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The Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado-with a group of soldiers, missionaries, and African slaves-marched into the Rocky Mountain region from the south in 1540.
French fur traders Pierre and Paul Mallet discovered the range in 1739 at the headwaters of the Platte River while journeying through the Great Plains, becoming the first Europeans to report on this uncharted mountain range. Local American Indian tribes called them the "Rockies."
Lewis, Clark and York thouroughly explored and described the range in 1804.
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When and who discovered the rocky mountains?
Pierr and Paul mallet discovered the mountains in the 1739's.
Who discovered gold in the Rocky Mountains that caused miners to go west?
imigrants
What mountains did the Lewis and Clark Corps struggle through?
During their explorations Lewis and Clark explored the Rocky Mountains and they discovered the mountains were rougher and more extensive than they expected. They also crossed the Bitterroot Mountains.
Which mountain man discovered the south pass through the rocky mountains?
Jedediah Smith
How the Rocky Mountains where found?
they were already there before! any thing in nature cannot be "discovered"
Who was the mountain man who discovered the south pass through the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming?
Jeddiah Smith
What is a sentence for Rocky mountains?
The Rocky Mountains are in Canada.We will climb the rocky mountains this week.
Who has more mountains the rocky mountains or the Appalachian mountains?
the rocky mountains are higher because the rocky are 14,400 and the appalachian is 3,000
What mountain range extends from New Mexico to Alaska?
The Rocky Mountains
Are the Rocky Mountains volcanic?
no the rocky mountains are not volcanic.
The Rocky Mountains stretch from to?
the rocky mountains stretch from
What are landslides of the Rocky Mountains?
what are the landslides of the Rocky Mountains
