home in the Bay Area. My first big California surprise was not the preponderance of far out community activists and ridiculous law proposals: Reading up on Berkeley prepared me for that. Nor was I very alarmed by the fatal shooting a few blocks from my apartment on Alcatraz Ave that first month. Instead my surprise came months later on a summer late night road trip to Los Angeles with my visiting brothers. After spending the day with my old China roommate at his home near Chico‚ my two younger brothers
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132 days. 2‚200 miles traveling to California for the gold rush. There was a gold rush in California. Some challenges people faced when traveling to California gold rush were the long journey‚ the lack of resources‚ and the spread of diseases. One of the challenges that travelers faced was the long journey. “There were wagons of every kind‚ including well-built covered wagons and simple‚ open carts. Usually they were pulled by oxen‚ but some pioneers used mules. Not everyone sat in a wagon or cart
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LaRaysha A. Jones September 10‚ 2014 English 110 Mr. DeLong My Generation “Started off in the street where we would take collections from the fiends...” Although proceeding is a line from August Alsina’s song “Benediction‚” and is found on his album Testimony; it also has significance when discussing the generation. This topic can be defined very differently depending on the writer. Generation is usually defined as people all born and living at about the same time. Which that is what a generation
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Recently‚ in the United States‚ there has been a major water shortage due to the lack of rainfall. It is mainly in California and other Western states. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ “In 119 years of recorded history‚ 2013 was the dries calendar year for the state of California.” California’s snowpack usually provides about one-third of the water used in Californian farms and cities. In January 2014‚ it measured in at 12%. The water shortage has had many effects of people‚ farming‚ and
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History 110 12/4/2012 My journey to Oregon May 1‚ 1848 It was decided by my husband that our family and two other families would leave Missouri tomorrow to Oregon to find independence and prosper in fur-trade. (Schultz‚ 2012) We have used most of our money to pack the wagon with food and supplies. Later Our first river! At far the Kansas River didn’t seem that bad of a crossing but when we couldn’t afford to pay the ferry we almost lost everything when we crossed the river and the wagon
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California Condor Repopulation In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article‚ by Peter Fimrite‚ it was reported that the California Condor population is being replenished‚ and once again these majestic birds are roaming the California landscape. Last month five condors were spotted at the Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton‚ just east of San Jose California. As stated in the article “It is the second time since condors were reintroduced into the wild after nearly going extinct that the enormous carrion-eating
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The last time I was at the California Academy of Science Museum in Golden Gate Park‚ we all had to hold hands while the teacher led us through the halls of this great museum. Yes there was that huge‚ (scary)‚ dinosaur skeleton in the lobby‚ there were hundreds of different fish I had never seen in my local pet store‚ and the diorama’s in the African Hall were so realistic we thought for sure the Zebras had moved! The little girls screamed as I shouted "THERE!" and pointed at one of the Zebras. For
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The Economic and Migratory Effects of the Gold Rush on California America is very unique country and well known for being the land of opportunities. It has a rich history and one of most famous and largest periods was gold rush happened in California throughout 1848-1858. The gold that was found in California was considered exclusive because golden nuggets were found in the river which made it easy to collect and free to take home. Many of the gold seekers believed that they would return home in
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“Body Rituals among the Nacirema” is an article written by Horace Miner about a group of people‚ the Nacirema‚ and their everyday functions or rituals. Miner relates the culture‚ practices‚ values‚ and beliefs of a seemingly exotic and strange tribe. He vividly and descriptively describes behaviors and activities that are interpreted as unusual and strange. The tribe Miner depicts seems primal and uncivilized‚ and yet somewhat familiar. They are a “North American group living in the territory between
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Mission grapes were the top grape until the early 20th century. It was during the California Gold Rush that the oldest wineries in California were produced. Many East Coast dwellers moved to California in search of gold to get rich and it led to a great increase in the population and it created commercial wineries that are still here.Chinese immigrants served a great role in California winemaking. The immigrants were in search of jobs to take care of their families and became planters
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