Exploring the American West 18031879 Author:Richard A. Bartlett, William H. Goetzmann Part one includes a brief historical narrative of the events that lured men westward between 1803-1879. Part two describes the mountain men, explorers and scientists who helped in the western expansion to the Pacific Ocean. Part three is a documented pictorial record created by artists, cartographers, and photographers who accompanied the organi... more »zed expeditions to the west.« less