Shining Mountains

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the Rocky Mountains.

Quotations

1784

This exalted situation is part of the Shining Mountains, which are branches of the vast chain which pervades the whole continent of America.

1873

In the first years of the new century men penetrated the gorges of the shining mountains and reached the great river of the west.

1963

The unending, curved horizon was becoming monotonous. Now, at last, there were the Shining Mountains.