Incoming Resources
- Saloons of the Old West, by Richard Erdoes
- Daily life on the nineteenth century American frontier, Mary Ellen Jones
- Brave hearted, the women of the American west 1836-1880, Katie Hickman
- Life on the Oregon Trail, Sally Senzell Isaacs
- Westward expansion, Teresa Domnauer
- The tide of empire, America's march to the Pacific, Michael Golay
- The Oregon Trail, Mel Friedman
- Going west!, journey on a wagon train to settle a frontier town, Carol A. Johmann & Elizabeth J. Rieth ; illustrations by Michael Kline
- The frontiersmen, by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Paul O'Neil
- Seven trails West, Arthur King Peters
- In the footsteps of Lewis and Clark, by Gerald S. Snyder ; photos. by Dick Durrance II. Illustrated by Richard Schlecht ; foreword by Donald Jackson ; produced by the Special Publications Division
- The American West, director, John Ealer, Season 1
- Cowboys in the Old West, by Gail B. Stewart
- War on the frontier, the trans-Mississippi West, by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. and the editors of Time-Life Books
- Wagons west, the epic story of America's overland trails, Frank McLynn
- Oh what a slaughter, massacres in the American West, 1846-1890, Larry McMurtry
- The best land under heaven, the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny, Michael Wallis
- The great adventure, how the Mounties conquered the West, David Cruise and Alison Griffiths
- A frontier fort on the Oregon Trail, [Scott Steedman ; illustrator, Mark Bergin]
- Children of the West, family life on the frontier, Cathy Luchetti
- Hell on Wheels, Wicked Towns along the Union Pacific Railroad, Dick Kreck
- Discovering the West, the expedition of Lewis and Clark, by John Micklos, Jr
- Wild West, a nonfiction companion to Magic tree house #10: Ghost town at sundown, by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce ; illustrated by Isidre Monés
- The three-cornered war, the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West, Megan Kate Nelson
- The Donner Party, written and directed by Ric Burns ; produced by Lisa Ades and Ric Burns
- Empires, nations, and families, a new history of the North American West, 1800-1860, Anne F. Hyde
- The Santa Fe Trail, from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Arlan Dean
- Blood and thunder, an epic of the American West, Hampton Sides
- Cattle kingdom, the hidden history of the cowboy West, Christopher Knowlton
- Expansionism, Richard Sauers ; Jennifer L. Weber, general editor
- Weapons of the West, Rusty Fischer
- The earth is weeping, the epic story of the Indian wars for the American West, Peter Cozzens
- West by steamboat, Tim McNeese
- Born of lakes and plains, mixed-descent peoples and the making of the American West, Anne F. Hyde
- Black cowboys of the Old West, true, sensational, and little-known stories from history, Tricia Martineau Wagner
- Manifest destinations, cities and tourists in the nineteenth-century American West, J. Philip Gruen
- Voices from the Oregon Trail, by Kay Winters ; illustrated by Larry Day
- The mission trails in American history, Carl R. Green
- Guns of the American West, Joseph G. Rosa
- Our journey west, the Oregon Trail adventures of Sarah Marshall, Gare Thompson
- Prairie fever, British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890, Peter Pagnamenta
- Beyond the frontier, the story of the trails West, by Edward F. Dolan
- Dreams of El Dorado, a history of the American West, H.W. Brands
- Westward ho!, an activity guide to the Wild West, Laurie Carlson
- Explorers of the frontier, Charles W. Sundling
- Winning the Wild West, the epic saga of the American frontier, 1800-1899, Page Stegner ; foreword by Larry McMurtry
- Unfortunate emigrants, narratives of the Donner Party, edited by Kristin Johnson
- The summer of 1876, outlaws, lawmen, and legends in the season that defined the American West, Chris Wimmer
- The townsmen, by the editors of Time-Life Books, with text by Keith Wheeler
- Outlaws, gunslingers, and thieves, Heather E. Schwartz