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19 Th Century Sierra Nevada
1,000 words
Albert Bierstadt's Among the Sierra Nevada
Mountains in California is a scenic canvas oil
painting on display at the National Museum of
American Art in Washington, DC. Created in 1868,
this enormous painting is approximately six by ten
feet in size (Honour and Fleming, 2000). The
subject matter of this piece is typical of
Bierstadt, who is known for his detailed
landscapes, especially those of the Rockies and
Sierras of the American West. Collectively,
Alberts works are manipulated and slightly ...
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Sierra Nevada Donner Party
4,544 words
... everyone who still could walked beside the
wagons now to spare the exhausted oxen. They were
racing against time and the weather, desperate to
get over the mountains and into California before
snow blocked the heights. There was no sign of
Stanton or McCutcheon or of the relief they
promised to bring from Sutter's Fort. With the
death of Snyder and the banishment of James Reed,
the Donner Party was coming apart. On October 7
th, Lewis Keseberg turned an aging Belgian
emigrant named Hard koop...
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Lake Champlain Square Kilometers
1,879 words
Vermont has been called a piece of America's past.
In no other state has natural beauty been so
untouched by modern development. In no other state
has the small-town atmosphere of more than a
century ago been so well preserved. Often chosen
as a comfortable second home by city dwellers,
Vermont seemingly has escaped the ugly urban
sprawl that pollutes so many parts of the nation.
The state has long been noted for its hardy,
independent people. Their rugged New England
character was probably orda...
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Mountains Feeling Time
343 words
I would love to live in the Mountains, because of
the feeling of seclusion, the wilderness, and the
natural beauty. When I am in the mountains I get
the feeling of being with nature. In the mountains
it is easy to get a perspective of what the
Indians lost during the first Gold Rush. The
mountains have a history lessen within them. When
in the mountain it is very easy to get the feeling
that youre the only one around for miles and
miles. Most people have homes that they might feel
secure in, the...
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Earth Crust Molten Rock
372 words
How Are Mountains Formed? Mountains are formed
over long periods of time by forces of the earth.
Mountains just don't appear in any place. Most are
formed when plates, or huge pieces of the Earth's
crust, pull and push against each other. Great
mountain ranges are formed by the movement of
tectonic plates. Convection currents deep in the
mantle of the earth, begins to well up towards the
surface. As the pressure increases, it sets the
crustal plates in motion. There are different
kinds of mounta...
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Oceanic Crust Igneous Rocks
1,525 words
I. INTRODUCTION A mountain is an elevated land
mass usually higher than its surroundings. Some
are isolated, but they usually appear in ranges
(Ms Bs 95 W 32). A group of ranges closely related
in form, origin, and alignment is a mountain
system; an elongated group of systems is a chain;
and a complex of ranges, systems, and chains
continental in extent is a cordillera, zone, or
belt. (Ms Bs 95 W 32). Some mountains are remains
of plateaus, mesas, and buttes, through erosion
(Summerfield). Other...
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Physical And Mental Rock Climbing
3,250 words
Mountain climbing can be an exhilarating,
rewarding and life changing experience. Although
climbing a mountain can be one of life s greatest
accomplishments, it is more than panoramic views,
the satisfaction of reaching the summit, or a true
wilderness experience. Mountain climbing is a
great challenge that involves risk, danger, and
hardship. Mountain climbing is not for everyone,
although some can find it irresistible, as well as
frustrating and sometimes even deadly. There are
qualities to mo...
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Snow Capped Mountains Love Of Nature Living
323 words
Living by the Mountains If I could choose where I
would live, I would live by the mountains. All my
life I have been taught to be appreciative of the
woods and nature. My love to be in the mountains
is partly because of my love of snow. This has
given me the passion for the outdoors that I know
today. When I was a young child, around age ten,
my father introduced me to deer hunting. This
became my root in my love of nature. The mountains
have always given me a since of purity, from new
fallen sn...
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Noahs Ark Persian Gulf
6,495 words
Skeptical view of the flood myth As skeptics have
long been aware, there was no global flood in the
last 5000 years, a boatload of animals did not
ground on so-called Mount Ararat or on any
mountain, and the worlds animals are not descended
from two or seven pairs of each species that lived
during the third millennium BC. Nor is there any
archaeological proof that a man survived a flood
by being on a boat loaded with animals, food, and
drinking water. The Noahs Ark book summarized here
does not ...
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Rocky Mountains Oregon Trail
4,840 words
Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was a route followed
by American emigrants as they moved westward
during the middle nineteenth century. Along this
route, the settlers would face many challenges
such as Indian attacks, fierce weather, difficult
terrain features, and many diseases. Although
these tasks proved to be formidable, nearly four
hundred thousand people would eventually travel
along the trail. This paper will relate some of
the settlers thoughts of the land and describe
some of the dominant...
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