Yuma Public Library

Discusses the exploration, settlement, and development of Canada from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth.

"This volume ' examines the role of gambling on the American fronter: among the Indians, on the rivers, in the mining camps, and in the boom towns ... The book is packed with interesting anecdotes, and covers the race track and boxing ring, lotteries and steamboat racing, as well as all of the traditional card and table games. The text is arresting with well-placed illustrations.'" Libr J.

Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West.

Photographs and text describe events preceeding and during the War with Mexico from 1845-1848.

"A Texas Cowboy" was one of the first true looks into life as a cowboy. Its author, Charles A. Siringo, was born in Dodge City, Kansas and at the age of 15 started working on local ranches as a cowboy and participated over the course of his ranching career in many cattle drives. A highly influential work that romanticized the life of a cowboy and the Old West, Siringo's book tells an autobiographical account of riding the famous Chisholm Trail and...

Recounts the capture of Olive Oatman and her sister by the Apaches, and her 5-year captivity among the Indians.

Presents the adventures of one family of pioneer settlers on the prairie, after the Homestead Act of 1862 opened up the West. Information pages supply additional facts about life in the American West.