{"slug": "rocky-mountains", "label": "Rocky Mountains", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5463", "qid": "Q5463", "description": "major mountain range in western North America", "entries": 12, "years": 10, "span": [1743, 1858], "span_label": ["1743 CE", "1858 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 7}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "canada", "label": "Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "david-thompson-explorer", "label": "David Thompson (explorer)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "columbia-river", "label": "Columbia River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "colorado", "label": "Colorado", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hudson-bay", "label": "Hudson Bay", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-north-america", "label": "British North America", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors had seen the Rockies from the west side).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#January–March", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Anthony Henday travels west from Hudson Bay onto Plains, meets natives on horseback and sees Rocky Mountains.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349953871#Events", "title": "1754 in Canada", "revid": 1349953871, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Pike Expedition: During his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (later named Pikes Peak in his honor).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#October–December", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "David Thompson crosses Rockies and builds a trading post at headwaters of Columbia River. 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