DCHP-1 Online
foothill country 
the area of rolling grassland on the east side of the Rockies, especially that in southwest Alberta.
See also: foothills
- 1913 There is no doubt that the southern foothill country . . . is the finest pasture . . . in all North America.
- 1923 (1926) . . . the train approached the up-grades of the foothill country.
- 1913 There is no doubt that the southern foothill country . . . is the finest pasture . . . in all North America.