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West Being Lawless Worked Very Hard Cowboys
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1,196 wordsI remember exactly what I felt as I stepped out of the truck and into the afternoon sunlight. I was at Lehigh Gap, a drop-off point where the Appalachian Trail meets highway 873 near Leighton. A group of friends and I were being dropped off to begin our three day journey to Eckville, another drop-off point southwest of there. I turned to face the trail and was surprised to see quite possibly the steepest hill I had ever seen. As a matter of pure coincidence, this was the summer of 1999, the year...
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Agricultural Sector July August
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Appalachian National Scenic Trail Appalachian National Scenic Tent
1,045 wordsThe Appalachian National Scenic Trail, is a footpath in the eastern United States for outdoor enthusiasts, extending about 2140 miles from Maine to Georgia, along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. The trail passes through 14 states and is maintained by 34 different trail maintenance organizations. It is the longest marked, continuous footpath in the world, at some points reaching elevations of more than 6000 feet. Wooden signposts and white paint marks on rocks and trees are placed along t...
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Lewis And Clark Oregon Trail
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1,022 wordsBill Bryson the author of the short story A Walk in the Woods constructs the story in a certain way to try to get the reader to accept his attitudes and values about how dangerous and death defying Earl V. Shaffer and others are in attempting to travel the trail. He uses the techniques of emotive language, unusual language and use of first hand accounts in the short story A Walk in the Woods. The use of descriptive and humorous language, combined with conversational text has allowed Bryson to ex...
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1,270 wordsCABALGATA Do you think riding on a horse eight hours for three days is relaxing and exciting? Poeple that enjoy horseback riding think so. The 'Cabalgata'; in the Northern part of Mexico is a long, exciting, and relaxing horse trail. This horse trail is relaxing for most people because they get off work for three days and drink with their friends. This trail is made for men only, but girls are allowed to join in with them the last day. This event doesn't have an age requirement, but most partici...
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Oregon Trail Henry Adams
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Viet Cong Machine Gun
3,574 wordsCreative Writing: Instant Ill always remember Instant. That was the nickname the men had tacked onto the muscled giant that wielded the M 60 in my unit. Instant was short for Instant Death. And Ill always remember the first time I saw Instant in action. I was a new Lieutenant assigned to Vietnam. Back then, the Army didnt try to develop any team spirit within the corps; men were rotated frequently before any friendships developed. Consequently, my men were a group of strangers united only by the...
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Three Or Four Dollars A Month
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Eyes Wide Setting Sun
5,319 wordsGideon darted out his head like a snake, aiming for the leg of the rider just ahead. Seas! Jamie wrenched the big bays head around before he could take a bite. Evil-minded whoreson, he muttered under his breath. Adam Chisholm, unaware of his narrow escape from Gideon's teeth, caught the remark, and looked back over his shoulder, startled. Jamie smiled and touched his slouch hat apologetically, nudging the bay up even with Chisholm's long-legged mule. A bit edgy, he said, with a nod toward the ho...
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Bright Angel Trail Hiking The Grand Canyon River
1,156 wordsHiking the Grand Canyon I spent 5 years traveling America and have been to 40 states. I kept a detailed journal of my travels. One of my favorite places I visited was the Grand Canyon. My husband and I took an 18 -mile day hike. We spent the night in Flagstaff and arrived early at the South Rim entrance. Of all of the pictures I have seen of the Grand Canyon, I was truly surprised by how many trees and how green the Grand Canyon was! I was really expecting a big barren red hole, but trees were e...
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3,683 wordsIntroduction High in the Peruvian Andes are ancient ruins located near the headwaters of the Amazon River. In recent years, these ruins have seen an increase in tourist visitations. So what has caused the increase of people to a remote area in the eastern Andes above the Rio Urubamba? It is Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu the city built by the Inca during the 1400? s, was brought to the world? s attention by Hiram Bingham. This site contains numerous interesting objects the skillful Inca constructed ...
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701 wordsManifest Manifest Destiny MANIFEST DESTINY Manifest Destiny took place in the US in the mid- 1800. Manifest Destiny was used among the Americans in the 1840 s as a defense for U. S. territorial expansion. It is the presumption that God had destined the American people to at divine mission of American movement and conquest in the name of Christianity and democracy. In order to understand manifest destiny we must first find its origin. John O Sullivan first initiated manifest destiny into America ...
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Rocky Mountains Oregon Trail
4,840 wordsOregon 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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