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Article: Pioneering the Internet way. (World Wide Web sites about the pioneers and pioneer life from the 1800s)
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- Child Life
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- September 1, 1998
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Learning about U.S. pioneers--the brave Americans who settled our wild west during the 1800s--has always been fun. From gun-slingers to school rearms, our pioneer days were chock full of adventure and historic events. Thanks to the Internet, you can step out of your books and into the Web for an exciting look at the past. Here are three of the sites you'll want to lasso along the way.
Wyoming Territorial Prison and Old West Park
http://www.wyoprisonpark.org/
The Wyoming Territorial Prison/Old West Park is a great place to start learning about pioneer times. The prison, built in 1872, once housed notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy. And the ...