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QUICK PICK:
Actors
Fanfic sites
Writing Groups
Writing: Historical Resources
Writing: Technical Help
Actors
Andrew Duggan entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
James Stacy entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
Paul Brinegar entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
Wayne Maunder entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
Fanfiction Archives
Fanfic Archives
Authors' Lancer Fanfic Sites
Marilyn's Johnny M Lancer site
Yahoo Archive Groups
Annexes to the Lancer Library.
(Posting is limited to librarian updates and card catalogue information only. Fiction is stored in the Files section under the author's name)
Green River Annex - for authors A - G
Morro Coyo Annex - for authors H - M
Spanish Wells Annex - for authors N - Z
Spanish Wells Annex 2 - more authors N - Z
Writing Groups
Writing Groups on LiveJournal
Writing Groups on Yahoo
LancerAfterDark - a slash group
Writing Resources
American West - general sites
American West - huge resource site covering the pioneering days
Lancer Library - Yahoo group hosting information about the old west.
Legends of America - very good site with lots of historical articles and information on the old west.
Articles and Reviews of LancerCalifornia
California Historical Society
California - History of Transportation and Communication - ships, stage, railroad etc
California's Native Americans
California State-wide Database
History of California (Wikipaedia)
Indigenous Peoples of California (Wikipaedia)
Monterey County Historical SocietyClothing
Brooks Brothers
Harper's Bazar (later, Bazaar)
Vaquero clothing
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's BazarCowboys/Vaqueros
Cowboys - Wikipaedia
Cowboys - various sources
Vacquero - history of the vacquero (links to .pdf book). The whole site very interesting for Spanish/American perspective, although focused on New Mexico.
Cowboy Terminology/Glossaries
Collated Glossary
Spanish Glossary
Individual glossaries:
People
Horses and their gear etc
A Cowboy's Personal Gear
Saddles and Tack Glossary
Cattle Glossary
Western SlangFood
The Food Timeline - pioneer, Civil War, Cowboy and Victorian foods
Civil War Eating WareHarvard. The link leads to a downloadble pdf of the Class Catalogue for the 1862-63 Academical year - probably the year Scott would have been a freshman. This gives details of the entrance examination requirements and the curricula for all the classes for that year.
Lancer Hacienda
Rancho San Carlos, built in the 1920s near Carmel, was the Lancer hacienda. Set in the Santa Lucia preserve, it serves today as the club house for a gated community.
Lancer Hacienda - Geraldine's research on the Hacienda. This is really helpful, with photos and suggested floor plans.
The Santa Lucia Preserve
Photos and video of the hacienda today
Lancer Ranch Location
Research by Ros and Linda on a possible location for the ranch.
Law in the Western United States
Maps
California 1895 Atlas
California Mining Maps
David Rumsey Collection of historical maps
Library of Congress Map CollectionsRailroads
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - a treasure trove of a site about the Transcontinental Railroad. Click on the History tab for dozens of documents on the building of the railroad, ephemera, guidebooks, timetables and 19C accounts of travelling across America.Spanish Names
Spanish Family Names - construction
Spanish Boys' Names
Spanish Girls' Names
Spanish SurnamesStage Coach Travel
Butterfield Overland Mail See here for images
Butterfield Overland Mail in California (with stations listed and distances between them)
Stagecoach Travel The Over-Land site - a treasure trove of Western information.Western Movement - chronicles of the pioneer movement across America. Masses of links here - sadly not all are live.
Common Errors In English
World Wide Words - a site on the meaning and derivation of words and phrases.
Wonderful World of Editing - advice on grammar and punctuation
If you want to add links to useful sites and information, or more fanfiction/fan sites, then please email Starry Diadem with the url.