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The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
by Harold W. Fairbanks (1860-1952)
“In preparation of this book the author has had in mind the needs of the upper grammar grades. The subject matter has not been selected with the object of covering the field of Western geography in a systematic manner, but instead the attempt has been made to picture as graphically as may be some of its more striking and interesting physical features, and the influence which these features have exerted upon its discovery and settlement.” (from the Preface of The Western United States)
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Total running time: 6:51:21
Read by Laura Caldwell
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- 01- Preface and The Work of the Colorado River – 00:14:57
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[ogg vorbis - 7.7MB] - 02- A Trip into the Grand Canyon of the Colorado – 00:11:52
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[ogg vorbis - 6.1MB] - 03- How the Columbia Plateau was Made – 00:15:03
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[ogg vorbis - 7.8MB] - 04-The Canyons of the Sierra Nevada Mountains – 00:12:28
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[ogg vorbis - 6.4MB] - 05- An Oregon Glacier – 00:12:30
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[ogg vorbis - 6.5MB] - 06- Something About Earthquakes and Mountain Building – 00:12:46
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[ogg vorbis - 6.6MB] - 07- The Last Volcanic Eruptions in the United States – 00:13:06
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[ogg vorbis - 6.8MB] - 08- The Mud Volcanoes of the Colorado Desert – 00:06:39
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[ogg vorbis - 3.5MB] - 09- The Story of the Coastline – 00:13:51
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[ogg vorbis - 7.2MB] - 10- The Discovery of the Columbia River – 00:13:57
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[ogg vorbis - 7.2MB] - 11- The Great Basin and Its Peculiar Lakes – 00:12:42
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[ogg vorbis - 6.6MB] - 12- Fremont’s Adventures in the Great Basin – 00:10:33
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[ogg vorbis - 5.5MB] - 13- The Story of Great Salt Lake – 00:13:02
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[ogg vorbis - 6.8MB] - 14- The Skagit River – 00:12:38
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[ogg vorbis - 6.6MB] - 15- The Story of Lake Chelan – 00:11:09
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 16- The Native Inhabitants of the Pacific Slope – 00:12:01
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[ogg vorbis - 6.2MB] - 17- The Story of Lewis and Clark – 00:15:20
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[ogg vorbis - 8.0MB] - 18- The Russians in California – 00:08:59
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[ogg vorbis - 4.7MB] - 19- Death Valley – 00:12:48
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[ogg vorbis - 6.6MB] - 20- The Cliff Dwellers and Their Descendants – 00:11:17
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[ogg vorbis - 5.9MB] - 21- The Life of the Desert – 00:13:51
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[ogg vorbis - 7.2MB] - 22- The Pony Express – 00:10:34
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[ogg vorbis - 5.5MB] - 23- How Climate and Physical Features Influenced the Settlement of the West – 00:15:08
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[ogg vorbis - 7.9MB] - 24- The Life of the Prospector – 00:12:35
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[ogg vorbis - 6.5MB] - 25- Gold and Gold-Mining – 00:13:27
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[ogg vorbis - 7.0MB] - 26- Copper-Mining – 00:11:48
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[ogg vorbis - 6.1MB] - 27- Coal and Petroleum – 00:12:32
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[ogg vorbis - 6.5MB] - 28- The Climate of the Pacific Coast – 00:14:47
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[ogg vorbis - 7.6MB] - 29- Something About Irrigation – 00:12:40
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[ogg vorbis - 6.5MB] - 30- The Location of the Cities of the Pacific Slope – 00:15:18
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[ogg vorbis - 7.9MB] - 31- The Forest Belt of the Sierra Nevada Mountains – 00:13:56
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[ogg vorbis - 7.3MB] - 32- The National Parks and Forest Reserves – 00:17:07
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Cataloged on March 15, 2008
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