Gold was discovered in Montana in 1862, ushering in a flood of prospectors straight through the heart of Lakota territory on a new road called the Bozeman trail, further straining tensions between ...

Be transported to the early American West! In 1822, Jim Bridger embarked on history-making escapades as a mountain man, explorer, trapper, and Cavalry Scout. Join Bridger on his later travels as a ...

Trapper: Enterprising young man -- Set poles for the mountains -- Hivernan -- Missouri legion -- Hugh Glass and the grizzly -- Booshway: Blanket chief -- Battle of Pierre's Hole -- Shot in the back -- ...

Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, pg ...