Rocky Mountains

settled regions of the United States to lands farther west. The great west means stretching from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, and it was subdivided into two sections: the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains and the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast. This westward movement, across what was often called the American frontier, was of enormous significance and it lasted about 100 years. It’s a space and time-spanning. By expanding the nation’s borders…

and joined Whitman-Spaulding missionary party. He then told them he wanted to be his own man. He was a mountain man during the very last years of fur trade who built Fort Buenaventura. In 1839 he married Pomona who is the daughter of the Ute chief Pe-teet-neet. By 1842 Miles and Pomona had two children. They named them William Miles and Mary Eliza. He ranged widely across the Rocky Mountains. He met this one man with the name of James Brown. They both agreed on a price of $1,950 for Fort…

journey was forced to travel along a dangerous and winding mountain road. On one side of the narrow road there was steep vertical rock and on the other side there was a sheer drop. One evening, many years ago, a bus departed from Ixtapan de la Sal as usual, making the familiar journey to Toluca. It was an overnight trip, so the passengers on the bus took the opportunity to get some much needed sleep. When the bus reached the base of the mountain, it started the slow climb up the slope…

gradually made my way to the top of Copper Mountain on a midsummer day. It was afternoon when I finally reached the top of the humongous mountain. I hopped off the lift that had brought me all this way and I snatched my bike off the next chair coming by, scared I would miss it. My twin sister Abby, my older brother Dylan, my dad, and my Uncle Tim all came along on this adventure on the monstrous mountain. We hopped on our bikes and headed down the rugged, steep mountain like four years olds…

largest province after Quebec, about the same size as the state of Texas and twice the size of Japan. The Rocky Mountains/Canadian Rockies run down the border of Alberta and British Columbia and extend into the United States rising over 14,000 feet. The Mackenzie and Selwyn mountains farther north along the border between the Northwest and Yukon territories are often included in the Canadian Rockies. North of this region, the surface of the province is of the most fertile soil, with ordinary…

GOLDEN GEOLOGIC HISTORY REPORT It all started with the Big Bang then the whole universe is formed, continued with the formation of the Milky Way, where there is a solar system with the planet Earth and then there were this little town called Golden. This is a report that will travel through time telling the stories of the incidents happened in to this town of Golden. During our journey we must note that the whole geological of Golden is tilted and there were mining done here. Let’s start our…

is located in center of Italy and it is home to the capital city of Rome. Lazio is the third most populated region in Italy it has 5,732,212 population in 2011 estimation. The region total area is 6,655 sq mi. Shares it's bounded by the Apennine Mountains to the east and the Tyrrhenian coast to the west, Lazio is occupied with woods and pastures, hills and valleys, rivers and lakes, and as many as twenty-five nature parks and reserves. Lazio experienced a rush in tourism throughout the 18th…

The Real Story Of The Three Billy Goats Gruff “Sous, Sous” My finger was rubbing my finger against the hard rocky ground because no one would hug me. But off in the distance I could see the three billy goats gruff heading up the grassy and muddy mountain. Their hooves clicking agencies the hard grassy and rocky ground. I hear the pond on the other side of my bridge. I can also smell the fruit that they just ate. I hear the wind brushing against my face. Of…

Sacagawea Introduction Sacajawea is important is US history because she helped with the Lewis and Clark expedition called the Corps of Discovery. She helped with translating with the Native American tribes, identifying plants and geography, and saving valuable journals, instruments, and medicines when a boat tipped over. It was a sign that the Corp of Discovery was a peaceful group to other tribes since they brought along a woman and especially a woman, Sacagawea, and her baby, Jean Baptiste.…

pistol and one hundred rounds of ammunition. In exchange i got horses. Most of the horses were in poor condition though. They also provided me with information. They described a trail that led across the Continental Divide. Now we had a way over the Mountains. As we were running out of food and crossing the Continental…