Karl Bodmer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Dlm82 at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

A sod house from the United States prairie frontier, Wikipedia

Photo by Solomon Butcher; Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2608-1377

Courtesy National Records & Archives Administration, 283728

Courtesy National Records & Archives Administration, 283736

Image for Timeline Only

Timeline Image for 1850 - 1874 - Settlers - Daniel Freeman

Courtesy Bureau of American Ethnologies, Smithsonian Libraries, 1899

Timeline Image for Louisiana Purchase - 1800-1849

Timeline Image for Routes West - 1800-1849

Timeline Image for Standing Bear's Trial - 1875-1899

American politician from Illinois and the designer of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.

Courtesy of Nebraska State Historical Society, RG1042--2-10

By Capitolist (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Capitolist (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Capitolist (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Capitolist (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons