In the book Cajun Country by Ben Earl Looney, there is a small article in the book called “Steen’s Syrup Mill.” Steen’s Syrup Mill is located in Abbeville, Louisiana and is the largest sugarcane plant in all of America. Steen’s Mill “markets ribbon cane syrup across the nation” and all around the entire world (Looney 152). The Sugar Mill is important to the Acadiana industry and “employs about 250 local men” during the cane-grinding season (Looney 152). This type of mill creates jobs for the local people which is good for the local industry.
The very first sentence of the chapter makes me believe that the setting is obviously in Oklahoma and a little while after the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. It makes me believe that because of the way that the narrator writes and him/her calling it “the red country and part of the gray country,” which is referencing the red, white, and gray sand often associated with the state. Later on in the first page, the narrator begins to describe a drought taking place. Perhaps the drought will last a long time and lead to the narrator and his/her family moving somewhere more viable. On the second page, the narrator describes “wheels” milling the ground, which leads me to believe that he/she lives
Betsy Ross is well known due to the fact she sewed the first American flag. Elizabeth Griscom (her name given to her at birth) was born on January 1,1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, She was the eighth child born in a Quaker family of seventeen children. In the years to follow, she would become known as the American folk hero, Betsy Ross. When Betsy was born, her family had been in America for 4 generations. Betsy learned to read, write and sew at an early age and like most children of this time period, once she had finished her schooling, Betsy was sent to learn a trade.
David "Davy" Crockett was the 19th century American Folk Hero, Frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He was born on August 17, 1786 in Limestone. He became famous in his own lifetime for larger-than-life exploits popularized by stage plays and almanacs. After being made a colonel in the militia, he was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. Davy had six children.
Billie Wind, a thirteen-year-old girl who is from a Seminole tribe, has doubted the beliefs of the Seminole legends. "We are disturbed by your doubts," said Charlie Wind (2). Charlie Wind is a medicine man and the uncle of Billie Wind. For doubting the Seminole legends, Billie Wind has to go to the Everglades to hear the animals talk, see the serpent, and see the little people that live underground. "There is more to the Earth than only the things you can see with your eyes," said Charlie Wind (5).
There are many ways to set free, right? Either illegal or legal, you'll be free, right? The text mainly deals with how slavery shouldn't be a thing, which leads to how slavery was so harsh on people that had to go through it. The experiences of Elizabeth Keckley, Frederick Douglass, and Ellen and William Craft have many differences between all three texts. For example, Elizabeth Keckley wanted to leave because she was forced to have a son and he was mulatto.
Early Americas best explores of the Rocky Mountains were the fur trappers. These trappers would explore Colorado’s interior in search of beaver pelts. They would interact and trade with trappers and people of different nations. Because of the fur traders that ventured into Colorado they would become the guiding force that helped America expand west and be the leading cause to the decrease of beaver, bison and other large ungulates populations. From reading A Colorado History and the excerpt of Rufus Sages Rocky Mountain Life, I will answer the questions:
Man Handling the River River navigation has changed dramatically since the Lewis and Clark expedition. With the rapid increase in population and commerce, a change in the river system became essential. It was realized that by narrowing and deepening the river, enormous areas of fertile, productive flood plain would become farmable. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers was tasked to accomplish this. Over the past one hundred and fifty years they have tried to do this with levees, jetties, and locks and dams.
Mountain Men went into the Louisiana Territory during the early 1800s and they trapped beavers for the hides and fur. They traded the hides and furs for goods that they needed to live in the mountains like: salt, tobacco, lead, powder, knives, whiskey, traps and sugar. Some Mountain Men took Indian brides and lived part of the year with the tribe. Their life was often lonely and it could be dangerous.
Pioneers in Nebraska faced many difficulties in the nineteenth century. The living conditions were not always ideal, but they always survived because of their love for the prairie. Many pioneers came to Nebraska with hardly any money. Many pioneer families had many children. Their food came from their crops and gardens.
How do you cope with the reality of day to day life? I would like to think I handle the reality of day to day life moderately well like everyone else. However, I began to question myself once again as I read Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” This story, with its unexpected ending, had me rereading it several times to pull out key details that led me down the wrong path the first time.
In the 1500’s the Comanche tribe was originally merged with the Shoshone tribe in the Upper reaches of the Platte River. Only when the Europeans arrived did they split up. Around 1700 the Comanches acquired horses and started moving south from the Shoshone tribe. They made a stop in the Central plains before continuing on to an area that extended from the Arkansas River to Central Texas. As the tribe migrated south their population began to increase dramatically due to an abundance of food and an influx of Shoshone tribe members.
Native American storytelling plays a key role in Thomas king 's medicine river. The author makes the reader question if they are inherently racist using stereotypes and irony to keep the reader on the edge of their seats. Tricksters in native American literature are known as someone that has a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge. They can come in any shape and form and usually have a dramatic effect on the story plot. For example in Thomas Kings Borders the mother in the story spoke about coyote and the trickster then all of a sudden the story took a dramatic change and all of their problems were gone.
The early white settlers inhabited the Cobourg Peninsula where the soil there was good for growing their produce, but there were no animals to help with the heavy work. In 1826 around 80 Swamp Buffalo were brought to Melville Island and Cobourg Peninsula from Timor and Kisar. Swamp buffalo were primarily introduced to provide assistance to farmers and as a source of meat and hide for the early white settlers, as there were no other large, hooved animals that inhabited north Australia at that time. Swamp water buffalo can be characterised as they have a stockier build with short limbs and huge swept-back crescent-shaped horns. They prefer to spend most of their time coating themselves in mud and wallowing in swamps and waterholes.
When we think of the American West, we always envision a land of rugged mountains and vast prairie, on which cowboys ride on horseback and chase after the Indians. This is the definition of the American West as presented on big screens in cinema, where most Americans’ perception of the myth of the American West comes from. Myth is a story that represents a culture's values and helps to define the individuals that comprise it. All cultures are based on myths.
