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Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah: county seat of Weber County, Utah's seventh-largest city, founded as Fort Buenaventura in 1845 and incorporated 1851; a railroad junction city and 2025 Milken second-ranked best-performing large city.
Orem, Utah
Orem, Utah: city in Utah County on the eastern shore of Utah Lake, incorporated May 5, 1919 and named for railroad president Walter C. Orem. Fifth-largest Utah city, home of Utah Valley University, population about 95,000 in 2025.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Pagosa Springs is the county seat of Archuleta County, Colorado, named from the Ute word Pagosah, healing waters. Known for the Mother Spring, the world's deepest geothermal hot spring, the Red Ryder Roundup, and the San Juan River.
Park City, Utah
Park City, Utah: Summit County resort city chartered 1884, once a silver mining boomtown (Ontario mine, Silver King), reborn as a ski destination in 1963, host of 2002 Olympics events and the Sundance Film Festival until 2026.
Pioche, Nevada
Pioche, Nevada: unincorporated Lincoln County seat, former 1870s silver boomtown named for financier F.L.A. Pioche, famed for the Million Dollar Courthouse, Boot Hill, and its aerial tramway.
Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello, Idaho, is the county seat of Bannock County in southeastern Idaho, named for Shoshone Chief Pocatello. It grew from a railroad junction and is home to Idaho State University.
Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah: county seat of Utah County on the eastern shore of Utah Lake, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. Founded as Fort Utah in 1849, incorporated 1851, population 115,162 (2020), home of Brigham Young University.
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado: Steel City on the Arkansas River at Fountain Creek, southern Front Range. Founded from the 1842 El Pueblo trading post; CF&I steelworks 1882; 1921 flood; 2020 population 111,876; Hispanic 48.3%.
Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada, "The Biggest Little City in the World," is the largest city in Northern Nevada, in the Truckee Meadows. Founded 1868 as a railroad town, incorporated 1903; gambling legalized 1931; population 264,165 (2020).
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs, Wyoming: Sweetwater County city founded on 1868 Union Pacific coal mining, site of the 1885 Chinese massacre, population 23,526 (2020), fifth-largest Wyoming city.
Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico: county seat of Chaves County in the Pecos Valley, founded 1869 by Van C. Smith, population about 47,000, famed for the 1947 Roswell Incident, artesian-basin agriculture, and Roswell Air Center.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is the capital and most populous city of Utah, founded in 1847 by Latter-day Saint pioneers led by Brigham Young in the Salt Lake Valley.
Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint, Idaho: Bonner County city on Lake Pend Oreille, incorporated 1901/1907, railroad and timber origins, 2025 population about 10,645, recreation economy with Schweitzer ski area and the Long Bridge.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico: capital of New Mexico, founded 1610 by Don Pedro de Peralta, oldest capital in the United States; population about 89,800, tourism-driven economy, Palace of the Governors.
Sheridan, Wyoming
Sheridan, Wyoming: county seat of Sheridan County at the eastern foot of the Bighorn Mountains on I-90. Founded 1882 by John D. Loucks, incorporated 1884; population about 20,000 (2025 estimate); major visitor economy with the WYO Rodeo and historic Main Street.
Silver City, New Mexico
Silver City, New Mexico: Grant County seat founded about 1870 after silver was found at Chloride Flat, incorporated under its 1878 territorial charter, population 9,704 (2020), home of Western New Mexico University.
Sparks, Nevada
Sparks, Nevada: railroad city east of Reno in the Truckee Meadows, founded 1904 by Southern Pacific, incorporated 1905, named for Governor John Sparks; about 112,000 residents, Rail City nickname, Sparks Marina, and limited room left to grow.
St. George, Utah
St. George, Utah: county seat of Washington County, founded fall 1861 as the main settlement of the LDS Cotton Mission and named for apostle George A. Smith; nicknamed Utah's Dixie; now a fast-growing metro of about 213,670.
Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico: northern New Mexico town (population 6,474 in 2020) at 6,967 feet elevation, incorporated 1934, home to the nearly 1,000-year-old UNESCO-listed Taos Pueblo and a noted arts colony.
Trinidad, Colorado
Trinidad, Colorado: Las Animas County seat at Raton Pass on the Santa Fe Trail, founded circa 1860-1862, a coal-mining city tied to the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, later a cannabis and cultural hub of about 8,300 people.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Truth or Consequences (T or C) is a Sierra County, New Mexico city, formerly Hot Springs, renamed March 31, 1950 after Ralph Edwards' NBC radio quiz show; known for geothermal bathhouses and nearby Elephant Butte Lake.
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Tucumcari, New Mexico: a Quay County railroad town founded in 1901 (Ragtown, Six Shooter Siding), later a Route 66 stop known for the Blue Swallow Motel, neon, and murals; population about 5,100.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho: south-central Idaho city on the Snake River, founded 1904-05 on the Carey Act Twin Falls irrigation tract; eighth largest Idaho city, Magic Valley hub, home of Shoshone Falls.
Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City, Nevada, a Storey County boom town born of the 1859 Comstock Lode silver strike, grew to 25,000 people by 1874, declined by the 1880s, and is now a National Historic Landmark mining town.
West Jordan
West Jordan, Utah: third-largest city in Utah (116,961 in 2020), a Salt Lake County suburb on the west bank of the Jordan River, settled 1849, incorporated 1941/1945, with 4,600 undeveloped acres.
West Valley City
West Valley City, Utah: the state's second-largest city, incorporated July 1, 1980 from Granger, Hunter, and Redwood; 140,230 residents in 2020; hosted 2002 Olympic hockey at the Maverik Center.
Whitefish, Montana
Whitefish, Montana: resort and railroad city in Flathead County near Glacier National Park and Whitefish Mountain Resort; founded 1903 as a Great Northern Railway division point, nicknamed Stumptown, population 9,358 (2025 estimate).
Winnemucca, Nevada
Winnemucca, Nevada: county seat of Humboldt County on the Humboldt River and I-80, named for a Paiute chief, railroad town since 1868, population 8,431 (2020), known for its Basque community and Humboldt Museum.