Welcome to the Exploiting Economic Opportunity in the American West 1820-1880 Homepage!
(made by Ty Lee and Vaughn Stefan)

Throughout this website, Vaughn and I will answer questions accordingly to the questions listed to the left sidebar. We hope that you will enjoy the information given in this website. (If it is hard to see, hold "Ctrl" and "=" to make the font size bigger.)

The Key/Essential Question

So, the Key or Essential Question to this project is...
       
                       Can exploitation of the western lands environment be justified?

This question will be answered towards conclusion of this website. But, lets start off with, How did fur trappers, better known as mountain men, contribute to the expansion of the West? (click this on the left sidebar to continue).