Bibliographical Resources

Historical Context Websites (East)
Freedom and Unity

Historical Context Websites (West)
Timeline of Westward Migration
New Perspectives on the West
Virginia City
The Gold Rush
Gold Fever
Diaries and Letters of the Bozeman Trail

Secondary Sources (East)

Jan Albers, Hands on the Land (2002)
Hal Barron, Those who Stayed Behind (2008)
Lewis Stilwell, Migration from Vermont (1985)

Secondary Sources (West)

Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (2001)
Randolph March, The Prairie Traveler: The 1859 Handbook for Westbound Pioneers (2006)
Montana Historical Society, Not in Precious Metals Alone (1976)
Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier (1998)
Simon Shaw, Frontier House (2005)
Geoffrey C. Ward, The West: An Illustrated History (2003)

Primary Sources
Letters from Vermonters in the West
Montana Census (Excel File)
New Hampshire's Population, 1767-2002
Pioneer Diaries and Letters