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Wyatt Earp Doc Holliday
1,806 words
... ge coach for Denver, Colorado. Along the way,
he stopped at Fort Griffin which, at the time, was
the center of a flourishing cattle industry.
Approximately two thousand hunters and cowboys
annually visited Ft. Griffin. Their money and
existence attracted gamblers and prostitutes
alike, quickly giving Ft. Griffin the reputation
as the craziest town in Texas. Docs stay was cut
short when he was again arrested for gambling
which was more than likely, a sign of showing a
newcomer unwelcome ness ...
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Lewis And Clark Nez Perce
1,061 words
The Lewis and Clark expedition across the present
day United States began May 14, 1804. With the
approval of President Jefferson and the U. S.
Congress, Lewis and Clark gathered an exploration
party of about four dozen men. These men headed
off to discover Western America. On September 1,
1805, they arrived at the Bitterroot Mountains,
near present day Idaho. This began a nightmare
that would not end until they reached modern-day
Weippe. September 1, 1805, the explorers set out
traveling west, h...
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Form Of Government Committee Of Public Safety
1,344 words
... carranza. This war went on for many a month
with Carranza and Obrgon warring against Villa and
Zapata. It was at this time that Carranza wrote a
constitution that gave many rights to the
government and the people. While the constitution
allowed many freedoms, it had one drawback that
might have been considered unacceptable to the
Mexican populace: it gave the President
dictatorial powers. The Mexican Constitution of
1917 embodied the ideas of all the revolutionary
groups, and included the li...
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Indian Tribes La Belle
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... xp loring the hinterland of the Lavaca River,
still hoping that it was really an outlet of the
Mississippi. Finally, conceding that he had
settled on the wrong river, he decided to try to
find the Mississippi by hiking east along the
coast, with the help of the ship La Belle sailing
offshore. La Salle selected twenty soldiers to
accompany him. On October 31, 1685, the group set
off with their weapons, provisions, and Indian
trade goods slung from their backs. Other
soldiers, commanded by the...
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First And Second Russian Armies
1,460 words
The peace between France and Russia in 1807 lasted
for five years but was not satisfactory to either
side. The Tilsit settlement was thought of by
Napoleon as no more than a convenient truce. In
1807 he had been in no position to invade Russia
but there was no way that he could tolerate
another European power for very long. Napoleon
felt that a war with Russia was necessary for
crushing England by crushing the only power still
strong enough him any trouble by joining her.
Napoleon began preparin...
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Specific Heat Boiling Point
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The purpose of this lab was to determine the
specific heat of two different metals. In order to
do this, specific directions were executed in
order to discover the specific heat. First, we
needed to obtain and record the weight of the
Styrofoam calorimeter cup. Next, we filled the cup
2 / 3 full with cool tap water and recorded the
temperature of the water. After this was done, we
filled a glass beaker half full with water and
placed it on a hot plate in order to have the
water reach boiling poi...
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City Of Elves Started To Run Argo
729 words
A musty wet cloud of deadness was all about the
chamber as a hooded figure stepped into the
chamber. In the middle of the chamber was a huge
fountain. The fountain had a mysterious glow that
came from the ceiling. The hooded figure stopped
just before the fountain, confused about which
path to take for there were four paths in any of
the four cardinal directions. The hooded figure
came to it stopped and turned circles in his mind
about which [path to take. The figure decided to
take a short nap ...
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Began To Change Couldnt Move
1,096 words
... g boots and we were off. We walked about ten
kilometers and there was a route I had to choose
either around the mountain is to the left or up
the mountain, which is to the right. So I
obviously chose the right route where the mountain
was very rough up close but from far the view of
the mountain was appealing and amazing with the
sun rising and the colours of the mountain I could
see was a chest nut brown type of colour. The
atmosphere was again bustling and lively. And I
could only smell th...
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Christopher Columbus Queen Isabella
1,871 words
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Thats the
one date everyone remembers, the date in virtually
every school childs history textbook. But, they
leave out pretty much everything about Columbus
and his exploration of the New World. Its the part
many people have yet to learn about. For years,
Columbus has been presented to us as a hero. In
1934, President Roosevelt even gave Columbus his
own holiday. To this day, we celebrate his
discovery of America. What is found in history
textbooks now, ha...
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The Age Of Exploration In Spain
882 words
The age of exploration was one that flourished in
new discoveries of new lands, and resources. Many
countries had a lasting effect on this era of
time. Perhaps the most influential was Spain.
Spain was the beginning point for many famous
explorers including Columbus, Pizzaro, and Cortes.
All three greatly influenced the exploration age.
Of the three explorers, Columbus was the first to
embark on his voyage. In 1492, the sea captain,
Christopher Columbus, set off for Asia, to find
the luxuries ma...
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Sherman Was Born 'war Is Hell Grant
749 words
William T. Sherman SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820
- 91). Ranked second only to General Ulysses S.
Grant as the greatest Northern commander in the
American Civil War, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
was a master of modern warfare. Like Grant,
Sherman was born in Ohio when it was a frontier
state. He was named Tecumseh for the Shawnee
Indian chief who had terrorized that region a few
years earlier. Sherman was born on Feb. 8, 1820,
in Lancaster, Ohio. His father died when he was 9
years old. Most o...
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Holy Roman Emperor Pope Urban Ii
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The crusades were military expeditions launched
against the Muslims by the Christians in an
attempt to regain the Holy Land. They took place
between 1095 A. D. and 1270 A. D. It was one of
the most violent periods in the history of
mankind. The starting point of the crusades was on
November 18, 1095 A. D. when Pope Urban II opened
the Council of Clermont. On November 27, outside
the French city of Clermont-Ferrand, the Pope made
an important speech. He called upon everyone to
help the Christians...
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Spanish Civil War Abraham Lincoln
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Thousands of volunteers from North and South
America were among those who volunteered to help
defend the democratically elected Spanish
government from a revolt of fascist army officers
supplied by Hitler and Mussolini. Some of these
volunteers died when the ship they were traveling
onthe City of Barcelona was torpedoed off the
Spanish coast. We present here a dossier that runs
from the wartime accounts by Jack Freeman and
Edwin Rolfe to a 1998 poem by Mart? n Espada. 1937
Letter from an America...
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William Lloyd Garrison Anti Slavery Society
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Frederick Douglass was a successful black leader
who changed America s view of slavery and he had
many achievements throughout his life X |
(thesis). By giving many speeches Frederick
Douglass caught the hearts of many people who
agreed with his views. Frederick Douglass began to
lecture about the evils of slavery in 1841.
Frederick Douglass was the only man who took part
in a woman s rights advocate. One way he changed
America s view of slavery by marrying a white
woman to try to break racism. ...
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Back To Work Parent
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Lilies Last Forever? Diiiiiiing Dong! ? Lily? s
eyes slowly fluttered open. She glanced at the
alarm clock, which said 11: 39 a. m. Getting out
of bed, walking slowly down the carpeted stairs
which tickled her tired feet a little, and rubbing
the sleep out of her eyes, Lily went to the door.
When she opened it, nobody was there. She could
feel the morning breeze lightly dancing on her
face and the bright sun stinging her eyes. She
started back up the soft stairs now comfortable to
her feet, thin...
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One Of The Vessels Magellan Voyage Maximilian
639 words
In the early 1500 s, almost four and a half
centuries before men first orbited the earth; an
expedition completed and led by Ferdinand Magellan
performed a task of comparable significance for
that time period. Magellan, a Portuguese navigator
for Spain, sailed westward with a fleet of five
ships from the port of Sanlucar de Barrameda in
September, 1519. Nearly three years later one ship
returned, having circumnavigated the globe and
crossed its largest ocean. A Philippine battle is
where Magella...
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18 Th Century Source Of Information
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Media is used to provide information to large
audience, such as the general public. These forms
of media include newspapers, magazines, motion
pictures, radio, television and new media. From
the mankind s earliest days, humans have tried to
transmit ideas to one another in a clear and easy
way. First such an exchange took place in the form
of inter-personal communication. One person told
another person something. While this was good for
small groups such as families and small villages
or tribes,...
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Mother And Father Jon Krakauer
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Although Mount Everest had defied human attempts
to conquer it for more than a century, although
one person had died for every four who made it to
the top, the worlds loftiest mountain had, in
recent years, come to seem more accessible, even
tame: in 1993, 40 climbers reached the summit on
one day alone. As the journalist Jon Krakauer
notes in his gripping new book (Into Thin Air),
Rob Hall, the leader of the Adventure Consultants
expedition, bragged that he could get almost any
reasonably fit p...
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O Clock Back Home
271 words
My Trip To China I went to China at 4 th April,
with my grandma and grandpa. That day, we got up
at 7 o clock in the morning. We went on the ship
at 9: 40 am. When we reached China, we saw our
relation, they saw us and helped us to carry the
luggage. They are very kind to us. After about 1
hour, traveled by car, we reached home, it was
about 1 o clock, we were very hungry, they ve
already cooked the lunch for us. After lunch, we
walked around in the village. When we back home,
we chatted until d...
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Meaning Of Life Noble Truths
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Life and Land Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha,
was born in northeast India. He was born in the
time period between 560 to 480 B. C. His mothers
name was Maya, and his father s name was
Sudhodana. His father was a clan chieftain, who by
profession was a land-merchant. Buddha who was the
only child was born into the Gautama clan of the
Sakya hill tribe in Southern Naval. His family was
well to do. Buddha was a very smart young man that
excelled in all of his studies, and was a very
competitive...
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