However, in 1991, as part of Major League Baseball's two-team expansion ( they also added the former Florida ( now Miami ) Marlins ), an ownership group representing Denver led by John Antonucci and Michael I. Monus were granted a franchise ; they took the name “ Rockies ” due to Denver's proximity to the Rocky Mountains, which is reflected in their logo.

) Once again, three Rockies ( Walker, Galarraga, and Castilla ) hit 40 or more homers ; Walker also won the first Gold Glove in franchise history.

Wilson also spent time on the disabled list and, as the Rockies fell out of contention, was traded to the Washington Nationals.

The Rockies also won the second game in Philadelphia, 10 – 5, with the help of Kazuo Matsui's 4th inning grand slam.

The Rockies also traded away Matt Holliday to the Oakland Athletics for pitchers Huston Street and Greg Smith, and outfielder Carlos González.

Great Britain also colonized the west coast of North America, indirectly via the Hudson's Bay Company licenses west of the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia and New Caledonia fur districts, most of which were jointly claimed as the Oregon Country by the United States from 1818 until the 49th parallel was established as the international boundary west of the Rockies by the Oregon Treaty of 1846.

Mount Kitchener in the Canadian Rockies was also named in his honour.

Oregon City was also the site of the only federal court west of the Rockies in 1849, when San Francisco, California was platted.

For years, it has been the smallest populated town in Alabama, but the town is notable for the nearby rock arch, also named Natural Bridge, the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies, spanning over 127 ft ( 40 m ).

It should also be noted that while sub − freezing temperatures are very common at high elevation, valley sites in the Rockies during the winter, maximum temperatures that remain sub − freezing are quite rare, while at International Falls and much of the upper ( Northern ) Midwest they are of relatively frequent occurrence.

The 36 RQF also supports the National Search-and-Rescue ( SAR ) Plan by conducting SAR and medical evacuation missions in a 4-state region, from the Cascades in Washington to the Rockies in western Montana.

It also owned narrow gauge trackage into the heart of the Colorado Rockies and a standard gauge line south from Denver across New Mexico into Texas ( both parts of the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway ).

Outside the racing program, Napier also gained notoriety in 1904 by being the first car to cross the Canadian Rockies, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glidden ( sponsors of the Glidden Tours ) covering 3, 536 mi ( 5, 690 km ) from Boston to Vancouver.

Small, isolated populations also occur east of the Pacific Coast such as in the inland coniferous rainforests of British Columbia's Columbia Mountains ( interior wet-belt ), just west of the Canadian Rockies, and have been seen at lower elevations near creeks and damp areas of Mount Revelstoke National Park.

Fernie Alpine Resort is owned by Resorts of the Canadian Rockies which also owns ski areas, Kimberley Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Nakiska, Mont Sainte-Anne, and Stoneham.

In addition to becoming Anaheim's first-ever draft pick, he also became the second-highest pick from Vancouver ( after Barry Beck was chosen by the Colorado Rockies second overall in 1977 ).

Long after the Lewis & Clark Expedition and also after the consolidation of the fur trade in the region by the Canadian fur companies, American " Mountain Men " such as Jedediah Smith and Jim Beckwourth came roaming into and across the Rocky Mountains, following Indian trails through the Rockies to California and Oregon.

Although Walcott spent a considerable amount of time at the Burgess Shale quarry on what became known as Fossil Ridge, he also traveled widely in other areas of the Canadian Rockies.

Mount Robson is the most prominent mountain in North America's Rocky Mountain range ; it is also the highest point in the Canadian Rockies.

Bichette also hit his first home run at the newly-constructed Coors Field, a fourteenth-inning smash against the Mets that secured an opening day victory for the Rockies in.

His dad also played in Colorado as a member of the Colorado Rockies hockey team.

Their breeding habitat is wet meadows and shallow marshes across Canada east of the Rockies ; also the northeastern United States and the entire northern US-Canadian border Great Plains to the Great Lakes.

In the absence of cones, Limber Pine can also be hard to tell from Western White Pine ( Pinus monticola ) where they occur together in the northern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada east slope.

He continued to climb well into his sixties, especially in the Swiss Alps, but also in Bavaria, Austria, Yugoslavia and Italy as well as in the Canadian Rockies where Mt.

He broke Babe Ruth's record of 2, 062 career walks, Ty Cobb's record of 2, 246 career runs, and Zack Wheat's record of 2, 328 career games in left field, and on the final day of the season collected his 3, 000th career hit, a leadoff double off Rockies pitcher John Thomson.

Beginning about 70 million years ago, the Rockies began uplifting along thrust faults that broke up the Precambrian granite of Earth's crust.

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball ( MLB ) franchise based in Denver, Colorado.

The Rockies joined the National League in 1993, along with the Southern Florida franchise, the Florida Marlins.

On April 17, 1994, the Rockies beat Montreal 6 – 5, moving the team's record to 6 – 5 — the first time in franchise history that the club had a winning record.

The NLCS sweep earned the Rockies their first National League pennant in franchise history.

In June 2009, the team rapidly improved and by the end of June, the Rockies set a franchise record for victories in a month with 21 in a 28 game stretch ( one win better than the September 2007 Rocktober run ).

After the franchise lost its 10, 000th game in 2007, its core of young players, including infielders Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy Rollins and pitcher Cole Hamels, responded by winning the National League East division title, but they were swept by the Colorado Rockies in the Division Series.

After the 1975-76 season, the franchise was moved to Denver and was renamed the Colorado Rockies.

When Denver was awarded a major league franchise for the 1993 season, the new Colorado Rockies arranged for the Sky Sox to become their top farm team.

At season's end, negotiations were under way to move the franchise to Salt Lake City, Utah and rename the team the Utah Rockies.

In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver, Colorado and became the Colorado Rockies.

After just two seasons, the Scouts franchise was sold to a group headed by Jack Vickers, who moved the team to Denver and renamed it the Colorado Rockies.

) Hagerstown would not be able to maintain AA standing, though ; after the Suns ' and Keys ' owners failed to claim an Eastern League expansion franchise for Bowie in 1993 ( coinciding with the Florida Marlins ' and Colorado Rockies ' addition to the majors ), they instead chose to move their existing franchise there as the Bowie BaySox.

" He accomplished this feat in the 2004 World Series, against his former childhood favorite Cardinals, and again in 2007, against a franchise with which he had pre-expansion involvement, the Rockies.

After the 1975-1976 season the team was moving to Salt Lake City, Utah to play as the Utah Rockies but the ABA-NBA merger did not include the Spirits / Rockies or the Kentucky Colonels and the franchise disbanded, its players put into a dispersal draft.

On January 17,, Belliard was signed as a minor league free agent by the Colorado Rockies after being non-tendered by Milwaukee on December 20 and became the first non-roster invitee in franchise history to start on Opening Day.

Traded to the Colorado Rockies before the season, Kennedy became the first Rockies starter to have a sub 4. 00 earned run average, setting a franchise record with a 3. 66 ERA.

It was the first franchise relocation for the NHL since the Colorado Rockies became the New Jersey Devils in 1982 – 83.

The Rockies would eventually make it to the World Series for the first time in franchise history but lost to the Boston Red Sox in the 2007 World Series in just 4 games.

In his first season as GM, the Devils notched their first winning season in franchise history ( dating back to their time as the Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies ) and reached the Wales Conference Finals.