American History Research Links
Cowboys and Horses
Horse Sense, a Guide to the Cowboy's faithful equine companion
Texas Mustangs
A Pictorial Guide to the horse's bridle
Horse colors, by Kathleen Rice Adams
An 1870's Saddle, in a handy-dandy diagram
Make a lariat, tie a hondo knot, and throw the rope
Texas Cattle Trailing
History of Longhorn Cattle
Western Slang and phrases
Texas Mustangs
A Pictorial Guide to the horse's bridle
Horse colors, by Kathleen Rice Adams
An 1870's Saddle, in a handy-dandy diagram
Make a lariat, tie a hondo knot, and throw the rope
Texas Cattle Trailing
History of Longhorn Cattle
Western Slang and phrases
Getting Places
Speed of travel (horses, feet, mules, wagons, and more) by Nessa Arandur
Terry Burns tells how fast horses could travel
Wagons, from Wagon Land Adventure
The Lightning Express train trip of 1876, detailed here by The Real Mr. Science, was inspiration for my novella The Honeymoon Express
Terry Burns tells how fast horses could travel
Wagons, from Wagon Land Adventure
The Lightning Express train trip of 1876, detailed here by The Real Mr. Science, was inspiration for my novella The Honeymoon Express
Home and Farm
Timeline of Agricultural Inventions from Agriculture in the Classroom
The Iowa Agriculturalist ~ Plowing to Threshing
The Iowa Agriculturalist ~ Plowing to Threshing
Currency & Costs
Salaries, prices, and rewards in the 1870's from the Dr. Quinn fan website
The Civil War
National Archives' Photo Gallery
National Archives' Civil War Records
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Diseases and Medical Knowledge in the camps
e-History's Civil War Medicine
Education in the 1860s from the Civil War Trust
National Archives' Civil War Records
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Diseases and Medical Knowledge in the camps
e-History's Civil War Medicine
Education in the 1860s from the Civil War Trust