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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Southern Rockies, 1911
A map from 1911 of the southern Rockies showing the main topographic features of the region, including; the eastern foothills (hogback topography); the Colorado or Front Range and Wet Mountains; the Park, Sawatch (or Saguache), and...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Map of the United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the forest regions of the Pacific, Rocky Mountains, Northern Forest in the Great Lakes and New England areas, Southern Forest along the Gulf and East Coast, and the Hardwood Forest. The map...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Relief of the United States, 1910
A relief map from 1910 of the United States showing the physical features of the New England Highlands, Adirondacks, Appalachian Plateau and Mountains, Piedmont Plateau, Coastal Plains, Lake Superior Highlands, Red River Valley Plains,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Relief of the United States, 1904
A relief map from 1904 of the United States showing the mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. This map divides the area into the main groups of the St. Lawrence Basin, Allegheny Region,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing general elevations, water depths, watershed boundaries, and terrain features, including the Pacific Slope, Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Cordilleran Highlands, Rocky Mountains, Great Central...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical Features of the United States, 1898
A map from 1898 of the United States showing general elevations, water depths, and terrain features, including the Pacific Slope, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain Plateau, Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Gulf Plain, Appalachian Highlands,...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Kit Fox
The kit fox has been thought by some to be a subspecies of the swift fox. This fox currently inhabits desert and semi-arid regions between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Rocky Mountains and on down into Baja California and the North...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Swift Fox
Swift foxes are primarily nocturnal, but can sometimes be seen sunning themselves near the entrance to a den. They live on prairie grasslands just east of the Rocky Mountains. Learn more about the Vulpes velox, more commonly known as a...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Olive Backed Pocket Mouse
The striking olive dorsum of the Olive-backed Pocket Mouse is set off by a yellowish stripe on the side and a white underside. This is the only species of pocket mouse east of the Rocky Mountains whose range extends well into Canada....
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Etc: Maps Etc: United States Forest Regions, 1901
A map from 1901 of the United States showing the forest regions, coded to show heavily forested and moderately forested areas. Areas of typical forest types are shown, including pine and hardwoods, spruce, birch, and maple in the...
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Kids Health: Hey! A Tick Bit Me
This site is provided for by Kids Health. Learn more about ticks, the diseases they can carry, how to avoid them, and what to do if you are bitten by a tick. Watch a demonstration of how to remove a tick and what to do with it after...
Other
Virginia City Preservation Alliance: Virginia City History
The gold rush in Montana centered around Virginia City. Find out about the riches found there and the development of Virginia City as a prominent Rocky Mountain town.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northern Rockies, 1911
A map of the northern Rockies in Montana showing the mountain systems, ranges, and intermontane trenches of the area.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Born to Be Wild, Polar Bears
Research the diet, habitat and behavior of polar bears, and compare and contrast the issues surrounding polar bears in their environment with those of bears in the U.S. Rocky Mountains. Rewrite a human/bear encounter from the bear's...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Orographic Chart of North America, 1891
An orographic map from 1891 of North America showing the principal mountain systems, rivers, and terrain features of the region. The map is coded to show high lands and mountain regions, and shaded regions of plains, with dark lines...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Charles Fremont
(1813-1890) Fremont was an explorer and general. He was promoted to major-general during the Civil War. Fremond is also known as "Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains."
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Northern Rock Deermouse
Northern Rock Deermice live in rocky outcrops and among boulders in pinyon-juniper-oak woodlands in the foothills of mountains from Colorado and New Mexico south to Texas and northern Mexico. Populations of the Mice are separated from...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Wolverine
Wolverines are widely distributed in the northern reaches of both hemispheres. In North America, they occupy remote habitats from the high mountainous interior of the Rockies to Arctic coastal tundra. Learn more about the Gulo gulo, more...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn sheep can be found in the Canadian Rockies and in some parts of the United States and Mexico. Read some fascinating facts about these unique creatures. Pictures can also be found here.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1885
A map from 1885 of North America and Central America showing the major relief features of the region. The map shows the primary highland known as the Pacific Highland, with the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, the secondary highlands...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1901
A map from 1901 of North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Greenland showing general land elevations, mountain systems, rivers, coastal features, and ocean currents. The map is color-coded to show land elevations ranging from...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven volume France and England in North America.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colorado, 1906
A map from 1906 of Colorado showing the State capital of Denver, major cities and towns, railroads, the Rockies and other mountain systems, lakes, and rivers.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colorado, 1909
A map from 1909 of Colorado showing the State capital of Denver, major cities and towns, railroads, the Rockies and other mountain systems, lakes, and rivers.