Blacksburg, Virginia

third largest estuary in the United States. It was formed about ten thousand years ago when a glacier melted and flooded the Susquehanna River valley. Its waters run throughout the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West…

On November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, young Franklin Pierce was born. Franklin Pierce was one out of eight children born under the roof of Benjamin and Anna Kendrick Pierce. When Franklin was 30 he married Jane Means Appleton, they later had three kids which all died in various ways. Their first child died two days after being born, and their second child died at age four of epidemic typhus. The last son they had was beheaded in a train accident in front of Pierce, leaving him…

William and Mary Jane Flint in Farmington Early in their marriage, William and Mary Jane Flint made their home in Farmington, Utah. They lived in a dugout until he could get logs to build a house. To say there were a lot of snakes in the area would be an understatement. One evening, the snakes joined them for dinner. They were seated at the table when a large snake dropped from the roof by the tail and hung over a pan of milk which was on the table. On another occasion there was a snake…

Jamestown in 1607 by using propaganda and head rights: which is a legal grant of land to settlers in exchange for service. The head right system was introduced in Virginia it gave each superior of the household the right to fifty acres of land for himself and another additional fifty acres for each grown family member in exchange for service. Virginia and Maryland both appointed the “head right” system to encourage the import of servant workers under their terms, whoever paid the passage of a…

Patrick Henry: Fight Against the Constitution “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”. This speech was spoken before the Revolutionary War has started. Henry was in Virginia to the Second Virginia Convention March 23, 1775. Henry’s speech was given to the colonies to persuade the to fight back against the British for their independence. By using logos, he has convinced the colonists to fight against the British for their Liberty and Independence by using statements. Patrick Henry used logos because…

The Queen vs Dudley and Stephens 14 QBD 273 DC (1884) Facts- Mignotte yacht overturned 1300 miles from land. There were four in the crew. Dudley the captain, Stephens was the first mate, Brooks a sailor, and the fourth a cabin boy named Parker who all escaped to lifeboat. The first three are upstanding members of the community. Parker was an orphan with no family and his first sea voyage. The only food are 2 cans of preserved turnip. No fresh water. The first three days they ate nothing, on…

The main point of this article is that in western Virginia a salt lick in the nineteenth century was one of the most significant premodern manufacture operation. The Great Kanawha was located along the Ohio River. There was a large scale of economic development of salt manufactures in rural and urban areas in the Ohio River basin. Therefore, the pork packaging industry in Cincinnati, Louisville, and the river towns would not have prosper without the salt extracted from Kanawha Saline’s.…

Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” main purpose is to convince the delegates to secede from Britain. President Whitmore’s speech in Independence Day rallies people together to fight the aliens. They both want their audiences to protect their liberties. Patrick Henry’s speech and Independence Day both fight for liberty because without it society is nothing. Patrick Henry believes in the right to liberty above his own life. In his speech to the “Virginia Convention,” he argues…

States located between Maryland and Virginia lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean. It has more than 150 major rivers and streams that are a part of the Chesapeake watershed covering parts of six states including: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland Virginia and West Virginia. Nearly 17 million people living in areas that feed into the Chesapeake Bay watershed and affect the Bay water quality. The Bay plays a very important role in Maryland and Virginia economy, providing economic…

The Army of the Potomac was one of the main Union land forces. In July of 1861 the Union suffered a great loss at the battle of Bull Run. This resulted in General George B. McClellan being appointed as leader of the Union forces in and around Washington D.C. McClellan then created an army, this was known as the Army of the Potomac. This army would have many different commanders through its span of the Civil War. General George B. McClellan was the creator and commander of the Army of the…