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Crafted to meet Common Core critical thinking standards, this series focuses on some of the significant events that took place as pioneers blazed a trail to settle America's western frontier. Readers will explore the causes leading up to these historical events, then examine their immediate and lasting effects on people and places. Lively, descriptive language, primary source accounts, eye-catching illustrations, and detailed infographics, such as maps and charts, bring these stories to life.