Travels Through the History of the American West
When we think of the American West, we tend to conjure up images that are known the world over: bearded forty-niners leading pack mules up a mountain trail, Custer's Last Stand, and especially the range-riding, quick-shotting cowboy. But these familiar images are only a small part of Western history. From the arrival of the Navajo in the Southwest more than seven hundred years ago, to the Spanish settlements in New Mexico in the late sixteenth century, to the large Mormon migration to the great Salt Lake, to the tourists flocking to the neon lights of Las Vegas, the complex story of the West stretches across the ages, embracing many voices and contrasting cultures.
