<P> Since then , the frontier generally moved westward and eventually , the lands west of the Mississippi River came to be referred to as the West . Though no consensus exists , even among experts , for the definition of the West as a region , the U.S. Census Bureau 's definition of the 13 westernmost states includes the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin to the West Coast , and the outlying states of Hawaii and Alaska . </P>
<P> Since then , the frontier generally moved westward and eventually , the lands west of the Mississippi River came to be referred to as the West . Though no consensus exists , even among experts , for the definition of the West as a region , the U.S. Census Bureau 's definition of the 13 westernmost states includes the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin to the West Coast , and the outlying states of Hawaii and Alaska . </P>
where does the west start in the us
where does the west start in the us
the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin
the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin