The Western United States

Harold W. Fairbanks (1860 - )

"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)

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface and The Work of the Colorado River Laura Caldwell
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Play 02 A Trip into the Grand Cañon of the Colorado Laura Caldwell
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Play 03 How the Columbia Plateau was Made Laura Caldwell
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Play 04 The Cañons of the Sierra Nevada Mountains Laura Caldwell
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Play 05 An Oregon Glacier Laura Caldwell
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Play 06 Something About Earthquakes and Mountain Building Laura Caldwell
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Play 07 The Last Volcanic Eruptions in the United States Laura Caldwell
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Play 08 The Mud Volcanoes of the Colorado Desert Laura Caldwell
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Play 09 The History of a Coast Line Laura Caldwell
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Play 10 The Discovery of the Columbia River Laura Caldwell
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Play 11 The Great Basin and its Peculiar Lakes Laura Caldwell
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Play 12 Fremont's Adventures in the Great Basin Laura Caldwell
00:10:33
Play 13 The Story of Great Salt Lake Laura Caldwell
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Play 14 The Skagit River Laura Caldwell
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Play 15 The Story of Lake Chelan Laura Caldwell
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Play 16 The Native Inhabitants of the Pacific Slope Laura Caldwell
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Play 17 The Story of Lewis and Clark Laura Caldwell
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Play 18 The Russians in California Laura Caldwell
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Play 19 Death Valley Laura Caldwell
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Play 20 The Cliff Dwellers and Their Descendants Laura Caldwell
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Play 21 The Life of the Desert Laura Caldwell
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Play 22 The Pony Express Laura Caldwell
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Play 23 How Climate and Physical Features Influenced the Settlements of the West Laura Caldwell
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Play 24 The Life of the Prospector Laura Caldwell
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Play 25 Gold and Gold-Mining Laura Caldwell
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Play 26 Copper-Mining Laura Caldwell
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Play 27 Coal and Petroleum Laura Caldwell
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Play 28 The Climate of the Pacific Slope Laura Caldwell
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Play 29 Something About Irrigation Laura Caldwell
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Play 30 The Location of the Cities of the Pacific Slope Laura Caldwell
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Play 31 The Forest Belt of the Sierra Nevada Mountains Laura Caldwell
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Play 32 The National Parks and Forest Reserves Laura Caldwell
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