The Western United States
- Subtitle
- A Geographical Reader
Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks
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1. Front matter2. THE WESTERN UNITED STATES3. PREFACE4. THE WORK OF THE COLORADO RIVER5. A TRIP INTO THE GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO6. HOW THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU WAS MADE7. THE CAÑONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS8. AN OREGON GLACIER9. SOMETHING ABOUT EARTHQUAKES AND MOUNTAIN BUILDING10. THE LAST VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES11. THE MUD VOLCANOES OF THE COLORADO DESERT12. THE HISTORY OF A COAST LINE13. THE DISCOVERY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER14. THE GREAT BASIN AND ITS PECULIAR LAKES15. FRÉMONT'S ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT BASIN16. THE STORY OF GREAT SALT LAKE17. THE SKAGIT RIVER18. THE STORY OF LAKE CHELAN19. THE NATIVE INHABITANTS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE20. THE STORY OF LEWIS AND CLARK21. THE RUSSIANS IN CALIFORNIA22. DEATH VALLEY23. THE CLIFF DWELLERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS24. THE LIFE OF THE DESERT25. THE PONY EXPRESS26. HOW CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL FEATURES INFLUENCED THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST27. THE LIFE OF THE PROSPECTOR28. GOLD AND GOLD-MINING29. COPPER-MINING30. COAL AND PETROLEUM31. THE CLIMATE OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE32. SOMETHING ABOUT IRRIGATION33. THE LOCATION OF THE CITIES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE34. THE FOREST BELT OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS35. THE NATIONAL PARKS AND FOREST RESERVES36. THE HEATH READERS