Immigration of the poor, starving, and persecuted to the unsettled North American West spelled opportunity for them but disaster for the Native peoples. Who Settled the West? takes a balanced look at the history and people of the West describing:
• how the colonies changed hands between countries
• the dangerous journey by ocean and wagon train
• why different people left their homelands
• where certain ethnic groups settled in North America
• how they staked their claim and built their homes
• how Africans were captured in their home countries and forced to work on American plantations