| MONTANA | Northernmost of the Rocky Mountain states of America, known as the Treasure State (7) |
| IDAHO | Rocky Mountain state of the USA (5) |
| IDA | One of the Rocky Mountain States: Abbr. |
| NEV | One of the Rocky Mountain States: Abbr. |
| NICARAGUA | Largest country of Central America, known as 'the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes' (9) |
| MAINECOON | Only native long-haired domestic cat breed of North America, known as 'the gentle giant' (5,4) |
| MINNESOTA | State of the north central US known as the 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' (9) |
| NEWMEXICO | State of the southwestern US known as the 'Land of Enchantment' (3,6) |
| SHORTIA | ___ galacifolia is a rare plant from the US known as Oconee bells (7) |
| EPIGAEA | - - - - - - - repens, shrubby evergreen from US known as trailing arbutus (7) |
| CHINOOK | Warm dry wind of the Rocky Mountains also called the snow eater (7) |
| WYOMING | Rocky Mountain state (7) |
| GRIZZLY | Bear of the Rocky Mountains |
| WYOMINGRANGE | Part of the Rocky Mountains traversed by a branch of the Oregon Trail known as the Lander Road |
| GREATSALT | ? Lake, body of water in northern Utah, US, known as America's Dead Sea (5,4) |
| AKRON | City in Ohio, US known in the early 20th century as the rubber capital of the world (5) |
| HELENA | Capital of the Treasure State |
| WATERTON | This site is a national park in southwestern Alberta on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, immediately north of the U.S. border and Glacier National Park in Montana. It has an area of 203 squa |
| DENVER | State capital of Colorado, in the South Platte River Valley east of the Rocky Mountains (6) |
| LONGSPEAK | Highest point in the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the Front Range in north-central Colorado (5,4) |
