Hi Trail Fans The December Spotlight is "American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library." http://rs6.loc.gov/ This Library of Congress site is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States, offering more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections! It has an easy to use search feature which will bring up historic photos, WPA life histories which include many "remembrances" along the trails west, diaries, manuscripts, rare books, maps, recorded sound, moving pictures, journal articles, field notes, and Congressional Records. The History of the American West section of this page: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html is a collection of over 30,000 photographs. The Nineteenth Century in Print from this website: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/snctitles.html is a collection of articles from 23 popular literary and political magazines. The Learning Page contains stories, activities, lesson plans, and other resources for teachers. Also included is The Library of Congress Searchable Online Catalog which contains over 12 million bibliographic records. This is a site that you'll want to bookmark, as it has so much good information--too much to look at in one sitting. Hope you enjoy it! And don't forget to visit the previous Spotlights, as they are always updating their information. www.over-land.com/spotlite.html Thanks Elizabeth