You're probably right Joan. I've never been a geography bug, just a history bug. When it comes to geography I just use an old atlas <grin> I've always heard and used the term "the lay of the land" but other than that never gave much more thought to it. Time beyond and outer space are almost like the workings of a computer - beyond any scope of my imagination <grin> I appreciate your input and more than likely 'tis the way it 'twas. Antoinette waughtel@oz.net JRose10700@aol.com wrote: > No, I think diane is right. I think the Appalachians, which include the Blue > Ridge, Smokies,et al, are older by several millennia than the Rockies. > I remember in sixth grade geography we learned that Eastern mountains were > "old worn down" mountains when western mountains were still thrusting upwards. > And I thought they had to have been worn down by all the settlers crossing > over them to get to the Midwest. > And maybe that was truer than I knew in my childish wisdom!! > love > joan -- Researching: Alkire, Breckenridge, Burton, Cann, Claypool(e), Denton, Daugherty, Dunbar, Evans, Gorrell, Hagan, Jimenez, Keel, Keith, Kern/es, Ladner, Lawler, Leffler, Littell, Merrifield, Norris, Pettyjohn, Ponsler, Robertson, Robinson, Rogers, Sinex, Sinnickson, Stiddem/Stidham, Tossawa/Tussey, Vantreese, Wachtel/Waughtel, Walker, White, Wilcox, Winfield