History - Rocky Mountain States (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)

History of Moab, Cedar City in Southern Utah and the Arizona Strip History of Salt Lake City, Park City, Northern Utah The Ute and Goshute Indian tribes reigned in the northern Utah region from about the year 1300 until the mid-1820s. While many Europeans missionaries and adventure-seekers had heard rumor of the Great Salt Lake, most missed it by a long shot. History of Vail, Aspen, Telluride, Steamboat Springs and the Colorado Rockies The Ute Indians, the first inhabitants of the Colorado Rockies region, controlled all of Colorado west of the Continental Divide until the early 1880s. Though the Arapho and Cheyenne tribes migrated west during the 1700s, the Ute maintained their dominion until the mid-to-late-1880s, when they were moved to reservations allotted by the U.S. History of Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Cheyenne Wyoming and the Eastern Rockies The first inhabitants of the eastern Colorado and Wyoming Rockies were members of the Ute tribe of Native Americans. Members of the Crow, Blackfoot, and Cheyenne tribes made hunting forays into the mountains, but they never truly settled in the region. History of Yellowstone Park, Grand Teton, Jackson Hole in Wyoming and Bozeman, Montana Major Tourist Attractions in the Region Cheyenne Frontier Days LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Utah Town Square Shoot Out - Jackson, Wyoming Mormon Tabernacle Choir St. Elmo Ghost Town - Colorado Minidoka Internment National Monument - Hagerman, Idaho Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad - Colorado Historic Wheeler Farm - Salt Lake City, Utah Ouray Memorial Park - Montrose, Colorado Pahaska Tepee Resort - Wyoming Golden Spike National Historic Site - Brigham City, Utah The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa - Denver, Colorado US Air Force Academy Hole-In-The-Rock Road - Utah Temple Square Beehive House & Lion House - Salt Lake City, Utah Nez Perce National Historical Park - Spalding, Idaho St. George LDS Temple - St. George, Utah Uptown Butte Historic District - Butte, Montana Colorado State Capitol Building - Denver, Colorado Spring City, Utah Utah State Capitol Building - Salt Lake City, Utah Animas Forks Ghost Town - Colorado Nevadaville Ghost Town - Colorado Bighorn Medicine Wheel Old Deseret Village - Salt Lake City, Utah South Pass City State Historic Site - Wyoming Ashcroft Ghost Town - Colorado Fort Buenaventura - Ogden, Utah Four Mile House Historic Park - Denver, Colorado Parowan Gap Petroglyphs - Parowan, Utah Fort Yellowstone Historic District - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming