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    Stories of Westward Expansion

      Click on a video title below to explore stories of America’s Westward expansion in the 19th century.

      Tour and History of Jefferson Barracks | Oldest Military Post West of the Mississippi

      Using a Smokehouse in 1820 | Curing & Preserving Meat on the American Frontier

      The Pony Express Starts Riding | Time Trip to April 3, 1860

      History Spotlight: Tribal Legacies

      How to Churn Butter in 1820 | Life on the American Frontier

      Inside the Legacy of Red Cloud’s War Club

      Life on the American Frontier | Serving in the Cavalry

      Tales of the Pony Express from Author Jim DeFelice

      The Day a Golden Spike Connected America | Time Trip to May 10, 1869

      The Iron Riders | Buffalo Soldiers Conduct the U.S. Army’s Great Bicycle Experiment

      Boomers, Sooners, and the Oklahoma Land Rush | Time Trip to April 22, 1889

      What Really Happened in Tombstone | Tom Clavin on the Gunfight at the OK Corral

      Pioneers of Hospitality | The Harvey Girls

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