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Primary Sources for Teachers

The American Frontier: 1785-1861, Teaching With Primary Sources Series, Volume 4. Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing Inc., 1996.

Viola, Herman. Exploring the West. Washington DC: Smithsonian Books, 1987.