Exploring the American West
This web site has information about about early western explorers and the natural history of the American west.
Lewis and Clark: A Guide to Sources of Information
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By far the best and most complete information online about the Lewis and Clark Expedition is
Discovering Lewis & Clark.
Reader's Guide to the Mountain Men of the American West
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For more about the mountain men, try
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
Library of Western Fur Trade Historical Documents
Images of Fur Trade History and
A Majority of Scoundrels original pictures of mountain men, all provided by the American Mountain Men; and
The Mountain Men - Pathfinders of the West (University of Virginia)
Malachite's Big Hole "dedicated to the arts, skills and lore of the Mountain Man" by Michael Schaub, and
Mountain Men Fur Trade History by O. Ned Eddins.
Reader's Guide to Early Western Explorers
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For more information online about early explorers of the American west, see
The Great Reconnaissance (provided by the National Park Service).
Vanguard of Expansion Army Engineers in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1819-1879 by Frank N. Schubert (provided by the National Park Service)
A History of the U. S. Topographical Engineers by the U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers, a living history group.
The New Fort Lupton A replica of an early fur trade post near the Rocky Mountains.
The Native Trees of the Southern Rocky Mountains
The Geology of Zion National Park
, a short overview with no technical jargon, which I will improve in future.
See also
Zion National Park Geology,
and Zion National Park animals written by Sally Wier, NPS Ranger.
Biscuits, Crackers, and Hard Tack in Early America
Designing a Sundial for Clock Time How you can design a sundial that gives clock time, correct to a minute or two.
Some possible future projects are a map of the Rocky Mountains as known by the mountain men based on place names in period journals and accounts, a history of Fort Lupton (Fort Lancaster) the early fur trade post, and a book With Rifle and Sextant The Tools and Skills of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. We'll see if I ever have time to do any of those.
