Description The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.
S.
Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African Am.
But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual--and far more complex--reality of the Overland trails.
Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. history.
Description The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.
S