The West in American History

acres American Arkansas banks became boats boundary British cabins California canal Carolina cattle chapter claims coast colony Company Congress constitution Creek Cumberland Cumberland Road Daniel Boone decade dollars early east eastern emigrants England English Erie established expedition exploration flatboats Florida France Frémont French frontier frontiersmen fur trade George Croghan George Rogers Clark Governor horses hundred Illinois Illinois country Indians Iowa Iroquois John Kentucky Lake large number later Louis Louisiana ment Mexico Michigan miles Mississippi Valley Missouri mountains mouth North Carolina northern Northwest Ohio River Oregon Oregon country Orleans Pacific party passed Pennsylvania period pioneers plains population possession posts public land purchase railroad region reported road route settled settlements settlers soon South southern Spain Spanish steamboat Tennessee Territory Texas thousand Timothy Flint tion towns trails treaty tribes United villages Virginia wagons West western wrote York