No. 1
In the National Archives Catalog
Photographs
Hayden Survey, William H. Jackson, Photographs, 1869 - 1878
In the National Archives Catalog
Photographs
Photographs taken by John K. Hillers during the Powell Survey and other Geological Surveys, 1879 - 1900
In the National Archives Catalog
Photographs
Photographic Prints Produced During Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (King Survey), 1882 - 1882
Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel from the King Survey, 1867 - 1872
In the National Archives Catalog
Photographs
Wheeler Expedition Stereoscopic Photographs, 1871 - ca. 1874
No 49: Expedition of 1874: Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, looking through the timber, and showing the main fall, and upper or "Lace Falls".
Geographic Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1871 - 1874
Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1871 - 1873
Alaska
Articles
The Alaskan Frontier in Panorama: How the National Archives Preserved Early 20th-Century Photographs, Prologue Magazine article, Winter 2009
In the National Archives Catalog
Journals of Explorations, 1842 - 1864 [Lieutenant Lavrentii A. Zagoskin / Captain N. Arkhimandritov]
Arctic
Articles
Women of the Polar Archives The Films and Stories of Marie Peary Stafford and Louise Boyd, Prologue Magazine article, Summer 2010
The Arctic Sketches of Russell W. Porter, Prologue Magazine article, Winter 1997
Videos
Building the Peary Monument, arctic expedition 1932
In the National Archives Catalog
Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition, Arctic Ocean Latitude 79''-20'N
Articles
Jefferson Looks Westward: President Secretly Sought Funds from Congress to Explore Louisiana Territory, Develop Trade. Prologue Magazine article, Winter 2002
In the National Archives Catalog
“Publicity and Procedural Materials Relating to the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, 1905”
Printed Materials Relating to the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, 1903 - 1906
Message of President Thomas Jefferson concerning the success of the expedition of Lewis and Clark
Documents of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Meriwether Lewis
Natchez Trace Parkway - Meriwether Lewis Monument, photograph
Other Resources:
Digitized copy of the journals of Lewis and Clark (University of Nebraska website)
American Philosophical Society Library, Lewis and Clark Journals, 1804- 1806
Migrations and Migrants
Articles
Photographs
Photographs
Photos from Oregon Trail Reenactment Conestoga Wagon Train
Map (modern) of Oregon Trail route.
Preliminary Map of the Oregon Trail and the Principal Pioneer Routes to California
Summit observation point on north promontory of Scotts Bluff
Conflicts and Military
Map of the Province of Texas, captured from the Ninth Division of the Imperial Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War.
Articles
Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri for the Union, Prologue Magazine article, Winter 2005
In the National Archives Catalog
Photographs
Photograph of Mexican-American War Flag
Copy of General Alfred Terry's telegram reporting the Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25, 1876, and the defeat of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.
Map of Nebraska and Kansas Territories, showing the location of the Indian Reserves according to the treaties of 1854
First Report of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, from General Alfred H. Terry in Montana, to Assistant Adjutant General R. C. Drum in Chicago
Articles
- Snakes & Scribes, The Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks, Prologue Magazine article, Spring 1997
- The Search for the Site of the Sand Creek Massacre, Prologue Magazine article, Summer 2001
- A Victor in Defeat: Chief Gall's Life on the Standing Rock Reservation, Prologue Magazine article. Fall 2008
- Jesse S. Haire: Unwilling Indian Fighter, Prologue Magazine article, Summer 2011
Teaching Resources
The Impact of Westward Expansion on Native American Communities
Teaching with Documents Lesson Plan: Sioux Treaty of 1868
Additional NARA Resources
Photograph of General George Armstrong Custer, ca. 1862 - 1963
Claims of the State of Minnesota Relating to Indian Wars, 1862 - 1865
Other Resources
- Photographs from the American West
- Exploration Web Links from the Archives Library Information Center
- Louisiana Purchase
- Territorial Records on Microfilm
- Land Entry Case files and Homesteads
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