The small town of Pinedale, Wyoming is known for a diverse number of things. By and large, the community has always been known for its beautiful surrounding scenery, but also for the ranching community feel and the cowboy characters that live there. Imagine an area with an abundance of culture being affected by an industrial boom. Suddenly, the small town feel is gone, new people have moved in, and the appreciation for the culture that once existed there has been depleted by everyone ’s need to economically benefit from the environment’s existing natural resources.…
In 1735 the Haw Branch Plantation was built by Thomas Tabb and his wife Rebecca Booker. They planation was success until Cary and Gibson McConnaughey took over. The McConnaughey’s were cruel people who treated the servants and slaves like garbage. Mr. McConnaughey was the worse of the two she would beat and mock those who worked for them. One day he was walking through the fields and noticed that Abena an elderly old women was exhausted and on the brink of losing consciousness.…
In northeast Finney County, 27 miles from Garden City, sits a house with wooden siding and a stone shed with a metal roof. To those that passing by it is a common scene in western Kansas. Though the house is fairly new, this shed is nearly one hundred and thirty years old. Though now it is used as a place for storing and repairing farm equipment, it was once a schoolhouse for the town of Eminence. Not only is the town of Eminence gone but also is the county it was a part of.…
Pittsburg New Hampshire is one of the state's most hidden gems when it comes to the outdoors and fresh air. The biggest small town in the state, sits at the very top right on the Canadian border. It is the biggest town in the state in terms of area, however has one of the smallest populations. Pittsburg is the place where people still hold the door open for you and say their please and thank you’s. The population tends to change on most weekends specifically the ones that fall between December 15th and when the snow melts.…
It was not what I was expecting. It ain’t big, just a strip of buildings and many wagon trains. Oxen, mules, and horses littered the area, many children running around. Then there was something I ain’t ever seen before. An Indian.…
Comeaux argues that barns provide information and insight about the culture and any changes that occur over time. Barns as a piece of material culture also provide information on origin and disbursement of cultural groups and their characteristics. In his article, The Cajun Barn, he argues that the southern central Louisiana Cajun barns went through four evolutionary events that altered and adapted to the changes in time and the economy of the area. Comeaux traces the developments over time in a region called Bayou Teche. He provides maps and floor plans to illustrate and help explain the design features and intended purposes.…
Hidden away in South Dakota lies the forgotten Indigenous people of The Pine Ridge Reservation. The Pine Ridge reservation was established in 1878. It is the second largest reservation in the United States, bigger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined. The reservation is about 2.7 million acres but only half of it belongs to the Lakota people, it is the home to about 28,000 to 40,000 people in Lakota and Sioux tribes. According to an demographics article, 35 percent of the population is under 18 and only half of the population are registered tribal members.…
In this passage from The Horizontal World, Debra Marquart's Memoir about growing up in North Dakota, Marquart convey’s her found love for an area overlooked by the rest of the world. Through her use of diction and the juxtaposition of a land dubbed “uninhabitable” by the “early assessors,” she is able to convince the reader of her own unique outlook on the serenity of “easy inclines and farmable plains”(). In the first line, Marquart displays the general negative perspective on North Dakota, “lonely,” and “ treeless”(). The description of her home as a uniform isolated place is an “indignity” from which the region has struggled to recover(). The fact that Marquart is offended by these negative remarks shows that she disagrees with their stance…
Long ago, in a small town called Crowel Corners, there was a little boy named Weston Tucker. Weston was a very shy, curious, considerate, but courteous person. His kinfolk were well-known throughout the state of Texas, but living on the edge with the bills. His mother, Missy, was a tailor, sewing and making clothes for who knows how many people. His father, Warren, was a professional in the rodeo.…
The Man to Send Rainclouds is a short story written by Leslie Marmon Silko about Native American Leon and his brother-in-law, Ken, and the events that unfold after they find their grandfather, Teofilo, dead, under a cottonwood tree. The story deals with topics concerning religion and faith, specifically the cultural divide between Father Paul (the priest at their local Roman Catholic church),and the Pueblo Native Americans. This story takes place in New Mexico, near their sheep camp. The text describes,in great detail, the sandy arroyo, cottonwood trees, mountains, and the pueblo road that make up the Indian reservation the main characters live in.…
The blacksmith shop and the little cabin were by far my favorite. The little cabin looked exactly like one would look in during the 19th century. There was a small table and stove, along with two small bedrooms. Each had a bed and window, along with a little washbasin. The blacksmith shop was one of the most interactive parts of the ranch.…
When you picture your dream community, what do you see? Recreation, entertainment, quality schooling? If so, Green Valley Ranch, CO is the place for you! Located within proximity to Downtown Denver, just south of DIA, Green Valley Ranch offers a small town vibe with the convenience of city living. Below, the real estate experts at Rhino Realty Pros outline of few of the many reasons families are flocking to this beautiful valley community.…
Most teenagers would probably tell you that the beginning of their adulthood was marked by having to do laundry for the first time, or being able to drive alone, or perhaps no longer sitting at the children's table at family events. But for me, it happened this past summer, when I made the very difficult decision that I would not return to Coleman Country Day Camp. To those who were not fortunate enough to have grown up at summer camp, this might not seem like such a big decision to make. But Coleman was my outlet, my second home for ten consecutive summers and spending those two months anywhere else seemed inconceivable to me.…
I sat on a rock watching a group of elementary school kids explore the natural world. They looked at fish, hopped on rocks and followed bugs to their hearts’ content. We were about a mile from our cabin, at the end of Christopher Creek before it went under the road. As a junior counselor, I probably went way out of my jurisdiction in taking my four campers on such a long trip down the creek, but their enjoyment was worth the potential trouble. I couldn’t believe it; none of them had ever taken a trip down a creek.…
We left right after breakfast, a hearty serving of bacon and eggs. Elizabeth Wright had some extra eggs that she didn't want to bring along so she split it between the people in the wagon train. That only meant four eggs for us so we made more bacon to compensate. We followed the Platte River for one hundred seventy miles before we reached the California Crossing. My legs feel like they are falling off.…