Go West with settlers and farmers / Rachel Stuckey.
Material type: TextSeries: Go West! Travel to the wild frontierPublisher: Ontario ; New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2016]Description: 32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780778723301
- 0778723305
- 9780778723479
- 077872347X
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 978.02 S932 | Available | 33111008723658 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Heed the government's urging and Go West with the many people who accepted the challenge. Discover why the U.S. government created laws that encouraged settlers to move west by offering free land. News stories describe significant events, including the independence of Texas and the Mexican-American War. Travel with settlers on the great migration routes, such as the Oregon Trail, and find out how the settlers lived in their new communities.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What are the prospects? -- Meet the folks -- Where in the West? -- Let's get going -- The wagon trails -- Settling on the plains -- Farming the plains -- Friends and neighbors -- Bed and board -- Many dangers -- take it easy -- Native Americans -- The legacy of settlement -- Glossary & timeline.
Guided reading: S.
Follows the lives of early settlers as they followed the trails of the American West, noting key events and geographical locations along the way.