[LM_NET] Nebraska or Kansas 1860-1870

[Susan Grigsby <susan.grigsby@GMAIL.COM>]

I have a teacher doing a novel study of *Trouble River* by Betsy Byars. She
wants to bring her students to the library to "research people who moved to
Nebraska or Kansas from 1860 to 1870." She wants them to have one online
source and one print/reference source. I have used our state database,
GALILEO, and found articles about historic events in those states (or
territories) during that time but I'm not coming up with a whole lot of
people for these kids to research. Most everyone moving out there were your
average "joes" settling the territory and not those about whom one would
find a book/article/encyclopedia entry. I'm new to the middle school arena
so I think there must be some resources out there that you seasoned vets
would know about. Can anyone help?

-- 
Susan Grigsby, Teacher-Librarian
Elkins Pointe Middle School
Alpharetta, Georgia
susan.grigsby@gmail.com

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