Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas
Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and MesasThe only point in the United States at which four states...
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Author: Olin, George,1907-
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Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

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Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

$97.72 $48.83
Author: Olin, George,1907-
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

The only point in the United States at which four states adjoin is where Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico come together. With adjacent portions of California, Nevada, and Texas, they contain all of our Southwestern Desert. Arizona and New Mexico especially, are known as desert States and for the most part deserve that appellation. Scattered over this desert country as though carelessly strewn by some giant hand are some of the highest and most beautiful mountains in our Nation. They may occur as isolated peaks magnificent in their loneliness, or as short ranges that continue but a little way before sinking to the level of the desert. On the other hand it is in Colorado that the Rocky Mountains reach their greatest height before merging with the high country in New Mexico, and all of the States mentioned have at least one range of major size. Two great highways cross this area from East to West. U.S. 66, Mainstreet of America, goes by way of Albuquerque and Flagstaff to Los Angeles; farther north U.S. 50 winds through the mountains from Pueblo to Salt Lake City and terminates at San Francisco. Significantly, they meet at St. Louis on their eastward course, and here for the moment we digress from geography to history. St. Louis in 1800 was a brawling frontier town. Strategically located at the point where the Missouri River meets the Mississippi, it was the jumping off place for those hardy souls adventurous enough to forsake the comforts of civilization for the unknown perils of the West. Already St. Louis was one of the fur centers of the world. Fashions of the day decreed that top hats be worn by men. The finest hats were made of beaver fur and no self-respecting dandy could be content with less. Trapping parties ascended the Missouri River as far as the mountains of Montana in search of pelts with which to supply the demand. When the animals became scarce in more accessible areas, trappers turned their attention to the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado. Hardships of the overland route, coupled with danger of attack by hostile Indians, discouraged all but the most hardy of a rugged breed. These Mountain Men as they became known, traveled in small parties with all the stealth and cunning of the Indians themselves. Gaunt from weeks of travel across the plains, they could rest in the Spanish settlement of Santa Fe for a few days before vanishing into the mountains. On the return trip they might again visit the Spanish pueblo or, eager for the night life of St. Louis, strike directly eastward across the prairies. Todays highways, while not following their trails directly, certainly parallel them to a great degree. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 50822
Author: Olin, George
Release Date: Jan 1, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Bierly, Edward, 1920-2004

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