<p><strong><em>Study for Westward Movement: Justice of the Plains</em></strong></p>
<em><strong><br /></strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny</strong>
<strong>American settlers travelling west during the westward expansion era of the nineteenth century.</strong>
<strong><strong>John Steuart Curry 1897-1946<br /></strong></strong><dl class="dl-horizontal list"><dd></dd></dl>
<p><strong>artnet</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://www.artnet.com/artists/john-steuart-curry/study-for-westward-movement-justice-of-the-plains-a-484q5WinWaCurD_s1wSsXQ2</strong></p>
<strong>1937</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong><strong></strong><span>Painting </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span>14 x 32 in. (35.6 x 81.3 cm.)</span></span></strong></p>
<dl class="dl-horizontal list"><dd><strong></strong></dd></dl>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong><em>The Nehemiah Letts Farm in the Late 1850's</em><br /></strong></em>
<strong>Lett's Farm, Iowa</strong>
<strong>Working proodection farm in America during the Industrial Revolution</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<p><strong>Descandants of William Lett's</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://www.brockwayfamily.com/journal/Letts/letts.htm</strong></p>
<strong>Late 1850s</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<strong>Engraving, dimensions unknown</strong>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>Gen. Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista<br /></strong></em>
<strong>Mexican-American War</strong>
<strong>General Zachary Taylor giving orders in the field during the Battle of Buena Vista</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>The Granger Collection, New York</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Colored engraving, 19th century</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dimensions unknown</strong></p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>Mexican-American War: American troops bombarding Veracruz</strong></em>
<strong>Mexican-American War<br /></strong>
<strong>U.S. troops bombarding Veracruz during the Mexican-American War</strong>
<strong>Illustration by Carl Nebel.</strong>
<p><strong>Encyclopedia Britannica</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379134/Mexican-American-War</strong></p>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<strong>Painting, dimensions unknown</strong>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong><span class="irc_su" style="text-align:left;">Western Expansion: Emigrants to the Western Country</span></strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny</strong>
<strong>Wagon train with settler traveling west in America</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>http://ushistoryimages.com/western-expansion.shtm</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<strong>Engraving, dimensions unknown</strong>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>An army train crossing the plains</strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny</strong>
<strong>The United States army escorting a wagon trian headed west.</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<p><strong><span> <span>Library of Congress </span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span>Prints and Photographs Division </span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span>Washington, D.C. </span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Harper's Weekly</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>volume #2, (1858 April 24)</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span> p. 264</span></strong></p>
<strong>Harper's Weekly</strong>
<strong><span><strong><span>April 24</span></strong>, 1858 </span></strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Wood engraving</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto</strong></em>
<strong>European exploration of America</strong>
<p><strong>This dramatic and brilliantly colored canvas shows Spanish conqueror and explorer Hernando DeSoto, riding a white horse, the first European to view the Mississippi River, in 1541. </strong></p>
<p><strong>As De Soto and his troops approach, the Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. In the foreground is a jumble of weapons and soldiers, suggesting the attack they had suffered shortly before. To the right, a monk prays as a crucifix is set in the ground.</strong></p>
<strong>William Henry Powell</strong>
<p><strong>United States Capitol, Washington D.C. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Architect of the Capitol</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/discovery-mississippi-by-de-soto</strong></p>
<strong>1853</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Oil painting on canvas </strong></p>
<p><strong>365.76 cm by 548.64 cm (144.00 in by 216.00 in)</strong></p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>Emigrants Crossing the Plains</strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny</strong>
<p><strong>Redefined by territorial expansion in the mid-1800s, the boundary of the American West shifted from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, fueled largely by exploration and emigration along the Oregon Trail, among others. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Over the course of fifty years, almost 400,000 people traveled the 2,170-mile route, leaving their farms along the East Coast in hopes of securing fertile land in the Oregon Territory. </strong></p>
<p><strong>American artist Albert Bierstadt documented his journey on the trail, capturing the dramatic panoramas and indomitable spirit of the emigrants on his oversized canvases. With their rich colors and pristine details, these romanticized images roused an already fascinated American public to begin their own westward adventure.</strong></p>
<strong>Albert Bierstadt</strong>
<strong>National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum</strong><br /><strong> Oklahoma City, OK</strong>
<strong>November 27, 1867</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Oil on canvas </strong></p>
<p><strong>67" x 102"</strong></p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>