Go West Young Man!

1849 newpaper report that "inexhaustible gold mines" were discovered in California.

Family Member One: Migration Links

1869 advertisement encouraging easterners to claim "lands for the landless" in Nebraska.

The Pioneers	*Summary of migration reasons, provided following a timeline, from Lone Hand Western.*
Manifest Destiny	Reasons for the American zeal for westward expansion from PBS's "The United States-Mexican War."
The Erie Canal	*Relation of the Erie Canal to western migration from New York State Canals.*
Western Expansion	*Overview of western migration that includes a characterization of the "pioneer spirit" that inspired it from American West.com.*
The Garden of the World	*Relation of American faith in farming to western movement in Henry Smith's "Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth"* from The University of Virginia.**
The Middle West	Analysis of Northern migration surpassing the initially predominant Southern migration in Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Frontier in American History" from The University of Virginia.
Western Migration Highlights	*Timeline of nineteenth century western migration that includes some causes from The Utah K-12 Education Project.*
Masculine Empire or Domestic?	*Contrasts of the motivations/professions of western settlers after the Homestead Act from Woolongong University.*
Joseph Smith	Biography of the founder of the Mormon religion, including explanations of why the Mormons migrated from settlement to settlement from PBS's "New Perspectives on the West."