In the 2013 online article, “The Chris McCandless Obsession Problem”, author Diana Saverin describes the Alaskan wilderness travel phenomenon along with attempting to uncover the ‘McCandless Pilgrims’ “root of motivation. Sparked by the release of both Jon Krakauer’s and Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild”, numerous individuals pack their backpacks and eagerly step into their (sometimes newly-bought) hiking shoes and tramp into the Alaskan Wild to pay homage to their hero Chris McCandless. Filled with personal anecdotes and interviews, Severin’s Outside article takes a new approach Into the Wild commentary by directing attention to the lives McCandless’s story affected indirectly rather than critiquing on McCandless himself. In response to what appears to be a huge amount of troubled McCandless-inspired tramping stories, Saverin provides an unbiased rationale as a attempt to explain why so many are “willing to risk injury, and even death, to..visit the last home of Alaska’s most famous adventure casualty”. Saverin begins her article with anecdote- telling the unfortunate experience of young lovers and adept adventure seekers, Ackerman and Gros.
Why did the Donner Party get stuck in the Sierra Nevada Mountains? In April of 1846 90 emigrants led by Jacob and George Donner left Springfield Illinois in hopes of using a quicker, shorter route to Oregon. The party took the regular trail up to Ft. Bridger, Wyoming. There they were supposed to meet a trail guide, Lansford Hastings, to take them but he was gone, leading another party along the mountains. There was a note for the Donner’s to follow a trail to Weber Canyon, Hasting claimed it was an easier route to Oregon.
The Bloody Benders were a murderous family living in southeast Kansas near the Osage trail; later being known as the Santa Fe trail. It was during the 1870 's when the benders had their occurrences with the locals and travelers of the southeast Kansas area. The family had a small home that was occupied with locals and travelers being located on the Santa Fe trail. They housed and fed anyone they could that was moving westward, then killed them when they least expected it. Taking their personal belongings and burying them in their apple orchard was a usual concept to the benders.
Four, three, two, one, mining gold is not much fun. My Gold Rush Adventure: For five days,I followed the trail of the gold rush” by David Meissner” ;``Women of the Gold Rush :Annie Hall Strong” by the National Park Service.” Both articles talk about hiking and what supplies one needs on the hike. One feels that traveling through the klondike was worth it during the gold rush because people got to experience what it was like for the gold miners. To begin with, Traveling through the klodike gave people numerous opportunities to experience how the gold miners had to live.
Writing Assignment #4 Book Review: Susan Magoffin, Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico Susan Magoffin’s diary is a primary document that accounts her experiences traveling along the on the Santa Fe Trail (the Trail). Magoffin, being the first female to travel this trading route, was able to give a true insight to readers of how the conditions of that trail were. Her diary is regarded as the first substantial account of life on the Trail, however is criticized that Magoffin’s white privilege is what made her experience as it was. The critics argue, that the experience of traveling along the Santa Fe Trail as a non-Euro-American, would differ drastically then that of Susan Magoffin. I agree that being an upper-class, white woman, Magoffin
The railroad thought was unbelievable. It would be the world 's longest railroad through the world 's most cold area. The stones and impervious woods of the Precambrian shield would be hard, the muskeg that could swallow men and machines would be harder, and the snow-crested Rockies would be unimaginable.
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.
GROWING ROOM CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER TO HOST DISNEY-LIKE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN BONITA SPRINGS On December 5th, Growing Room Child Development Center in Bonita Springs will be hosting its 3rd annual, community-wide Christmas Affair, “Santa’s Enchanted Village.” Expected to attract an estimated 2,000 children from the Bonita/Estero area and surrounding communities, the Center’s 20,000 Sq. Ft (mainly indoor) Campus will be transformed into a magical village featuring 12 charming classroom stops along the “Candy Cane Trail” and highlighting some of Disney and Pixar’s most popular characters. The event will also include a Red Carpet autograph and picture session with animated Stars such as Dora the Explorer, Monsters
Step back in time to relive the glory days of Alaska’s Gold Rush as you board a vintage rail car and retrace the original route up to the Yukon’s White Pass Summit. The world-famous narrow gauge White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad, revered as the “Scenic Railway of the World”, promises an unforgettable ride along the eastern side of the historic White Pass as you retrace the steps of early gold seekers, venturing along an iron trail that was built over 100 years ago through some of the North's most rugged terrain. Venture 20 miles toward the impressive 2,865-foot summit, enjoying views of Alaska’s lush and verdant landscape along the way. Upon arrival at the summit, you’ll board a motor coach for a narrated tour back to Skagway. Soak in the marvelous
“The Oregon Trail,” written by Francis Parkman is a description of the experiences traveling into the unknown depths of the American west in 1846. The story is told from the first person point of view of Parkman, a scholar from Boston who embarks on the great expedition of traveling into the west in hopes of studying the lives of the Native Americans. His journey is also one of the first detailed descriptions of the beauty and the bounty of a largely uninhabited North American territory. But one of the most critical elements of the story was Parkman’s encounters and recruitment of members to his band of travelers who ultimately play a major role in the success of the western journey.
Into the Wild Summer Reading Assignment Passage: “April 27th, 1992 Greetings from Fairbanks! This is the last you shall hear from me Wayne. Arrived here 2 days ago. It was very difficult to catch rides in the Yukon Territory.
After years of waiting and preparing we started on the journey to the west. We made our way to Independence, Missouri to go on the Oregon Trail which was laid by traders and trapers. While there I became familiar with George Wilson who was also a working family man. A lot of families left together making the trail busy and causing jams..
It is the year 1832 and you’re on a riding along in a caravan with Nathaniel Wyeth, who leads the new group of settlers along a foreign trail. There have been many hardships; lack of food, deaths during the journey. It is no doubt that there were many obstacles travelers faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail, but this matter does not take away from the good that this trail did for the country of America. Some people have said that the ending results and settlements were not worth the loss of the journey to get there. The Oregon Trail was one of the single trails that helped lead to the west coast from the east.
Before the 1800s, there were two early roads, Forbes and Wilderness Road. In 1811, the National Road known as Cumberland Road was built to reach Western settlements, because they needed a road to ship farm products that connect East and West. The National Road passed thousand of wagons and coaches. John F. Stover states in American Railroads, “The rich agricultural production of the country, the small but expanding factories of eastern cities, and the largely untapped natural resources of the nation-all of these called for improvements in transport. ”(Stover1)
The Alaskan Bush is one of the hardest places to survive without any assistance, supplies, skills, and little food. Jon Krakauer explains in his biography, Into The Wild, how Christopher McCandless ventured into the Alaskan Bush and ultimately perished due to lack of preparation and hubris. McCandless was an intelligent young man who made a few mistakes but overall Krakauer believed that McCandless was not an ignorant adrenalin junkie who had no respect for the land. Krakauer chose to write this biography because he too had the strong desire to discover and explore as he also ventured into the Alaskan Bush when he was a young man, but he survived unlike McCandless. Krakauer’s argument was convincing because he gives credible evidence that McCandless was not foolish like many critics say he was.
