The West Images

Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite National Park, 1903.

The Hetch Hetchy Valley before the Tuolumne River was damned and the valley was turned into a reservoir for San Francisco.

The Hetch Hetchy Valley after the Tuolumne River was damned and the valley was turned into a reservoir for San Francisco.

More than 100,000 settlers race for 40,000 available claims on 16 September 1893.

Cattle baron Henry Miller.

Statue honoring Esther Morris for her efforts in securing women the right to vote.

The Wyoming Territorial Legislator most responsible for extending the vote to women in 1869.

Farmers gather for a Populist Party Convention in Nebraska, 1890.

Workingmen's Party Ticket, 1878.

Leader of San Francisco's Workingmen's Party.