Unit Nine:Journey WestTextIn 1976, during Americas bicetennial celebration, a family decided to travel to the American West instead of joining the majority of people that were celebrating on the East Coast. They wanted to follow the trails that the pioneers had made when they began to settle the West. The family was looking forward to making their own discoveries.JOURNEY WESTJim DohertyWe began our trip out West on June 19, 1976, a time when millions of other American families were