Tuesday, June 8, 2010















In May, 1804 Lewis and Clark went in an amazing journey through Louisiana territory. Lewis and Clark fought unknown people, conditions and unexplored lands .Lewis and Clark have been the greatest explorers in the whole world. One journey they did was going to Yankton South Dakota.



Bodies of water
In the west region you can swim in the North Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is one of the world’s greatest oceans in the world. It covers almost the whole entire earth. Divided by the Equator in two parts: the North Pacific and South Pacific. The southern has thousands of volcanic islands and coral atolls. The western is rim is lined with large lines of volcanic islands. To the north lines the volcanoes and the Bering Sea. The tallest mountain is in the Pacific Ocean it is 33,476 feet. That is more than the Mount Everest is 4,441 feet tall. The deepest trend in the world is in the Pacific Ocean. At the 36,198 feet deep the Mariana trench would meet Mount Everest by 1.4 miles to spare. The volcanic regions on the west, north and east these are known as the ring of fire. These areas of volcanic activity are caused by natural process of titanic plates. In addition to the treat of volcanic eruption, Earthquakes are common along the Ring of Fire.







Mining and Manufacturing
The climate in the west region is very important to its industries. Most of the west region’s climate is hot or dry. In the mountains it’s cool and dry. In the West Mountains, you will find wheat, potatoes, cabbage and onion. Colorado and Montana have wheat farms.
Mining and manufacturing began with the first rush miners.The minerals are used to do manufactured products. Silver, turquoise, and copper are found in Arizona and New Mexico. Turquoise and silver are used to make jewelry.



How were big cities formed?
By 1849 the tiny port of the west had grown into a big city with a population of 100,000. Miners and merchants’ came to the west so they could get some gold. Merchants did goods and services for the miners.

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