<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>Annexation</strong></em>
<strong>Annexation of the Texas Republic</strong>
<strong>Newspaper article from the United States Magazine and Democratic Review</strong>
<strong>For eighty years it was assumed this article was written by John L. O'Sullivan, but recent scholarship claims Jane Cazneau wrote the article.</strong>
<strong>http://pdcrodas.webs.ull.es/anglo/OSullivanAnnexation.pdf</strong>
<strong>United States Magazine and Democratic Review</strong>
<strong><strong></strong>July-August 1845</strong>
<p><strong style="font-size:15.4841px;font-family:sans-serif;"><br /></strong></p>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
Newspaper
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Document</strong>
<em><strong>Boone's First View of Kentucky</strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny</strong>
<p><strong><strong></strong>Daniel Boone is pointing out toward the west, and the future state of Kentucky.</strong></p>
<strong>William Ranney</strong>
<p><strong>Indianapolis Museum of Art</strong></p>
<p><strong>Indianapolis, Indiana</strong></p>
<strong>1849</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<div class="value"><strong>Etching</strong></div>
<div class="mercury-mdd mdd-dimensions"><br /><div class="value"><strong>5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (image) </strong></div>
<div class="value"><strong>8 1/2 x 11 in. (sheet)</strong></div>
</div>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still image</strong>
<em><strong>Daniel Boone protects his family</strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion and the frontier</strong>
<strong>Daniel Boone fighting with a Native, as his wife cowers over their son on the left.</strong>
<strong>Henry H. Schile</strong>
<p><strong> Library of Congress </strong></p>
<p><strong>Prints and Photographs Division </strong></p>
<p><span><strong>Washington, D.C.</strong> </span></p>
<strong>1874</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<strong>Colored lithograph</strong>
<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>Domestic Happiness</strong></em>
<strong>Nineteenth century American white family</strong>
<strong>Idyllic nineteenth century scene of a white family, with a patriarchal husband, and his dutiful wife, tending to their infant children.</strong>
<strong>Lilly Martin Spencer</strong>
<strong>Philadelphia Art Union, Western Art Union</strong><br /><br /><strong>Captain Waterman</strong><br /><strong>Mrs. E. M. Brady</strong><br /><strong>Dr. and Mrs. James Clelland, Jr.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Acquired in 1934</strong>
<strong>1849</strong>
<p><strong>Detroit Institute of Arts</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://www.dia.org/object-info/ced086a6-e224-4e92-acf5-f5d5d9f837d3.aspx</strong></p>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Oil on canvas</strong></p>
<p><strong>55-1/2 x 45-1/4 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>
<em><strong>Emily B. Souder</strong></em>
<strong>The ship Emily B. Souder</strong>
<strong>A drawing of the ship Emily B. Souder. The ship foundered and sank in 1878, with Jane Cazneau aboard. she was drowned in the incident and her bosy was never recovered.</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<p><strong>History of Colliersville</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://historyofcollierville.wikispaces.com/Yellow+Fever</strong></p>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>Frederick Merk</strong></em>
<strong>Frederick Merk, Harvard professor of History</strong>
<strong>Merk in the process of giving a lecture to a class</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102977/Edwin-A-Lahey-NF-39.aspx</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<strong>Photograph, 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>