| America's West - Development & History: Provides information on the history and development of the American West. | |
| American West: Collection of articles and research links about the history of America's West from Virtualology.com. | |
| Conservation Chronology 1847-1871: A time line showing the Nations efforts at conservation in the American West. The people and the places in pictures and biographies. | |
| Historical Gazette: Acts of bravery, mean deeds, the pioneers' struggles, gold seekers, Indian battles, railroad barons, all headlines from early news papers. | |
| History Channel: This Day in Old West History: Daily article about a birthday or major event on that day related to the American West. | |
| History of the American West: Photos from 1860-1920 from the collection of the Denver Public Library, searchable index by keyword, subject or name. | |
| Imaging and Imagining the Ghost Dance: Of all the incidents in recent American Indian history, the Ghost Dance of 1890 is probably without equal in evocative power. | |
| Jim Janke's Old West: List of resources on historical, cultural, social, technological, and other aspects of the Old West. | |
| Jimmy Camp: A historic campground along the Cherokee Trail in Colorado. Named after Jimmy Daugherty it was used by 19th century trappers, gold seekers, settlers, coalminers and ranchers. | |
| Lone Hand Western: Provides information on chuck-wagon lore, western music, cowboy stories, recipes and historical tidbits. | |
| Meeting of Frontiers: Tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. | |
| New Perspectives on The West: Companion site to Ken Burns' program about the American West featuring an interactive timeline, maps, and archived primary source materials. | |
| Old West Kansas: Compilation of the Kansas Heritage Sites covering a broad range of topics dealing with the American West and more specifically with the history of Kansas. | |
| Old West Links - How the West Tamed America: Provides online Old West resources (links) about Gold Rush history, overland trails, and Old West lore and legend. | |
| Repositories of Primary Sources: Western United States and Canada: Provides links to primary sources of historical materials relating to the history of the Western United States. | |
| Settler Communities in the West: Proceedings of a symposium on stewardship of historic and archaeological sites and other cultural resources on Defense Dept. lands in the region. Provides historical background on farms, ranches, mines, transportation systems, and communities. | |
| Sod Houses: Presenting pioneer and homesteader sod houses, dug-outs and memories, c.1880 - 1999. Includes pictures of rebuilt and current houses. | |
| The Depression Years (1929-1940): Period photos and description of the impact of the Depression on the West. | |
| The History of the Upper Midwest: An overview of the history of the upper Midwest including lay of the land, the Indians, the French, the British, the ordinances, the pineries and the mines. | |
| The Lazy S Ranch: Provides historic information on cowboys and frontier life in North and South America. | |
| The Northern Great Plains (1880-1920): Photographs from Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections with 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century. | |
| The Old West - Suite101.com: Covers 19th century America, west of the Rocky Mountains; including events, personalities, and the growth of towns from this period in US history. | |
| The Old West: America's Frontier: Provides information on the history of the American West along with photos and links to other Old West related sites. | |
| Union Pacific Rail Road-History: This is the story of the first transcontinental railroad; the greatest, most daring engineering effort the country had yet seen.The idea was to span the west with iron rails from Omaha to Sacramento. | |
| Western History Association: Information about this association which exists to promote the study of the North American West in all its varied aspects and in its broadest sense. | |
| Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association: WOLA is an educational organization devoted to the history of the Old West. | |
| Westward Expansion: A collection of United States history research links. | |
| WestWeb: A topically-organized collection of resources of use to those studying Western American history. | |
| Wild West: Provides information on cowboys, gunfighters, and the history of Swedish emigration to North America. |
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