FEE LEE WONG 1841 ~ 1846 1921 Fee Lee Wong arrived in Deadwood Gulch in December 1876. Like many Chinese immigrants on the Western frontier‚ Wong came seeking his fortune. Unlike most‚ he ended up making Deadwood his home. He built a business‚ married‚ raised a large family‚ adopted North American ways and shared his own culture with his non-Chinese neighbors. In the process‚ he earned the deep respect of his countrymen and the people of Deadwood. “He was a man of many accomplishments‚ shrewd
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environment and improves the well-being of local people.(46)" Thus‚ ecotourism is a form of travel dedicated to sustainable travel destinations. Ecotourism advocacy groups such as TIES or the Nature Conservancy help certify and promote sustainable lodges and raise worldwide awareness about the challenges a particular region faces. With ecotourism‚ operators and venues reduce their negative impact on the environment‚ increase funds for conservation and protection‚ and improve local economies. Therefore
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established lodges in areas where they worked and as meeting places. The original Masons are known as Operative Masons‚ honorary members were known as Speculative Masons. Masonry began to expand in the 17th and 18th centuries and the issue of race became important to determining membership. Prince Hall‚ a black Methodist minister born in Barbados along with 14 others was initiated into the Military Lodge Number 441‚ experienced racism upon entry. In 1787‚ Prince Hall founded African Lodge No. 459‚ inaugurating
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Senator Lodge loathed President Wilson or was it because he actually believed that joining would do more harm than good for the United States? President Wilson came to the conference with what he called his 14 points. His points called for a world that would continue to remain intact.
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thought U.S. should remain neutral Lusitania Zimmer Note Trench Warfare Ch 19 Sec 2 Selective Service Act Committee on Public Information Sedition Act Ch 19 Sec 3 General Pershing Wilson’s Fourteen Points Treaty of Versailles Henry Cabot Lodge Ch 19 Sec 4 influenza epidemic of 1918 Red Scare Palmer Raids Sacco & Vanzetti Election of 1920 Short Essays: 1) WhyCh 18 Sec 1 Reasons U.S. was imperialistic “White Man’s Burden” How U.S. annexed Hawaii Sanford Dole Ch 18 Sec 2
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accommodation that would suite his rich clientele with rooms that are twice the size than normal New Zealand hotel rooms‚ and double glazed windows that revealed breath taking views. A number of activities are available for offer by the Lilybank Lodge such as safari shooting but for the customers who don’t like such hunting activities there will also be horse trekking‚ golfing‚ world class photographic opportunities‚ helicopter trips‚ and nature walks in the package. The people participating in
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image as a drive-in hotel. Wanted to enhance the image. They wonder: Is repositioning (Changing of image) the key? Or are there other key elements? Started as a drive-in hotels but commonly known ass motor hotels. Location of the first hotel‚ Anito Lodge‚ is in Pasig City. 1976‚ 3 more motels in Pasig and Caloocan. Early 80s‚ more sites in Sta Mesa and Pasay. The company divided the areas covered into districts: North and South; to provide for a more efficient running of the sites. 1980s‚ they adopted
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The Legacy of the Oregon Trail The actual journey was not what Jesse Fremont had stated however. The trail was used beginning with the fur-traders and explorers who used it in the early 1820s and ended when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. Most of the travelers were settlers who went through the paths of Independence‚ Missouri ending in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (Tindall‚ Shi 502). They were hoping to find new opportunities in the west and had started the trip with high hopes
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gentlemen that claimed to promote the tolerance of different religions while maintaining a belief in “god”. (Ibid‚ p. 17). June 24‚ 1717‚ was the official date when “organized” Freemasonry began when four London “lodges” – or groups of masons – came together to form a “Grand Lodge” and elected a “Grand Master”.
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The first Master of the masonry Lodge was Sergeant John Batt along with Prince Hall and the other newly made masons. However‚ when the British Army left Boston‚ this Lodge became the meeting place for the masons. They used the lodge to bury their dead. For nine years these brethren‚ together with others who had received their degrees elsewhere‚ assembled and enjoyed their limited privileges as Masons and finally in March 2‚ 1784‚ Prince Hall opened the Grand Lodge of England. Today‚ the Prince Hall
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