This site has primary sources in the form of diaries, narratives, and letters on the fur trade in the Rocky Mountain West. Subjects include education, sociology, religion, science and technology. Geared toward high school and college students. Contains secondary source material on the Overland Trail. You can search the site for Nevada information.
Most links are to secondary sources.
Contains some diary excerpts from emigrants on the trail. A great place to start on the prairie schooner, provisions, and the pioneers on the trail. A comparison of the settling of the American West with the settling of Siberia and the Russian Far East. Site is in English and Russian and contains secondary source with some maps and pictures of the American West. This site has pictures and text on clothing and fashion of early Nevada pioneers.