Arizona features a variety of scenery and topography. None is more famous that the 277-mile-long Grand Canyon. Moving towards the southwest portion of Arizona, Mogollon Rim over looks a steep drop in elevation to the dry and hot Sonoran Desert. And Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Began colonizing much of Arizona, including Phoenix Valley, Prescott and Snowflake. In 1863, Arizona was organized as a territory, and on February 14.

In 1849, a group of pioneers crossed Death Valley in search of a route to the gold fields of California. A member of this party, William Lewis Manly recorded the difficulties posed in crossing Death Valley in his autobiography.

Nevada is known for its long stretches of highway through lonely deserts and its lavish casinos. In the wide open valleys between mountain ranges, water is scarce, but the mountains harbor forests and wildlife and beautiful scenery. Crosses Nevada, entering at the southern tip, and leaving on the Oregon. Also enters Nevada near Las Vegas and travels north along the eastern boundary, leaving at the Idaho.

The Oregon Coast was explored as early as 1543 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and 1592 by Juan de Fuca. Trappers and missionaries began exploring the area around the year 1800, and the famous Lewis and Clark expedition camped near the mouth of the Columbia River in 1805. Oregon is roughly rectangular in shape. Lies to the north, Idaho. To the east, and California. Two interstate routes serve Oregon. Interstate 5 passes north-south through Portlan.

FOR THE HIKER, TRAVELER, AND OUTDOORSMAN. McGill was built in 1906 to house workers for the mill and smelter of copper mines in eastern Nevada. It overlooks the vast empty spaces of the Steptoe Valley, from the foothills of the Duck Creek Range. The ores are now processed in Japan, but the old buildings are still extant, and the town still thrives as a residential community.

Lined by its shining white 3000-foot cliffs towering over a paradise of grassland and forests, is a vision of grandeur and beauty unparalleled anywhere on the earth. In the early 1900s, the conservationist John Muir. Wrote a book, The Yosemite.