High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 2. How, 150 years ago, the Homestead Act transformed the West http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-150-years-ago-the-homestead-act-transformed-the-west Jefferson's dream changed the landscape and settled this region. No publisher Andrew Gulliford homesteaders Homestead Act Thomas Jefferson 2012-12-13T15:52:22Z News Article Lewis and Clark: Just another cog in the wheel of history http://www.hcn.org/issues/280/14935 Lewis and Clark did not visit an unchanging, pristine West, but an evolving landscape that had been shaped by Indian peoples for thousands of years No publisher Colin G. Calloway Western History Indian Culture Lewis and Clark Native Americans Indian history Cahokia Mesa Verde Mesoamerica Blackfeet Lakota Osage Comanche Shoshone Crow Pawnee Thomas Jefferson Corps of Discovery James Ronda Brian Fagan Elliott West 2010-02-05T09:20:47Z News Article