The Clarke Historical Museum gives a glimpse to our past‚ run by the love and dedication of people proud to teach and shows a piece of history. The Clark Museum is the largest Humboldt County museum and holds a large collection of northwest Native Indian artifacts from a variety of tribes. One hundred years ago the Bank of Eureka opened its newly constructed building‚ presently known as the Clark Museum. The property including the Clark Museum was originally homestead in the 1860s later in 1871
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Mexico. Juana on one side wants to get to the United States‚ or “el otro lado” as mentioned in the novel‚ to find her father who abandoned her and her mother after leaving to find work in the US. On the other hand Adelina escapes from her house in California to follow her lover to Mexico. The girls form a bond in the most unexpected of places‚ a Tijuana jail‚ and quickly form a friendship that will connect them for the rest of their lives. Through Juana’s story‚ Reyna‚ impersonates the journey and
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trouble and dad has come to my rescue. I remember once he drove all the way to the middle of nowhere in between Sacramento and Los Angeles just to call a tow truck for my car and we waited for nearly 5 hours then made a 5 hour drive back to southern California. So I think this big thank you is long overdue and I hope the both of you understand how much I appreciate the help and push to succeed over the past 25
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“A life is not important except the impact it has on other lives.”(Robinson). If you have an impact on people’s lives‚ why make it a negative one. Judging people for their skin color‚ academic status‚ or anything like that is extremely disrespectful. Most of the time‚ people see right through the good qualities‚ and just focus on the bad ones. Diversity is everywhere‚ and it is constantly looked down on. The prejudices and stereotypes that come with it make that obvious‚ but when you think about
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It was toward mid-senior year in high school. Maybe February. I was anticipating which colleges would accept someone like me‚ and trying to enjoy as much time with friends as I could. I was with my best friends‚ appreciating a beautiful Southern California day‚ and had come to realize my last days as a senior were coming to a close. I was a perfect day; big white clouds covered the skies‚ along with the beaming sun hitting the earth. The oceans breeze in our faces‚ and our shades on. High-wasted shorts
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History Of San Rafael Long ago the area of San Rafael was home to the Miwok people. The people lived in villages near downtown San Rafael‚ Terra Linda‚ in Marinwood. Eventually‚ the area was colonized by the Spanish. During the Spanish colonization of California‚ four Franciscan priests founded the Mission San Rafael Archangel. The mission was founded in 1817‚ only four years before Mexico gained its independence from Spain. In 1834m the newly formed Mexican
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multivariate regression models‚ provides solid evidence for the existence of environmental racism in Los Angeles. Boer collects data from all eighty-two Los Angeles County hazardous waste treatment‚ storage and disposal facilities(TSDF) sites listed by the California State Department and uses exposure of TSDF as a measurement of his study since TSDFs poses a potentially significant health hazard to nearby residents and TSDFs siting usually require an extensive government permission‚. Boer first compared simple
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Did you know that some of the biggest living things on Earth can get to forty feet in diameter‚ stand over 200 feet tall and weigh over 2 million pounds? If you have ever seen‚ been to or heard of Sequoia or Kings Canyon National Forest‚ you would know what I’m talking about. The Sister Parks as the national forests are sometimes referred to‚ is home to more than 1‚500 plants including trees and shrubs. The Sister Parks‚ Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is home to several different kinds of
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eventually became Alcatraz. Alcatraz was actually first used as an United States Army base starting in 1853 (Davis 21). It was thought to make a great place to put a large amount of cannons on the island to protect the settlers who had moved to California because of the large quantity of gold found around the San Francisco Bay area. The U.S. Army also built a lighthouse which was the first lighthouse that was fully operational on the West Coast and is still on the island to this day. During the late
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“You are a nobody! An It!”(140) Dave Pelzer‚ the author of A Child Called “It”‚ was only 4 years old when his Mother started abusing him. Before he started being abused‚ he lived in Daly City‚ California with his parents and his brothers where they had the perfect life. They were a lovely family and everything was perfect‚ until his parents started drinking and his relationship with his Mother drastically changed from discipline to punishment that grew out of control when Father was away at work
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