WESTWARD EXPANSION

The 20 sources are:
1. 1804 map created by William Clark, Lewis & Clark Expedition
2. 1807 illustration of Robert Fulton’s steamboat, the Clermont
3. 1814 illustration of treaty with the Creeks at Fort Jackson
4. 1836 map of Indian Territory jurisdiction in the United States
5. Replica of the Texas Declaration of Independence
6. March 15, 1848 newspaper article announcing the discovery of gold for the first time
7. 1850 lithograph of California Gold Diggers
8. 1851 oil painting titled Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap
9. 1860 drawing of a man panning for gold on the Mokelumne River
10. 1861 painting titled Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
11. 1863 painting titled Oregon Trail (Campfire)
12. Certificate of the first homestead under the Homestead Act, given to Daniel Freeman in Beatrice, Nebraska, 1868
13. 1875 sheet music and lyrics for “I Will Go West!”
14. 1876 photograph of General George Custer, Indian leader Bloody Knife, and Custer’s dogs
15. 1877 photograph of Sioux Indian leader Touch the Clouds
16. December 21, 1878 political cartoon from Harper’s Weekly featuring General Philip Sheridan and Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz
17. 1885 photograph of Indian leader Sitting Bull
18. 1890 photograph of the Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment
19. Photograph of emigrants traveling through Nebraska, ca.1891–92
20. 1899 chromolithograph of U.S. cavalry pursuing American Indians