MITCHEL ROTH is associate professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State University. He is a historian of criminal justice and of the American West. He has written seven books including Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Greenwood, 2000), Historical Dictionary of War Journalism (Greenwood, 1997), Fulfilling a Mandate (1997), Reading the American West (1999), and Crime and Punishment: A History of Criminal Justice (forthcoming 2002).

• Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller Chronology of Events Introduction Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase: Government Sponsored Expeditions to Western Lands Indian Removal (1803-1839) Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, and the War with Mexico: Sowing the Seeds of Sectional Conflict The Mormon Settlement of the West The Homestead Act: The Dispersal of Western Lands Building the Transcontinental Railroad The Sand Creek Massacre Battle of the Little Big Horn: The End of the Plains Indian Wars and a Way of Life The Creation of Yellowstone National Park: Preserving the Natural West Chinese Exclusion: Race Relations in California Wounded Knee 1890 The Dust Bowl: Transition on the Farming Frontier Timeline Selected Bibliography Index

MITCHEL ROTH is associate professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State University. He is a historian of criminal justice and of the American West. He has written seven books including Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Greenwood, 2000), Historical Dictionary of War Journalism (Greenwood, 1997), Fulfilling a Mandate (1997), Reading the American West (1999), and Crime and Punishment: A History of Criminal Justice (forthcoming 2002).

• Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller Chronology of Events Introduction Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase: Government Sponsored Expeditions to Western Lands Indian Removal (1803-1839) Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, and the War with Mexico: Sowing the Seeds of Sectional Conflict The Mormon Settlement of the West The Homestead Act: The Dispersal of Western Lands Building the Transcontinental Railroad The Sand Creek Massacre Battle of the Little Big Horn: The End of the Plains Indian Wars and a Way of Life The Creation of Yellowstone National Park: Preserving the Natural West Chinese Exclusion: Race Relations in California Wounded Knee 1890 The Dust Bowl: Transition on the Farming Frontier Timeline Selected Bibliography Index

MITCHEL ROTH is associate professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State University. He is a historian of criminal justice and of the American West. He has written seven books including Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Greenwood, 2000), Historical Dictionary of War Journalism (Greenwood, 1997), Fulfilling a Mandate (1997), Reading the American West (1999), and Crime and Punishment: A History of Criminal Justice (forthcoming 2002).

• Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller Chronology of Events Introduction Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase: Government Sponsored Expeditions to Western Lands Indian Removal (1803-1839) Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, and the War with Mexico: Sowing the Seeds of Sectional Conflict The Mormon Settlement of the West The Homestead Act: The Dispersal of Western Lands Building the Transcontinental Railroad The Sand Creek Massacre Battle of the Little Big Horn: The End of the Plains Indian Wars and a Way of Life The Creation of Yellowstone National Park: Preserving the Natural West Chinese Exclusion: Race Relations in California Wounded Knee 1890 The Dust Bowl: Transition on the Farming Frontier Timeline Selected Bibliography Index