Established in the spring of 1860‚ Dry Creek Station was one of the latest stations built by Bolivar Roberts and his men. Dry Creek Station served as a break for both the Pony Express and the Overland Stage Routes. Indian outbursts were common at this station.(Dry) On May 21‚ 1860 four men lived at the Station: Silas McCanless‚ the station keeper‚ W. L. Ball‚ a Pony Express rider‚ John Applegate‚ and Ralph M. Lozier. McCanless was living and married to a Squaw Indian. The Indians that morning camped
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over me like a mountain. Or at least that’s what it felt like. My past year had been an interesting one. I had attempted to adopt three kittens‚ Mist‚ Cole‚ and Owl‚ all of which ended up being sick. Mist developed a growth in her throat that would be too expensive to care for‚ Cole was diagnosed with a rare disease with no known cure‚ and Owl caught a fungus called ringworm. I was almost at a breaking point after three sick kittens. I believed that any kitten I tried to adopt would be sick. Yet here
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Top 5 Things to Do At Fall Creek Falls State Park One of my favorite places to visit is Tennessee’s largest park‚ Fall Creek Falls State Park‚ in the mountains of the Cumberland Plateau. This park attracts people from all over the world to visit the hidden beauties deep in the mountains. This beautiful park has many things to offer its guest with gorgeous waterfalls‚ lushes forests‚ and breathtaking views that you could only see in Tennessee’s beautiful mountains. This park is an excellent way
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Carla Meadors is the proud owner of Lost Creek safari which is a small zoo outside of Stillwater she has had the animals for twelve years ranging from lemurs to water buffalo the animals on her twenty one and half acres but the animals are only on about ten of the acres. Not a lot of people of been to a zoo owned and ran by locals which is a very neat and unique experience. When you do go to one of these you can learn and get so much closer than a regular ole zoo. They have had multiple people tell
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Natural Ecosystem: Stony Creek Metro Park Natural Ecosystem: Stony Creek Metro Park My pick for this park was based on the fact that this was made in to a natural ecosystem in 1964. A plan was drawn to make this park by making a dam and creating a 500 acre lake in the center of a 4‚461 acre land section from the stony creek (a tributary of the Clinton River). Once the dam was formed the lake was made‚ and the park came together. There are many plants and wildlife in this park‚ and fish in
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Good morning teachers and fellow students‚ the reason that I am up here talking to YOU is a very serious one because our famous Rocky Creek reserve needs fixing. There is an abnormal growth of weeds‚ litter‚ and damages to the b¬¬¬¬¬¬arbecue and picnic facilities. These all contribute to upset the biodiversity of the reserve. The reason is that the habitats of many animals and birds are destroyed and subsequently makes it hard for them to live or survive. The biodiversity of the reserve affects
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Stolen Generation - 1869 In 1869 the Victorian Boar for Protection of Aborigines was established. This meant indigenous and ‘half-caste’ children can be removed from their homes and families and sent to a reformatory or industrial school. The children were stolen from their families so they could be brought up t ‘white’ and told that being Aboriginal was wrong. The children were also expected to become labourers and servants and girls in particular to become domestic servants. The children’s legal
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families who have unique holidays which are very similar at the same time. All the holidays start at unity then separation occurs which a wild storm in which is defined as a catalyst that conveys discovery and brings them back together. The poem “Barn Owl” by Gwen Harwood is a deep poem on how a girl shoots a bird which conveys a variety of meanings from disconnection and the loss of innocence and realisation. The process of discovery is always challenging representing the different obstacles which occur
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From: “The Big-Note Worship Book” In Christ Alone by KEITH GETTY and STUART TOWNEND Published Under License From EMI Christian Music Group © 2002 THANKYOU MUSIC (PRS) Admin. Worldwide by EMI CMG PUBLISHING excluding Europe which is Admin. by kingswaysongs.com All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Available at musicnotes.com search for: MN0081163 NOTICE: Purchasers of this musical file are entitled to use it for their personal enjoyment and musical fulfillment. However‚ any duplication
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Sherman Alexie has lost his faith in humanity. His poem “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” illustrates a despondent mind that has been shattered by the horror of his reflection upon contemporary and historical events. Alexie explores his feelings about Sand Creek and American history and ultimately realizes that he cannot pretend to be surprised by the past violent crimes directed against Native Americans. Alexie is inconsolable because he believes that the blood‚ violence and death are all inevitable consequences
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