Westward expansion

Traces the westward growth of the United States from the first colonial rumbles of discontent to the laying of the transcontinental railroad and the eventual disappearance of the "Old West." Explores, through paintings and photographs, the personality of the frontiersman, a new breed of restless individualists who demanded independence, equality and land. Follows the chain of events leading to the Indian Removal Act, Manifest Destiny, the Civil War, and the Indian wars., . Traces the westward growth of the United States from the first colonial rumbles of discontent to the laying of the transcontinental railroad and the eventual disappearance of the "Old West." Explores, through paintings and photographs, the personality of the frontiersman, a new breed of restless individualists who demanded independence, equality and land. Follows the chain of events leading to the Indian Removal Act, Manifest Destiny, the Civil War, and the Indian wars.