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This autobiography tells the story of a real life cattle driver in western Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Dakota Territories during the latter part of the 1800s.

Mary Collins was a Christian missionary who fought for Native American rights, was fluent in the Lakota language, and formed a lasting friendship with Chief Sitting Bull.

Laura is quickly growing up in By the Shores of Silver Lake. Her family leaves Minnesota for the unsettled Dakota Territory where her Pa helps build a new town.

Following the assassination of President William McKinley in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president in American history to that point.

In Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is a school that changed the lives of many American Indians. Instead of learning the Indian culture the U.S. stripped the culture.

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Despite the many rumors surrounding her life, Calamity Jane's fame will always be connected with Wild Bill Hickok.

Abraham Lincoln's presidency is defined largely by the Civil War. However, another event occurred during these years that influenced President Lincoln's policies.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake is the fictionalized account of Laura Ingalls experiences in South Dakota during the expansion of the railroad.

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American Legend Wild Bill Hickok was an honorable man who was a war hero, scout, gambler, and lawman who spend most of his life protecting others from crime and injustice

Laura Ingalls Wilder is famous for her Little House books and is often considered a role model for feminists yet she regarded the home a woman's primary domain.

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Much is known about Sitting Bull, but little is known about the white woman, Catherine Weldon, who wanted to help him and the Lakotas keep their land from the U.S.

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Theodore Roosevelt, prior to becoming America's 26th President, lived an exciting life of politics, civil service, academics, and frontiersman.

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