Rockies

Game Information

Your team occupies one mountain range and your opponents the other. The victors will be the ones that can control the central valley and the choke points. Forests and treasures are more heavily concentrated in the center of the map. The Lakota and Comanche have ventured up into the mountains, and may prove to be useful allies.

History

The Rockies stretch 3,000 miles from Alaska and Canada to the southern border of the western United States. The tallest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado, at 14,433 feet. Mountain goats, elk, grizzlies, coyotes, and porcupines are just a few of the animals that live in the Rocky Mountains. Trees vare widely across the entire rage and include junipers, oaks, willows, firs, spruces, and pines.

Early European explorers to the area included Coronado in his search for the Seven Cities of Gold and Lewis and Clark with their Corps of Discovery. Settlers crossed the forbidden range at an number of places. The South Pass in southwestern Wyoming was used by many settlers headed to California, Oregon, and Utah following the Oregon and Mormon trails. Kicking Horse in Canada has a number of passes. The Santa Fe Trail uses a pass on the soutern trailing edge of the Rockies that became a very popular western route during the gold rush of the mid-nineteenth centery.