Boulder, Colorado

Is it important to maintain the colonies of prairie dogs in Colorado? What exactly makes prairie dogs so important? Who supports them and fights for them, and what is killing them? Prairie dogs, like many other livings on Earth, are valuable to our ecosystem. They are responsible for keeping the cycle of life going and helping to maintain a healthy structure in the wild, both as predator and prey. There are wildlife activists who support prairie dogs and who support non-lethal methods of…

A letter written from a man named Oscar Wilde in the West states, “My dear Miss Nellie, Since I wrote to you I have been to wonderful places, to Colorado which is like the Tyrol a little, and has great canons of red sandstone, and pine trees, and the tops of the mountains all snow-covered, and up a narrow-gauge railway did I rush to the top of a mountain 15,000 feet high, to the great mining city…

Amendment 106 Right to Die, passed in the state of Colorado in November 2016, and will go into effect early in 2017. This amendment was passed that allow patients that have a terminal disease, with less than six months to live, and still mentally competent to make medical decisions, to end their lives. The patients would be prescribed a large amount of a sleeping pill, that would allow for the patient to choose when they would like to die Ballot Pedia (2016). This amendment was originally…

The term “potheads” has been given to every generation since the 1970s. The Vietnam war was reaching new heights, the hype of Woodstock was still lingering, and the scandals of the White House where all too overwhelming. It was no surprise American teens were finding ways to detach themselves from the reality of 70s. Since then, there have been common myths about how marijuana usage infuses the “munchies,” a side effect that leads a marijuana user to get hungry and eat junk food. Other myths…

Fast Food Nation Assignment # Level Page Question Answer 1 5 1-2 Analyze and judge the meaning of the Cheyenne Mountains? Schlosser describes the Cheyenne Mountains similar to a precious baby. The mountains have a beauty to them that can not be found otherwise. However, the vast mountains maybe beautiful, but inside includes a military base. This is comparable to a fast food chain. One obtains food. Although it seems that the person benefited from the calories, these calories include sugars…

Baring their Teeth: The Anasazi Legacy The culture of the Ancient Puebloans, or Anasazi, is mostly left to mere guesswork. Their written language is a dead to today 's linguists. The only thing left to understand about their lives is found in what they left behind; which was much more than a few pieces of gorgeous pottery. For 2,000 years the anasazi ruled Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Kayenta, spanning most of the southwest United States writes Kathy Weiser. From 1200 B.C. to 1300 A.D. The…

Title: The title The Devil’s Highway is both literal and metaphorical. Because the meaning of the title has both literal and metaphorical connotations, it easily captures the essence of the book. Literally, while these men travelled across the desert in order to reach the Mexican-US border, they traveled through the Devil’s Highway. Metaphorically, the title is a representation of how these men went through Hell on earth to get to where they needed to go. These men experienced dehydration,…

First of all, my project was based on the Hopi Indian culture located in Northwestern Arizona where they and their ancestors have been living for thousands of years. I wanted to do the Hopi Indians because they are people of peace and learning about their culture and their Kachina religious beliefs was fascinating. I made a Hopi Indian mask that one of the Kachina dancers would’ve worn during one of their Kachina dances held by Pueblo tribes. The most valuable experience I had while making my…

As we’ve learned, the history of the American frontier became famous by the opportunities that the West offered to everyone. It has been known that some early historians glorified the American frontier and the role it played in developing the American character. However, others have disputed that what has been presented is actually a myth. Amongst all the speculation, we will discuss just how much was reality and how much was myth. It was 1890, and the Census Bureau made an announcement that…

Graniteville an Important Wild West Town: Bibliography on Graniteville During the Gold Rush There is a story that says “two Miners were able to get 17,000 dollars worth of gold in only 7 days” (PBS). In the 1800’s Gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which Created a surge of people want to come in the search for the gold filled quartz veins. Graniteville stands as a notable example of the Wild West. “Gold was discovered in Sacramento in…