Espinoza 1 Jonathan Espinoza Professor Gomez California Studies 110 15 November 2014 The Journey of the Donner Party Westward expansion was popular in the 1800’s due to the idea of the “Manifest Destiny”. The Manifest Destiny was a political movement that encouraged the people living in the east to expand westward and establish settlement all throughout the lands of the west. Along with the many others who wanted to move west‚ the Donner Party too wanted to benefit from the western lands
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area of the United States were very poor‚ causing people to move westward bound. Frank Manies was one of those people. Now a retired schoolteacher residing in Tulare‚ he left his home in Oklahoma during times of struggle for a chance to come to California and experience a new and improved way of living and working. Frank Manies grew up in a small town in Stephen County‚ Oklahoma. Being the second youngest in his family of 6‚ Manies endured many hardships‚ such as dealing with osteomyelitis and
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he San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California. It covers 7 counties which are Kings‚ Kern‚ Stanislaus‚ Merced and Fresno. The San Joaquin Valley is known as the #1 producing region in California for its variety of fruits and vegetables grown in its fertile soil. The Valley is 250 miles long and bordered on the west by the coastal mountain ranges. Even though a lot of the valley is rural there are a lot of urban cities here in the valley. I want to tell you about the five
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cites is San Francisco. San Francisco has a land area of about forty seven square miles. The city has an estimated 2012 population of 825‚863‚ giving it a density of about 17‚620 people per square mile. Thus making san Francisco the densest city in California‚ and the second densest in the united states behind New York New York. In 1906 three quarters of the city was destroyed by a devastating earthquake. San Francisco was quickly rebuilt and is now the forty fourth biggest tourist destination in the
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Kearny west from Fort Leavenworth with 1‚700 men to invade and hold New Mexico and California. Kearny captured Santa Fe and then divided his forces‚ sending a large contingent south under Alexander Doniphan. Doniphan would eventually take the city of Chihuahua. Meanwhile‚ the war had already begun in California. Captain John C. Fremont had been in the region with 60 men: they organized American settlers in California to revolt against the Mexican authorities there. He had the support of some US navy
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Invasive non-native plant in Southern California I research some information of Iris Pseudacorus which is commonly known as Yellowflag Iris. It is native to Europe‚ Western Asia‚ and northwest Africa. Especially‚ Pseudacours is one of two iris species native to British Island. It was brought to Canada and the U.S in the early 1900s in order to use as an erosion control plant such as used in sewage treatment cells. In recent decade‚ the plant is used in landscaping and sold through garden and
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The Life & Times of Justin A. Craig By: Justin Craig Justin Allen Craig was born on December the 24th 1993 in Beverly Hills California‚ the second child‚ to parents Amelia Maria Fuentes and Jeffry Allen Craig. Being apart of the first generation of children to be born and raised in the United States on both sides‚ he was brought up with a privileged lifestyle. His father coming from a small island off the coast of Florida better known as the Bahamas and mother hailing from a small country
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administration of Richard M. Nixon. To be identified as “Hispanic” means that your ethnic background and heritage can be traced back to the original Spanish empire’s lineage. Spanish is a commonly spoken language in many states in America including California‚ Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ and Texas. Hispanics and Latinos in the United States have existed since the 16th century. The only other group that has existed longer is the Native American Indians. Juan Ponce de Leon is the first confirmed European
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94104 Dear Hiring Manager‚ Thank you for taking the time to discuss the insurance broker position at California Investments‚ Inc.‚ with me. After meeting with you and observing the company’s operations‚ I am further convinced that my background and skills coincide well with your needs. I really appreciate that you took so much time to acquaint me with the company. It is no wonder that California Investments retains its employees for so long. I feel I could learn a great deal from you and would certainly
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to the “San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay”. 2 However‚ still till this day the remnants of “Suisun Marsh” is still the biggest “salt marsh” in the “lower 48 states” which‚ is on behalf of the “12 percent” of the entire “wetland acreage left in California.”
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