Download or read book Who Settled the West? written by Bobbie Kalman and published by New York ; Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1800s, people in many countries were poor, starving, persecuted, or without land. The unsettled North American west offered the opportunity for a new life. Who Settled the West? looks at the people who made the west their new home as well as the people who already lived there.