Rocky Mountains, United States (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
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Rising Sun
by Michael Crichton"I glanced over, saw a view of wildflowers and snow-capped mountains. The first man tapped the photos. 'I mean, that's the Rockies, my friend. It's real Americana. Trust me, that's what sells them."
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton"This inland sea was a thousand miles wide, extending all the way from the newly upthrust Rocky Mountains to the sharp, craggy peaks of the Appalachians."
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton"He leaned back in the padded leather chair of the Gulfstream II jet as it flew east, toward the Rocky Mountains."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains, and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"“…CHAP. XVII. The party, after procuring horses from the Shoshonees, proceed on their journey through the mountains. The difficulties and dangers of the route.”"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"After making observations, Captain Lewis rode up the country and noted that beyond the river and its tributaries, the wandering tribes roamed ‘thence to Rock Mountain’—an allusion to the great mountains lying to the west."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean – the phrase 'Thence Across the Rocky Mountains' clearly identifies this range."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"we do not yet despair of reaching the Rock mountains, for which we are very anxious"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…after ascending the highest summits of the hills on the north side of the river, that captain Lewis first caught a distant view of the Rock mountains…"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"we thought it probable that it did not even penetrate the Rocky mountains, but drew it sources from the open country towards the lower and middle parts of the Saskashawan, in a direction north of this place."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"Wednesday 12. This morning captain Lewis left the bank of the river in order to avoid the steep ravines… when the sun becoming warm by nine o’clock, he returned to the river in quest of water…and from its top had a beautiful view of the Rocky mountains, which are now completely covered with snow: their general course is from southeast to the north of northwest…"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…from this position, the point at which the Missouri enters the first chain of the Rocky mountains bore south 28° west about twenty-five miles…"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"till at the distance of twenty five miles it entered the Rocky mountains, and was lost from our view."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"These are succeeded by high plains extending on each side to the base of the mountains, which lie parallel to the river about eight or twelve miles apart, and are high and rocky, with some small pine and cedar interspersed on them."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"from its size and its southeastern course, we presume that it rises in the Rocky mountains near the sources of the Madison."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"Thence Across the Rocky Mountains"
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"as running from south to north along the west side of the Rocky mountains, not far from the sources of Medicine river:"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"on this side of the Rocky mountains."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"The quadrupeds of this country from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean, may be conveniently divided into the domestic and the wild animals."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"Colter’s creek rises not far from the Rocky mountains, and passing in the greater part of its course through a country well supplied with pine, discharges a large body of water into Lewis’s river"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…the custom, indeed, of flattening the head by artificial pressure during infancy, prevails among all the nations we have seen west of the rocky mountains."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"The hare on this side of the Rocky mountains inhabits the great plains of the Columbia."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"the red headed fishing duck is common to every part of the river, and was likewise found in the Rocky mountains, and was the only duck discovered in the waters of the Columbia within those mountains."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"… through the Rocky mountains …"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"Thence Across the Rocky Mountains"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"but our present camp is the last spot where a single tree is to be seen on the wide plains, which are now spread before us to the foot of the Rocky mountains."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"The country along the Rocky mountains for several hundred miles in length and about fifty wide, is a high level plain, thinly covered with long‐leafed pine, with a rich soil, affording excellent pasture…"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"CHAPTER XIII. The party mingle in the diversions of the Willetpos Indians — description of the vegetables growing on the Rocky mountains — various preparations made to resume their journey."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…This place is about ten miles below the foot of the Rocky mountains; and being now able to trace distinctly that the point at which the river issued from those mountains…"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…nearly a mile and a half below where [the Yellowstone] issues from the Rocky mountains."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…thence across the Rocky Mountains… From this height the eye ranged over a large extent of variegated country:—On the southwest the Rocky mountains covered with snow; a low mountain, about forty miles distant, bearing south 15° east, and in a direction north 55° west; and at the distance of thirty‐five miles, the southern extremity of what are called the Littlewolf mountains."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"“To an establishment at that place, the Shoshonees, both within and westward of the Rocky mountains, would willingly resort, as they would be farther from the reach of the Blackfoot Indians…”"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"2603 Rocky mountains, to a gap on the ridge, which divides the waters of the Missouri from those of the Columbia"
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"In passing from the falls of the Missouri, across the Rocky mountains to the navigable waters of the Columbia, you have two hundred miles of good road, one hundred and forty miles of high, steep, rugged mountains, sixty miles of which is covered from two to eight feet deep with snow in the last of June."
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…Thence Across the Rocky Mountains…"
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner"…under the rough and ridiculous circumstances of life in the Rocky Mountains there was something exciting and vital, full of rude poetry: the heartbeat of the West as it fought its way upward toward civilization."
Golden Days
by Carolyn See"I’d driven through eastern sleet to get here, and “unseasonal” snow in the Rockies, and heat like a flat plate in the High Desert."
Golden Days
by Carolyn See"Not my first husband, Jack, because he, along with a girlfriend, climbed up into the Rocky Mountains to live in a tent."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"…Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean"