Del Norte Public Library

Francis is kidnapped by the Pawnees and has to survive in the wilderness of the rugged West to get to his home.

The history of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, from the land and sea expeditions to found Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River to the sale of the trading post to the British during the War of 1812.

A narrative history of the American West, sharing some of the more colorful facts about the people who took on the challenge of life in the wild frontier.

Thousands of American families, along with immigrants from Europe and elsewhere, headed west on the Overland Trail in the mid-nineteenth century toward California, Oregon and Washington. Among these pioneers, about half were young people eighteen and under whose stories appear here.

Between Kansas City and Montana Territory were a thousand ways to die--and a few bold men who would never turn back.

She had made a solemn promise to see her younger sister to safety in California. But the endless journey across the frontie was proving a heartbreaking test of courage and endurance for Faith Beal. All she had to sustain her was her steadfast belief in a loving God-- and the guiding hand of a stranger who truly seemed heaven-sent. Connell McClain was her selfless guardian as their wagon train slowly made its way west. And as they shared the dangers...

It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this first book of four, your goal is to get you and your family to Chimney Rock on time. But many dangers await you on the journey ahead. Wild animals, natural disasters, sickness, and other obstacles stand between you and your destination. Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With more than twenty possible endings, choose wrong and you'll never make it to Chimney...

After his mother dies and his drunken stepfather tries to cut his ear off, fourteen-year-old Augustus Pelletier decides it's time to get out of Missouri. And the lure of adventure with Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery is too tempting to resist. Captains Lewis and Clark are being sent by President Thomas Jefferson to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. Gus sets off just behind the Corps of Discovery, shadowing them...