INDEX 



230; the Rio Grande Valley of, 



230; the Pecos Valley of, 281; 



the social fabric of, 2:;:. 

 Newell, Frederick Hayncs, on \v;iter 



supply of the plains, 113, 111. 

 Nt-z l'ert'6 Reservation, 170. 

 Nija, Fray Marcos de, 228. 

 Nile River, silt in, 36. 

 Ninety-seventh ineredian, 19-21. 

 Nordhoff, Charles, 123-128. 

 North, Judge, founder of Riverside 



Colony, 97. 

 North Yakima, Washington, 187. 



OHIO, growth of, after Revolution, 

 15. 



Olives, future of, 134. 



Ontario, California, 103. 



Oquirrh Mountains, 53. 



Orange culture in California, begin- 

 Hing of, 100. 



Ordinance of 1787, 16. 



Oregon : Humid and arid sections 

 of, 185 ; climate and products of, 

 191 ; unused water supplies of, 

 192; chances for development of, 

 193; arid region of, 190. 



Owyhee River, Nevada, 199. 



PALESTINE, 34. 



Palestine, resemblance between Salt 



Lake Valley and, 53. 

 Palmer, General William J., 152- 



202. 



Palouse country of Idaho, 179. 

 Parkman, Francis, author of the 



Oregon Trail, 23. 

 Payette, Idaho, 183. 

 Pecos Valley, New Mexico, 231. 

 Pend Orcillc Lake, 176. 

 Pendleton, Oregon, 191. 

 Phalanx movement, 77, 78. 

 Phu?nix, capital of Arizona, 238. 

 Pike, Zebulon, 23. 

 Platte Valley, Colorado, 155. 

 Plumas County, California, 146. 

 Plunkett, the Right Hon. Horace, 



291. 

 Plymouth Colony of Idaho, 181. 



Pocatello, Idaho, 183. 



Pomona, California, 103. 



Portland, Oregon, 186. 



Prescott, Arizona, 288. 



Prescott, Historian, 34. 



Prickly Valley, Montana, 223. 



Prosser, Washington, 187. 



Provo, Utah, 166. 



Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, 235. 



Puget Sound region, 185. 



QCINN RIVER, Nevada, 199. 



RAIN-MAKINO experiments, 108. 

 Raymond, Henry J., debate with 



Greeley, 79. 



Redlands, California, 103. 

 Reed, Thomas B., quoted, 119. 

 Reid, Whitelaw, quoted, 237. 

 Rio Grande River, New Mexico, 230. 

 Rio Verde River, Arizona, 239. 

 Riverside Colony of California, 97. 

 Robertson, James, 15. 

 Robinson, Solon, 79. 

 Roosevelt, Theodore, 297. 

 Rustlers' War, 209. 



SACRAMENTO VALLEY of California, 



141. 



Salmon River, Nevada, 199. 

 Salt Lake City, the plan of, 68. 

 Salt River, Arizona, 239. 

 Salt River Valley of Arizona, 238. 

 San Bernardino Valley, 92. 

 San Joaquin Valley of California, 



143. 



San Juan River, Colorado, 157. 

 San Juan River in New Mexico, 229. 

 San Luis Valley, Colorado, 155. 

 San Timoteo Hills, 92. 

 Santa Clara Valley of California, 



138. 



Semi-arid region, boundaries of, 109. 

 Sevier, John, 15. 

 Shawhan, Benjamin P., connection 



with Plymouth Colony of Idaho, 



181. 



Sheridan County, Wyoming, 212. 

 Shoshone Falls," the Great, 176. 



