Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)
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Secrets of the Legendary Outlaw Jesse James When we think of the American West‚ we often envision a cowboy saving the day and riding off into the sunset. Wistfulness often sets in‚ and we begin to wish for simpler times when the good guys and the bad guys were distinguishable‚ when everything was so simple. Unfortunately‚ those times never existed; what remains in our minds is the romanticized version of the American West‚ synthesized by Hollywood. John Henry‚ Paul Bunyan‚ and Pecos Bill
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Have you ever heard of the Dallas Cowboys? Well if you have and you love them‚then you would love to read this. The Dallas Cowboys have a wonderful coach named Jason Garrett‚ and they have been in the Super Bowl 8 times‚ they were also found in 1960. Thank you Jason for teaching them. If you did not know the Cowboys used to be a college. I thought that was awesome myself. I would also like to say thank you for the football players for doing their best to play football. If you would like to know
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In the book‚ The Hungry Cowboy written by Karla A. Erickson‚ she discusses her observations in a Mex-Tex restaurant and how people interact within the workspace. What Erickson is trying to answer is why the people in the restaurant feel more like a close-knit community compared to other‚ through her observations and active participation prior‚ but there are weak point to her research concerning her overall view of the restaurant. The interactions between workers and customers intrigued Erickson
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1. Sarah Vowell reverses her friend’s assertion of Canada not being inspirational by writing about the Royal Canadian Mounted police‚ and how they are different from American cowboys who were taught to shoot any Indian that approached camp. The Mounties knew to avoid America’s problem with the western Native American tribes. She compares Canada’s one law for everyone to the America that always spoke of equal rights‚ yet they still have a lot of work to do about it. Although Canada may seem like a
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The Indian and the Hundred Cows This short story by Anaya contains a strong message‚ description and dialogue to emphasize the faith people live by and the paradox and saying something you do not mean. The Indian teaches the priest a lesson by doing exactly what is expected from a true believer. The message of the whole short story is that of what a true believer does to keep believing. Church‚ mass‚ the day dedicated to the creator‚ are all examples of what most of the people do every Sunday;
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Wild Horses Round-Up The rounding up wild horses and leading them to their new destination‚ howbeit‚ for the slaughter or sales‚ has created a rift of an US (i.e. particularly; citizens of Nevada) and THEM (i.e. Federal Government‚ BLM) mentality. The animal activist is citing cruelty to animals and stifling the “First Amendment‚ Freedom of the Press”‚ on the part of BLM. The following article was quoted from USA Today: [A federal roundup of wild horses in Nevada was scheduled to resume Thursday
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Selecting cattle‚ calving seasons‚ and weaning dates for efficient range beef production systems in the Northern Great Plains Wade Anderson Chadron State College Chadron‚ Nebraska Abstract The prevalence of late spring/early summer calving (May-June) and the use of early weaning with environmentally adapted cows is not a new concept‚ however it is not a common occurrence in Northwest Nebraska nor the Northern Great Plains. Over time smaller framed cows with less milk production have
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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky Questions 10/28/2012 1. 2. Potter feels internal conflict on the train. Potter feels like he committed a crime by marrying the woman without the town’s permission because he "thought of his duty to his friends... that he felt was he was heinous." He is bringing his wife‚ who represents change‚ to the old west. 3. The drummer is in the story for exposition. By asking questions like "What is this anyhow? You don’t mean there is going to be a gun-fight?" and "What
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EXAMPLE: Field Trip Assignment Bill Schenck’s Gone with the Gunsmoke I decided to visit the Tucson Museum of Art on Friday‚ the fourth of March. The work of art that I chose to evaluate was Bill Schenck’s Gone with the Gunsmoke. Bill Schenck was raised in Columbus‚ Ohio‚ but spent summers in Wyoming. These summers produced a fascination with the West in Schenck‚ and out of this fascination he created works such as Gone with the Gunsmoke. Gone with the Gunsmoke is a serigraph print that
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