The United States for over twenty years was ruled by some old nut who went bankrupt. And if you know anything about American history or are paying attention at all you know he wasn’t an elected president. No US president has served for twenty years‚ nor are they allowed to by law. Presidents also have a tendency to be rich. So do emperors‚ but this one was another matter. Joshua Abraham Norton was born around 1818 in England and made a failed bid in the San Fransisco rice market. He went bankrupt
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Introduction For nearly two and a half years between 2008 and 2010‚ San Francisco‚ California was host to two parallel worlds. Simultaneous to the quotidian urbanity‚ a burgeoning venue for spatial and ludic interrogation intertwined itself with the city’s urban fabric. The evidence of this second world sprouted gradually: strange flyers on street corners advertising fantastical and unbelievable technologies‚ cryptic graffiti‚ and a pirate radio station that was only within range from the city’s
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My family and I went to Yosemite National Park. Yosemite is one of the greatest parks in the country with many beautiful sightings. It was established‚ to protect the land on October 1‚ 1890. Yosemite sits in the gorgeous state of California. We loved going to Yosemite National Park to enjoy our lives. According to the establisher of this park‚ John Muir‚ “It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of nature I was permitted to.” I asked the park ranger how many acres of land is Yosemite
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make it better. Father Arroyo was the first person to make a dictionary for native Americans. It was painted by Thomas Doak. He was a sailor from Boston. He jumped off the ship in Monterey. San Juan Bautista is the largest mission church in California at 188 ft. land‚ 72 ft. wide and 40 ft. high. Inside the massive carved entrance doors on the old red tile floor you can see 180-year old animal paw prints‚ probably left by some wandering pets before the tiles dried. It also has a cat door in one
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Chumash Rock Art When exploring coastal California there are many sites to see‚ especially since the coast runs a good deal of the length of North America. This large area that tourists flock to all year was once inhabited by a Native American tribe by the name of the Chumash. While the Chumash were in contact with one another through trade‚ they were not a tribe in the typical sense of the word. Each town had its own system of government and their own Shamans. These Shamans that were particular
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Applications in U.S. and World History WGU GKT1 Jessica Love‚ RN Geography and the Development/ Diffusion of Human Society Colorado River Provides water for irrigation to 7 states in the Southwestern United States and 2 states in Mexico The Colorado River has been utilized since the Anasazi Indians‚ the first culture to use irrigation systems Supports a wide variety of crops‚ like cotton‚ alfalfa‚ and grazing land for livestock in an otherwise arid and drought-prone climate (Cohen‚ et al
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2008). That goal is to protect the earth we live on. What is unique about the sierra club is depending on what state you’re in‚ the sierra club will come at you in very different ways depending on the cause at hand. This means if you live in California‚ the sierra club will fight to protect water rights and conservation as well as air pollution. If one lives in Kentucky then the sierra club will fight you on coal while promoting wind industry. The unique thing the sierra club has going for it
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SDHealthStatistics.com San Diego County senior falls report [PDF file]. (2012‚ September). Retrieved from sandiegocounty.gov Superfund Information for Camp Pendleton Marine Base . (2014). Retrieved November 23‚ from http://www.homefacts.com/environmentalhazards/California/San-Diego-County/Oceanside/Superfund-Camp-Pendleton-Marine-Corps-Base-Ca2170023533.html U.S. Census Bureau. (2010). Retrieved from
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The book The Jungle was introduced as a novel by Upton Sinclair was financed and published with his own money. Upton Sinclair was a famous novelist and social crusader from California. He was born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore Md. He was the only child of Priscilla Harden and Upton Beall Sinclair. Upton Sinclair’s childhood was lived in poverty‚ one where his father was an alcoholic‚ his job as an alcohol salesman most likely contributed to his disease. And although his own family was extremely
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Palm Springs‚ California has been a vacation home and party city for many years now‚ despite the heat people still flock over here to vacation and heres why! The name of the town comes from the Hot Springs found in the Indian Canyon. The ancestors of this lovely town are known as Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Today the town is split up among the natives and everyone else. There are a lot of areas where the land is referred to as “Indian Land’ and they have full rights to do whatever they
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