Rocky Mountain States Geography Flashcards
Three industrialists, William Clark, F. Augustus Heinze, and Marcus Daly who heavily shaped Montana
Copper Kings
Montana city dominated by the Anaconda Copper Company
Butte
Montana representative who voted against both World Wars
Jeanette Rankin
Mountain range separating Idaho and Montana
Bitterroot Mountains
Three rivers whose confluence forms the Missouri River in Montana
Jefferson, Gallatin, and Madison Rivers
Scenic mountain pass in Glacier National Park in Montana
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Highest peak in Montana
Granite Peak
Slaughter of Piegan Blackfeet Indians in Montana by the US Army
Marias Massacre
Famous Peak in Glacier National Park
Triple Divide Peak
Ethnic group closely associated with Boise Idaho
Basques
Man who made up the word Idaho, as well as a fake Shoshone origin
George M. Willing
Famed Idaho Ski Town
Couer d’Alene
Idaho national monument filled with lava fields
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Highest Peak in Idaho
Borah Peak
Large Montana Dam on the Missouri River, creating the 5th largest artificial lake in the US
Fort Peck Dam
Wyoming was the first state to provide this
Women’s Suffrage
First Female Governor in American History, governing Wyoming
Nellie Ross
Gay man who was victim of a hate murder in Wyoming
Matthew Shepard
Scenic road connecting Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park
John d. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway
Highest point in Wyoming
Gannett Peak
Multi colored spring north of Old Faithful
Grand Prismatic Spring
Mountain Range in Yellowstone
Absaroka Mountains
Mass Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians led by Black Kettle in Colorado by John Chivington
Sand Creek Massacre
Massacre during which Colorado National Guard killed strikers in a site run by John Rockefeller Jr.
Ludlow Massacre
Tallest Peak in Colorado
Mount Elbert
Mountain near Colorado Springs
Pikes Peak
Large red rock formation in Colorado
Garden of the Gods
