Supervisor. Leland Stanford was born in the year of 1824 in Watervliet‚ New York‚ and was raised on family farms. Stanford began law school around the year 1848. Stanford got married in 1850 and had one son. Stanford moved to California during the Gold Rush after loosing the law library his father got for him. He helped in organizing the Sacramento Library Association‚ which later became the Sacramento Public Library. Stanford was one of the four Sacramento‚ California businessmen known as “The Big
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1903 story of Buck‚ a courageous dog fighting for survival in the Alaskan wilderness‚ is widely considered to be his masterpiece. Sometimes wrongly considered simply a children’s novel‚ this epic vividly evokes the harsh and frozen Yukon during the Gold Rush. As Buck is ripped from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to be a sled dog‚ his primitive‚ wolflike nature begins to emerge. Savage struggles and timeless bonds between man‚ dog‚ and wilderness are played to their heartrending extremes
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Forty-Niners By 1849‚ the gold rush was on. Strangers from all parts of the earth East‚ Europe‚ Latin America‚ and Asia were thrown together with only one common of interest‚ GOLD. These early gold-seekers‚ called "forty-niners‚" traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent‚ often facing substantial hardships on the trip. People caught "Gold Fever" in the hope of striking it rich. Many gold seekers arrived expecting to find rivers overflowing with gold. Unfortunately
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The spirit of exploration in American is an undying passion. We continue to push the boundaries of what is possible‚ from the puritans settling in Massachusetts to the Kennedy administration landing on the moon. The people who explored the continent in the 1660s were the original explorers‚ they pushed the boundaries of the world and their kin would continue that trend. The spirit of exploration and stretching the boundaries of what is possible. is a cornerstone of the American values since the
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character in the story “The Call of the Wild” is a dog-named Buck‚ whom is half St. Bernard – half Scotch Shepard. Buck’s life began on Judge Miller’s estate in central California‚ where he lived a docile life free to roam and do as he wished. The Gold Rush in 1897 created a demand for young strong dogs‚ like Buck‚ to pull the sleds through the snow. The growing need directly impacted Buck’s life because it began the journey that converted him into a savage man-killing beast. The story is set into motion
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The California Gold Rush in 1848‚ started a very large production of gold mining. The land the gold was found on started to create problems with the Native Americans because ownership to land. Even if the land was given back to the Native Americans and there was gold found on the land‚ you can bet that people would be there to mine it even if they didn’t own land. That is how the battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana of 1876 started‚ then was later made into painting called “Custer’s last stand
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"His Last Resort" In the short story "To Build a Fire‚" by Jack London‚ a newcomer crosses the treacherous Alaskan Yukon during the time of the gold rush‚ in a search to seek great fortune. Unfortunately‚ his failure to heed to the experienced old timer‚ as well his lack of knowledge resulted in him being unaware of the danger that faced him from within his surroundings. Thus‚ the theme of survival is conveyed through setting‚ sensory detail and characterization. Fifty degree below weather in
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In the 1870’s during the economic depression following the Civil War‚ white miners and settlers encouraged by the Homestead Act heard news about mineral wealth such as gold along the trails of the Colorado Mountains. The miners that came created legendary mining town in Summit County‚ Leadville and Silverton‚ but these areas were heavily penetrated within Ute territory. In 1876‚ the Colorado Statehood and the local newspaper at the time demanded the removal of Utes off the land‚ which could be mined
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Ban on Underwater Dredging in California Steven R. Neubauer BIS/275 Ban on Underwater Dredging in California This great state of California was founded as a result of the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in January 1848. The modern day prospector is under attack by various environmentalist groups that have declared war on suction dredges. A suction dredge is a mechanical underwater vacuum cleaner that sucks up gravel‚ sand from the bottom of river ways‚ and passes these items through
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up. Buck also had to learn the Law of Club and Fang‚ he learned to obey and respect those who are more powerful than him. He also had to adapt to working with other dogs and using a lot of teamwork to get through the harsh winters of the Klondike Gold Rush. Unlike Buck‚ my dad had to persevere when his sister and niece died in a car wreck. One of the things he had to realize is that they were gone and they weren’t going to come back. My dad also had to persevere with what it was going to be like without
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