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Lewis And Clark 30 A M
1,097 words... notes in depth. Captain Clark walked in front to find the trail, which was near impossible, due to the snow. Captain Clark wrote, I have been wet and as cold in every part as I ever was in my life (De Voto 240). At noon, the party halted on the top of the mountain to warm and dry themselves a little while the horses grazed on some near by grass. All of the men were in fear of freezing. They were able to hike six more miles before setting up camp. Here, they were forced to kill a second colt ...
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German Irish African And Native Are All American
1,286 wordsPaula Christine Poling Poling 1 Myths, Memories and Realities of the War Between the States Dr. Mary Ellen Rowe and Dr. Larry Open German, Irish, African and Native are all American For minorities, as for other Americans, the Civil War was an opportunity to prove their valor and loyalty. Among the first mustered into the Union army were a De Kalb regiment of German American Clerks, the Garibaldi Guards made up of Italian Americans, a Polish Legion, and hundreds of Irish American youths from Bost...
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Philosophy Of Life Modern Society
1,147 wordsNew ways of seeing can disclose new things. Do new things make up for new ways of seeing? (p. 17) William Least Heat Moons excursion reflects his appreciation for tradition and the purity of the past. His odyssey reflects his Indian heritage and the corrupting influence of modern technology. Heat Moon takes a circular journey around the country. By traveling this circular path and subconsciously following his Indian heritage routes, William Least Heat Moon symbolically returns to his childhood, ...
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Atop Pea Ridge Side Of Big Mountain Van
548 wordsAt dawn on March 7, the head of the Confederate column had reached Telegraph Road, but the tail was still back at Little Sugar Creek. Van Dorn now made another snap decision: to save time, Price's division would proceed south on Telegraph Road on the east side of a rocky hill called Big Mountain; McCulloch's division would move south on Ford Road on the west side of Big Mountain. The two halves of the Army of the West would reunite around noon at Elkhorn Tavern atop the broad plateau of Pea Ridg...
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Forest Management National Forest
574 wordsThe 11, 000 acres now known as the Tuskegee National Forest was originally a vast cotton field, home to sharecroppers. These sharecroppers planted cotton each year until the soil was no longer fit for yielding crops. This incidence caused the sharecroppers to relocate to Shorter, Alabama. This also allowed those same 11, 000 acres to be established as the Tuskegee National Forest. Much of the forest is a lone leaf pine ecosystem that contains plants such as blue stem grass, blueberries, yucca, a...
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The Life Of George Bent
1,010 wordsThe Life of George Bent by George E. Hyde is a very interesting and informative book. This book is basically a chronological story of George bents life as a half white, half Indian and all the experiences he had. The Bent family plaid a large role in the development of the west. There are many historic events, however, what I feel is the most important of these episodes, to Colorado history is the Sand Creek Massacre. I personally, have mixed reviews on the book, its narrative style, and the eve...
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Prophet Joseph Smith Members Of The Church
1,244 wordsClose to the heart of every member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the memory of the "Mormon Trail. " The name Mormon is given as a nickname for members of this Church. We like to call ourselves Latter-day Saints though, so that is the term I will use. The Latter-day Saints believe in the Book of Mormon which was translated from golden plates given to Joseph Smith by an angel. It was published on March 26, 1830. It is "the most correct of any book on the earth, " a record o...
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Washington D C Nineteenth Century
1,188 wordsLacrosse was one of many varieties of indigenous stick ball games being played by American Indians at the time of European contact. Almost exclusively a male team sport, it is distinguished from the others, such as field hockey or shinny, by the use of a netted racquet with which to pick the ball off the ground, throw, catch and convey it into or past a goal to score a point. The cardinal rule in all varieties of lacrosse was that the ball, with few exceptions, must not be touched with the hands...
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African Americans Worn Path
659 wordsThe journey that takes place in Eudora Weltys, A Worn Path truly is a special symbol. The journey is a symbol of the hard fought freedom African Americans have won. Old Phoenix, the main character, symbolizes the Africans that had been looked down upon, that fought for their rights. Old Phoenix's grandson symbolizes the future. The medicine, Old Phoenix journeys out to get for her grandson symbolizes the faith of the African Americans who had fought racism. The faith is the key to her grandsons ...
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629 words... Whites claim the Indians were not making economic use of their lands in Kansas 1854 Tribes started giving up their land to move on to other land in Indian Territory By 1870 most of the tribes had been removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) complete removal was accomplished by 1881 Indian Wars In Kansas With the settlers and railroads moving west they created problems for the Indians Whites were crossing Indian lands, hunting and taking from Indian resources 1864 -- Colonel John M. Chivington...
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Earthquake Studies For Southern California
615 wordsEarthquake Studies For Southern California Earthquake Country. info claims that earthquakes are as Southern Californian as waves at the beach and traffic on the freeways. Lets dwell on earthquakes in Southern California as well as the faults associated with our area. The San Andreas fault is one of the most significant faults affecting our area. We know that the San Andreas fault produces large earthquakes and that many other faults are also hazardous (Earthquake Country. info n. p. ). So, lets ...
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Jump Off Creek Lost Babies Gloss
641 wordsThe Jump-Off Creek introduces the reader to the unforgiving Blue Mountains and the harsh pioneer lifestyle with the tale of Lydia Sanderson, a widow who moves west from Pennsylvania to take up residence in a rundown homestead. She and other characters battle nature, finances, and even each other on occasion in a fight for survival in the harsh Oregon wilderness. Although the story is vividly expressed through the use of precise detail and 1800 s slang, it failed to give me a reason to care becau...
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Vernon Who Is Stephens Sewer Grate Told
1,184 wordsThe Man That Can Never Be Replaced One cold December morning with ice on the grass and everybody's Breaths lingering in the air. It was just another regular December day in Tymber Creek, which is where I grew up my whole life. There is a group of about 13 - 15 kids that have all grown up together. Some were a couple years older, but that didnt make much difference except for their size. About five of my closest friends and I decide to get a football game together. We decided to play the older ki...
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Interesting To Note Cause And Effect
1,029 wordsSharon Olds? poem? Late Poem to My Father? exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone, even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father, and establishes a cause and effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a child and the dependence he develops on alcohol as an adult. The idea of emotional retardation caused by childhood experiences is not uncommon, especially in our mode...
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Nineteenth Century Gold Rush
1,337 wordsThe Gold Rush One moment the California creek beds glimmered with gold; the next, the same creeks ran red with the blood of men and women defending their claims or ceding their bags of gold dust to bandits. The West was a ruthless territory during the nineteenth century. With more than enough gold dust to go around early in the Gold Rush, crime was rare, but as the stakes rose and the easily panned gold dwindled, robbery and murder became a part of life on the frontier. The West consisted of out...
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Timer At Sulfur Creek Timer At Sulfur Man
422 wordsJack London uses the devices of plot, setting, and characterization in this short story To Build A Fire to convey his message that humans need to be social. London sets an average, middle-aged logger in a deserted Yukon trail during a wintry season. The temperature is seventy-five degrees below zero and the logger and his husky are traveling towards Henderson Creek, about ten miles away, where the loggers companions are located. London places the man in this Yukon environment to symbolize that i...
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Gold Rush 6 M
805 wordsMining Techniques The way to discover large amounts of gold, was to have the perfect mining technique. One of the earliest techniques was panning and cradling. This method consisted of a pick, a shovel and a washing dish and people either worked by themselves, or in a small group. First of all, panning was a simple method but required a lot of skill. It worked by loading sediment onto the washing device which had a sieve (strain), and moving the pan to and fro until the heavier gold was separate...
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Solid Waste Didn T
830 wordsThe purpose of this assignment is to state how Jackson Paper and their affiliates are. Jackson paper is a by-product of the Armour Tannery in Sylva, North Carolina founded by C. J. Harris in 1901. Armour was located in the flats along Scotts Creek in East Sylva. Armour boiled chestnut wood chips to produce tannin extract. They used the tannin extract to tan packer hides. The hides were used to make industrial machine belts and shoe sole leather. In the early 1900 s the Armour leather company exp...
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Eudora Welty Welty
673 wordsThe journey that takes place in Eudora Welty? s, ? A Worn Path? truly is a special symbol. The journey is a symbol of the hard fought freedom African Americans have won. Old Phoenix, the main character, symbolizes the Africans that had been looked down upon, that fought for their rights. Old Phoenix? s grandson symbolizes the future. The medicine, Old Phoenix? journeys? out to get for her grandson symbolizes the faith of the African Americans who had fought racism. The faith is the key to her gr...
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