A comprehensive guide to historic sites and museums with exhibits, artifacts, and other historical materials relating to the Old West defined as the brief period of westward movement that took
place from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s in the huge area of the US from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Danilov (museum management, U. of Colorado; formerly director of
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry) describes almost 1,500 sites and museums in 40 categories in the 22 Old West states plus 16 others and the District of Columbia. Categories include,
for example, prehistoric artifacts, author museums, historic trading posts and military forts, geological landmarks, ghost towns, and historic opera houses. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,
Portland, OR (booknews.com)
