The Dry Creek station of the pony express in Nevada experienced many conflicts; some of those conflicts were between the white settlers and the Indians. This conflict only contributed to getting rid of the pony express, which was only was in operation during April 3, 1860 to October 28, 1861. One of the conflicts that occurred at the dry creek station was when a group of Indians killed a man named Ralph M. Lozier and wounded a man named John Applegate after attacking the station asking Si McCandles (the station keeper) to return the Indian woman he was living with, and he refused. The station keeper and another man by the nickname of Little Badly were able to get away and share their experience with other settlers which only increased the animosity against the Indians who at the time were struggling due to starvation and deprivation.…
“Maybe the two different worlds we live in aren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” (Hinton 41) In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the main character. Even though Ponyboy shows many signs of a possibility of being a Soc, he is apart of the poorer class, the greasers.…
5) Before Johnny died he told Ponyboy to “stay gold”. This was inspired by the Robert Frost poem, “nothing gold can stay”. The main idea of the poem is that life happens in short-lived moments. Good things don’t stay long enough. Johnny is reminding Pony to cherish every moment because he knows that pony has his whole life in front of him, and shouldn’t take it for granite.…
Horses were introduced by the Early Spanish and French and the diffusion of the horse took many routes and eventually spread throughout the central plains. In the process, some horses would run away and become wild horses. The horse became a valuable resource in the central plains and changed the mode of hunting,…
This obviously isn’t the most ideal situation for any business, but he realized new technology would soon replace the need for a service such as the Pony Express. Though the Pony Express was short-lived, lasting only 18 months, it is not considered a failure in the eyes of historians. With the entrepreneur attitude and strong hands of Alexander Majors, 34,753 letters were delivered, 308 runs were made, and a total of 616,000 miles were covered in…
Work on the first railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, began in 1828. By 1860, the nation’s rail network was 30,000 miles long, more than the total in the rest of the world combined. At the same time, the invention of the telegraph in the 1830s by Samuel F. B. Morse allowed for instantaneous communication. First used commercially in 1844, the telegraph served businesses and newspapers by helping speed information flow and bringing uniformity to…
Have you ever wondered why the Transcontinental Railroad was built, how it was made, or who made it? Well before the Transcontinental Railroad was built the first steam locomotive was built in 1930 and in 1950 over 9,000 miles of track was built connecting cities, states, important landforms, and more. That set the early stages for the next couple of decades for more and more miles of track to be laid. In 1849 lots of settlers were traveling long distances over mountains, hills forests, rivers, deserts, and more.…
The riders had to carry the mail as quickly as possible with an exchange system to make both the rider and the horse not suffer during the time that the transport lasted. On April 3, 1860, the first rider left St. Joseph (Missouri) bound for Sacramento. The system established fixed points for the riders…
The story “Coyote and the Buffalo” is story about why there are no buffalo along the Columbia River. Coyote tricks Buffalo Bull into sparring him after he made fun of Buffalo Bull by giving him new horns. He then abused the gift that Bull had given to him in return. Bull gave Coyote a magical calf that grew back any meat that was severed off of it. Coyote got greedy with the calf and killed it to get the bone marrow he had been wanting instead.…
The Pony Express was when ponies would take mail and parcels from California to the midwest in two weeks. California Star Newspaper was a delivery mail service that connected California to Mississippi. Person One James W. Marshall he lived in New Jersey then moved to California on 1848. James played the most important role in the gold rush.…
Sydnie Holder 3.9.16 Mr. Modica Early American History Impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad Since the dawn of time man has strived to be on the move, exploring the unknown and seeking news ways of getting from one point to another. The innovation of transportation gave people the gift of exploration and traveling to places they have never been able to go before. During the early 1800s the main modes of travel were wagons, horses or on-foot, causing travel to be difficult and sluggish. This drove people to discover a more efficient way of travel, which resulted in the creation of trains. Due to this invention people were able to travel farther and at faster paces.…
An example of the new roads developed to connect the country include the National Road which was the first federally funded road. The construction began in 1811, and by 1818 it stretched from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia. What the National Road did for the country was that it fed the demand for the connection of large cities in the west as well as other parts in the country. The road was reliable and for those who followed westward with heavy wagons for settlement purposes or goods transportation, as it gave people a route of guidance. An account published in the 1800’s presented the success of the National Road by stating "There were sometimes twenty gaily-painted four-horse coaches each way daily.…
The Lady and The Shark is a narrative of sorts by Joe Hill. It is from his perspective on events he researched and witnessed to formulate a theory. While reading the article, the first question I had was whether this was an actual theory the author had or was it a story? Joe Hill’s theory has a surreal aspect to it. It seems so unbelievable that I, at first, assumed that the author had fabricated this story for entertainment purposes.…
In the final scene, Rocky and Donnie are climbing the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. They exchange few words, but the scene itself is very poignant. This scene represents one of the film’s theme of legacy. Donnie has worked to build his own reputation in the boxing world, and making it to the top of the steps represents his accomplishments and establishes his own legacy. This scene also represents Donnie’s bright looking future.…
The story of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, talks about how the husband Stanley treats his wife Stella like a slave. Most guys can be either alpha or gentleman in the story. Now American audiences would mostly agree that there are struggles of marriage, abuse, mental health, and most guys are imperfect in this world. I do agree play A Streetcar Named Desire will work for the modern American audiences because most people can relate to…