America Goes West

Posted by Mary Trotter Kion Dec 14, 2006

America goes west after Lewis and Clark returns from their trek to the Pacific Northwest. Fur trappers travel the westward path and, in time, are followed by missionaries, explorers, and gold miners. The Army headed west and built forts, and riled the Indians, to supposedly protect westward travelers. Soon, long lines of covered wagons were snaking across the prairie. Towns sprung up and the outlaws, gamblers, and cowboys made the western scene.