Who settled the West?

Description:

Discusses the reasons people migrated West, the routes they took, some of the difficulties faced by pioneers, the different ethnic and cultural backgrounds of the settlers, and the building of homes and towns.

subjects: Frontier and pioneer life,  History,  Internal Migration,  Juvenile literature,  Pioneers,  Ouvrages pour la jeunesse,  Pionniers,  Histoire,  Vie des pionniers,  West (u.s.), history

Places: United States,  West (U.S.),  Provinces des Prairies,  États-Unis (Ouest)

Times: 19e siècle