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2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 973.82 POR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources in American historySummary Note: The 1862 law passed by Congress to encourage settlement of America's prairies.
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2005., Juvenile, Rosen Pub. Group Call No: 978 .02 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources in American history
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2005., Juvenile, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 978 .02 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Primary sources in American historySummary Note: Chronicles the history of the Homestead Act of 1862 which offered settlers up to one hundred sixty acres of land in the American Plains and invoked a horde of prospective homesteaders including new immigrants, women, and freed slaves.
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-- Wild West2015., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press, : Roaring Brook Press Call No: 978 SHEINKIN Edition: Square Fish edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: 1805: Explorer William Clark reaches the Pacific Ocean and pens the badly spelled line “Ocian in view! O! the joy!” (Hey, he was an explorer, not a spelling bee champion!)1836: Mexican general Santa Anna surrounds the Alamo, trapping 180 Texans inside and prompting Texan William Travis to declare, “I shall never surrender or retreat.”1861: Two railroad companies, one starting in the West and one in the East, start a race to lay the most track and create a transcontinental railroad.With a storyteller's voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting, Steve Sheinkin delivers the wild facts about America's greatest adventure. From the Louisiana Purchase (remember: if you're negotiating a treaty for your country, play it cool.) to the gold rush (there were only three ways to get to California--all of them bad) to the life of the cowboy, the Indian wars, and the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.“