WEST T A B L 3 O F CO N TE N T B CHAPTER ONE From Denali to Death Valley 4 CHAPTER TWO The Story of the West 15 CHAPTER THREE Government and Economy 28 CHAPTER FOUR People of the West 36 exce Ecccccccccccccccccesccee al Fast Facts UI Glossary 44 RI For More Information 47 46 O Index About the Author 48 48 Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
CHAPTER ONE FROM DENAY TO DEATH VALLEY side of takes to a class he Mountaineers camp in tents at the base of Denali in Alaska A party of mountaineers prepares to climb Alaska's Denali Thousands of miles away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean tourists sun themselves on Waikiki Beach Hawaii More than 5 000 miles 8 000 kilometers to the east pink milkweed and yellow biscuit root grow on Colorado's San Juan Mountains This wide range of natu ral beauty is the West at its
WEST The West has varied geography climate animals and plants The region features tall mountains deep valleys and active volcanoes It has hot deserts tropical rain forests and frozen tundra Eleven states make up this region Alaska California Oregon and Washington line the Pacific coastline Nevada and Utah lie in the Great Basin Colorado Idaho Montana and Wyoming are Rocky Mountain states Hawaii lies about 2 400 miles 3 800 km off the West Coast of the United States So Small huts sometimes stand near the beaches of the Hawaiian
