Where do I find information on what settlers took with them when they settled the West US?
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I found a good article at Wikipedia, with links to other information.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail\n\nGood luck!
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American was founded on guns and religion.  Many of the early settlers came here to escape religious persecution.  They separated from England with guns, and "tamed the West" with guns (i.e. kicked out the people already living here.)  The idea of a great untamed wilderness, and the so-called "Western Expansion" still resonates in the American psyche.  Because of the importance of guns and religion, protections for these areas were written into America's founding documents.
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The Mayflower\n\nhttp://pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/mayflower.html\n\nMayflower Passenger List\n\nhttp://pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/passengers.htm\n\nThe Pilgrims: Voyage to Freedom\n\nhttp://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/pilgrims1.htm\n\nhttp://www.pilgrimhall.org/voymayfl.htm\n\nhttp://uk.geocities.com/haywardlass/\n\nhttp://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/coloniz.html\n\nhttp://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/colonial.cfm\n\n\nThe Mayflower Compact by William Bradford\nNovember 11, 1620\n\nhttp://www.nationalcenter.org/MayflowerCompact.html\n\nThe Mayflower Compact 1620\n\nAfter many difficulties in boisterous storms, at length by God’s providence...we espied land, which we deemed to be Cape Cod...and upon the 21 of November we came to anchor in the bay [Provincetown Harbor]...\n\nhttp://www.pilgrimhall.org/compcon.htm\n\nThe Names of the Subscribers of the Mayflower Compact\n\nhttp://members.aol.com/calebj/compact.html\n\nAgreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth : 1620\n\nhttp://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerdoc/mayflower.htm\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/mayflower.htm\n\nPlymouth: Its History and People\n\nhttp://www.plimoth.org/learn/history/colonists/MayflowerCompact.asp\n\nhttp://pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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check with the historical society. if it is 100 years old ,or older they should have info.,or library pictures .of you town when a family lived in it...
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http://www.lcbp.org/ATLAS/HTML/so_historic.htm\n\nThis is a pretty good US map.
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You might be able to try http://www.ancestory.com \nHope it helps!
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Should be able to find your information here
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http://www.usacurl.org/basics/U.S.%20clubs/west.html
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Fort Clatsop \n\nhttp://www.ourheritage.net/Lewis_and_Clark/quote1806.html
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Look under tribe names in GOOGLE or ASK.com
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Here you go: http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=americanhistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliveness.com%2Fkangaroo%2FTimeline.htm
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Try Wikipedia they have everything
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Spanish Missionaries lead by Father Junipero Serra were the first Europeans on the west coast of what is now the United States.  From their base in Mexico they set out establishing a chain of missions.  The locations the missionaries chose were often close to reliable water sources and arable land.  The missions atracted settlers and evolved into present day cities and towns.\n\nThe Mission Basilica San Diego = San Diego\n\nSanta Barbara, CA has a mission, so does San Lius Obispo, and San Francsico.
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You'll find everything you need here:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America
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Lewis and Clark found what was in the Lousiana Purchase. They found the Pacific Ocean.\n\nOcian in View! O! the Joy"\n~William Clark, Nov. 7, 1805
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They passed on information on what the British were doing in one place to the Americans in another place.
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go to family history.com