GEO 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Llano Estacado, Osage Plains
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Grain sorghum seed: found in kansas, ok, tx (south & west) Population distributed around cities since land is very dry. Water comes from snow melt in rockies. East ( green country ): gulf coastal plain= flat terrain. Red river valley: flows here to dakotas. Most live in tulsa & ok city. Lots of indians here; were driven out of tx. Wy & w. co, ut, nv, nm, ca, & az. Starts in rocky mtns, goes through grand canyon. Dallas: always been big; pop has leveled out bc other places for ppl to go in sw (like albequrque & phoenix) Santa fe trail: main trail into s/w. Gadsden purchase: 1853; us bought lots of land from mex to build railroad here & bring peace. Spanish missions in tx; icon of texas independence. 1836: after mexican army took it over, became rallying cry for. 1836: became a republic; 1845: became us state.
