The Lincoln county war took place in New Mexico between 1878 and dragged on through 1881. It was all started between John Tunstall who owns and manages a large ranch operation in Lincoln County. Two Irish men‚ J.J Dolan and L.G Murphy operated the general store in town‚ which was named the house. Through the house the access to lucrative beef contracts with the government was controlled. The bigger ranchers such as John Chisum and Alex McSween didn’t like the thought of merchants controlling the
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William Faulkner William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County‚ with Jefferson as its county seat‚ is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15‚611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail‚ town square‚ old houses‚ and Old Frenchman’s Place‚ even a railroad. Faulkner’s "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County‚ and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is
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Discuss the changes in rural areas and their impact on gender. Is modernization and development the answer? Poverty is highly found in rural areas where there is a lack of education‚ healthcare‚ limits access of choices‚ and numerous challenges for its habitants. A major cause of poverty among India’s rural people is the lack of access to productive assets and financial resources as well as high levels of illiteracy. According to International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) women in
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Cough in Maricopa County The community I have chosen is Maricopa County located in southeast Arizona. According to the United Census Bureau (2011)‚ Maricopa County has an estimated population of 3‚880‚244. The county has a total area of 9‚224.27 square miles‚ of which 9‚203.14 square miles (or 99.77%) is land and 21.13 square miles (or 0.23%) is water (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2011). Maricopa County is the fourth largest county in the United States. The population in Maricopa County equates to more than
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a lot on the local aspect of this topic‚ so people in Watauga County will be interested to see how we can change around here to help solve the problem of trash and waste. What is the subject of the documentary? What is it about? Who is it about? The subject of this documentary will be trash‚ waste‚ recycling‚ and becoming
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HOMELESSNESS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY Homelessness is a huge and complex issue in Montgomery county which includes veterans‚ children families and elderly population. Homelessness not only happens in the state of Maryland or large cities but in can happen anywhere we go. “On a single night in 2016‚ 549‚928 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States”(Henry‚ 2016). There are many issues that can lead to homelessness such as lack of education‚ mental illness‚ economic and social stabilities
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Crimes Counties A Group Project Part I - Submitted towards Completed Fulfillment of Coursework for MGMT 650 Mariana G. Cabrera Larry L. Councilman Michelle Lisa Early Samantha Headen | | | | University of Maryland University College MGMT 650 February 7‚ 2012 Description of the Metric Used The Texkansahomatucky crime data presented to us included the following basic information: county names‚ population‚ square mile area‚ and county codes
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There are currently 17% of Caroline County households registered as having no one in the household employed (US Department of Commerce‚ 2015b). Caroline County’s unemployment rate is 7%‚ higher than the state average of 5%. The county’s median household income falls well below the state average‚ $58‚417 and $64‚792 respectively. Over 73% of the employed residents earn $79‚999 or less with the highest percentage of earned wages occurring within the $20‚000-$49‚000 range (US Department of Commerce
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Clark County Fire Dept. We are the largest paid fire department in the State of Nevada. We employ 655 Fire Fighters‚ 88 Prevention and Investigation officers‚ 49 Administration‚ Training‚ and Support employees. We are also proud to have Nevada’s largest volunteer force of 200 employees. We operate 29 fire stations with paid employees and 13 volunteer fire stations. The department has jurisdiction over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and the nation’s 14th largest county. The total service area encompasses
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to measure the evolution of the global digital divide. The IDI is divided into three categories: ●Access The access sub-index captures ICT readiness‚ and includes five infrastructure and access indicators (fixed-telephony‚ mobile telephony‚ international Internet bandwidth‚ households with computers‚ and households with Internet). ●Use The use sub-index captures ICT intensity‚ and includes three ICT intensity and usage indicators (Internet users‚ fixed (wired)-broadband‚ and mobile broadband)
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