Chapter 12: A Van and Airplane

Tour of the West

Tour Stop 1 - Lolo Pass, Montana • In the Rocky

Mountains• Pass – a route across

mountains• Lewis & Clark led an

expedition through this pass

• Today, people hike and fish here.

Today, people hike and fish here.

Lewis/ Clark

• Expedition – a journey with a purpose• Two purposes – first to find an all water route

from the Mississippi River to the Pacific ocean• Explore the lands west of the Mississippi

•There are about 10,000 hot springs and geysers in Yellowstone.

•The land around the geysers became known as Yellowstone National Park.

•The first and oldest National Park in the United States.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c02YK8js4FY

Yellowstone National Park

• What is a geyser?

• Nature’s tea kettles

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShhZvvIM84

Old Faithful

Leadville, Colorado

• Located in Rocky Mountains

• Highest city 10,430 feet

• Sand rich in lead and silver

• Another mineral is molybdenum

Leadville, Colorado

http://www.sangres.com/colorado/lake/leadville.htm

THEN • Located in Rocky Mountains

• Sand rich in lead and silver

• Another mineral is molybdenum

Life of a miner

• Grooming and Fashion

• Work

• Living conditions

• Weather

California – Home of the Movies

• Movie makers and actors came because the weather was good for film making.

DISNEYLAND PARK

• http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/landing?name=DisneylandParkLandingPage

• Opened in 1955

California’s Disney Park

• Walt Disney arrived in Southern California with one goal = to make people happy!

• Disney opened in 1955

California’s Central Valley

• America’s Fruit and Salad Bowl

California’s Central Valley• Almost NO rain falls during the growing

season

• Farming Technology- use of tools and ideas to meet people's needs

• Builds dams to irrigate crops - Irrigation

• Called America’s Fruit and Salad Bowl

Columbia River GorgeMost of the river forms on the boundary between Washington and Oregon. Dams on the river help make a lot of electricity. Many businesses use this electric power. Farmers use

the water to irrigate crops. It irrigates more than 8 MILLION acres of land.

Columbia River Gorge

http://www.crgva.org/

Gorge – a deep narrow valley

Tacoma, Washington

Then, known as a logging town. Many of the homes were made of wood. Tacoma is still a center of the wood products industry today. Wood products include lumber, plywood, cardboard, and paper.

Sawmill – a factory where logs are turned into lumber

Washington Saw Mills

• Major industry in the west.

Tacoma, Washington - Now

Downtown, Tacoma

Anchorage, Alaska!

• Alaska is known for its open spaces and outdoor activities.

• Alaskans used to depend on dogsleds to get around in winter. Now they use airplanes and snowmobiles.

• http://www.iditarod.com/• Iditarod is the most famous

dogsled race, in Anchorage.

View of Diamond Head from Waikiki Beach in Hawaii

HAWAII• Closer to the equator

than any other U.S. state

• Main industry is sugar cane

Recap of Visit West

• Tour Stops: – Lolo Pass, Montana– Yellowstone National Park– Leadville, Colorado– Disneyland Park, California– California’s Central Valley– Columbia River Gorge– Tacoma, Washington– Anchorage, Alaska– Honolulu, Hawaii

• Key Words:

– Pass

– Expedition

– Geyser

– Technology

– Gorge

– Sawmill

Rocky Mountains