Explore the lyrics of five cowboy songs from 1860's and 1870's.

If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.

Lots of history of American music with fun links and audio clips, most from the 20th century. A neat site to learn more about America's past.

Several radio shows with music clips regarding "Rodeo" and other works by Copland. Click to a short biography.

This article about the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald explores major moments in the jazz singer's career.

This site, from the Library of Congress, provides a recording project by the WPA during the Depression Era of folk music collected throughout the southern states of the U.S. Supplemented by photos and other material to document life...

This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....

Who were the first white explorers to "set foot in Montana?" Find out more about the Native American population living in Montana. Draw on the experience of the Native American population.