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.

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.

Washington became the 42nd state of the union on November 11, 1889. It covers 68,192 square miles and is home to 5,894,121 people. The state capitol is at Olympia. What to See in Washington. Are one of the wettest places in America with as much as 140 inches of rain a year. Temperate rain forests cover its slopes with thick undergrowth and moss covering everything.

Wyoming became the 44th state of the union on July 10th, 1890. Is in the northwest corner of Wyoming, and the Grand Tetons. And other forested mountains provide striking and beautiful scenery.

Great forests cover most of northern California and the Sierra Nevadas including the famous Redwood and Sequoia forests. Southern California tends to be mostly dry and includes Death Valley, one of the most famous desert areas of the United States. The coastal areas of California are famous for their mild climate and warm winters.

Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, making it the 43rd state. As the west was being settled, Idaho was a wilderness through pioneers passed on their way to Oregon. Was built on the Oregon Trail for protection from Indians and became a major stop on the route. The city of Boise grew up near there, and is now the capitol of the state. Numerous other towns had their origins as stops along the Oregon Trail. Flows out of Yellowstone National Park.