Homework Helps: Utah and Western History
- History for Kids
- The first place to look. If you are looking for facts about Utah, you can find them here. Everything from Dinosaurs to State Symbols, Geography to the Utah History Encyclopedia is within this site. You can research information here and print it out from home or school.
- American West - A Celebration of the Human Spirit
- A presentation of the history and development of the American West, from the frontier and Pioneer days with the Wild West, to today's modern West.
- Counties in Utah
- Websites with information about counties in Utah. Compiled by the Logan Library.
- Ghost Towns
- A page with lots of photographs and historical information on ghost towns in Utah and other states.
- Max Bertola's Southern Utah
- From travel writer Max Bertola, an overview of interesting historical sites in Southern Utah including pages on the Anasazi, Rock art, Navajo
hogans, Kokopelli, Montezuma's treasure, and Mormon Pioneers in Southern Utah.
- Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
- Sources of the history of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountain West, including diaries, letters, narratives, business records, artwork, and more. An excellent resource.
- Multicultural American West
- A site for the interactive exchange of ideas, information and educational tools related to the American West in multicultural and intercultural perspective.
- Multimedia Archives
- From the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, over 650 collections of historical photographs, indexed alphabetically, numerically, or by subject.
- Native American History Archives
- Part of the World History Archives, this site includes historical research and documents for Native American history.
- Photographs of the American West, 1861-1912
- From the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington D. C., a large collection of historical photographs.
- Union Pacific Railroad History
- An overview of the history of the Union Pacific Railroad, with information about significant individuals, historical equipment, locations, museums, and more. Also includes a lot of railroad-related photographs.
- Utah Division of Indian Affairs
- Information on Utah Tribes. Tribal Map Links to websites of Utah tribes.
- Utah History Encyclopedia
- The entire Utah History Encyclopedia online, with full text and 250 photos.
- Utah: Pony Express Trail National Back Country Byway
- History of the Pony express in Utah, with historical facts and current info on locations and on riding the trail today.
- The West
- Home page for the PBS series, "The West," with a large amount of historical information including timelines, biographies, information on places, events, and people of the Old West. Also includes links to other Websites.
