Chicago metropolitan area

For my essay I met with Peter Alter, a historian and the archivist at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) since 2010. Peter was exceptionally helpful and patient in answering all of my questions. The archives at the CHM house many important collections relating to life in the Chicago region that go back as far as 1683. Having used their research center, I have always been impressed at how user-friendly their searchable database is, and how quickly they are able to locate the folders requested…

“It’s not hard you just have to take the time to try”- John Craddock was able to completely turn around the White River in Muncie indiana by eliminating the waste coming from major factory producers. If there is one thing I would love to be done in my hometown it would be monitoring and coming up with peaceful solutions to eliminate water pollution in our own small river: the Blue River. In the small town of Columbia City in northeastern Indiana, there are a multitude of billboards and media…

around the central core as well as two outer suburbs. As time advanced, the population began to grow in different locations and scale. Through1971, the inception of outer suburbs was considerable and twelve new communities were constituted outside Metropolitan Toronto. In addition, Mississauga emerged as a big outer suburb with 204,325 inhabitants. Along these first ten years, data shows a slight shrink in the percentage of population in the central city and western inner suburbs; however,…

of 18; he defends his sister from a man named Frank Carlucci O and got slashed on the left cheeks by the knife of Carlucci O. The exploits of Al Capone come in the ear of a big shark called Johnnie Torio. Torio became Capone role model; he move to Chicago to run things for Big Jim Colisimo; he controls the gambling and whore house business. Colisimo’s empire had trouble, Torio needed someone intelligent who could take toughest decision so, he decided to recruit Capone. Torio became Capone’s…

Slide 1 (Biography)- Jeffrey Preston Bezos was born January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to 19-year-old Jacklyn Bezos and Ted Jorgenson. Growing up, he lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Houston, Texas, and Miami, Florida, though, currently, he lives in Medina, Washington. He grew up during a time when the internet was just starting out and forming, letting him explore the different options the internet had to offer before it became well known. Slide 2 (Childhood)- When he was around…

Growing up Phillip Hoose lived in South Bend, Indiana for most of his childhood. In South Bend he attended Indiana University. Phillip Hoose was a graduate of the Yale School of forestry & Environmental Studies. Before he started writing books he was dedicated to preserving plants and and wildlife. After he had two daughters one of them named Ruby and the other named Hannah. Hannah and Ruby inspired Phillip Hoose to start writing children's books so that he could keep up with them. Hannah even…

Before businessman Monroe Martin Shipe founded Hyde Park just two miles north of The University of Texas’ main campus, the land was a popular location full of excitement and promise. A moderately sized plot of land boasted attractions like the Capital State Fair and the horse and automobile racetracks accompanied by grandstands that seated a considerable 3,500 spectators. With the entrepreneurship of Shipe coupled with the propagation of public interest, the young neighborhood witnessed a period…

As a child my family and I moved from house to house exponentially, but the most striking was a meager country off the coast of China. Taiwan was unlike any destination I have ever experienced. For most of my childhood my family lived in Taichung; a bustling city in the southern region of the island. Taichung was enormous. Streets swarmed with a sea of colorful cars, motorcycles, and even trucks throughout the entire day. Sidewalks filled with people marching to their destination. Their…

Many cities in America boast places that hold mysterious poltergeists and haunted mausoleums, but none of them have more supernatural beings than New Orleans. From a ghostly prostitute to a queen of black magic to a roving rug-rat, New Orleans is filled to the brim with paranormal sightings and experiences. One example of local folklore is the life of Josie Arlington, who led a pretty messed up life. She was living off money that she got from prostituting herself, but she knew that she could…

In a New York Times article available only one day after the fire, one witness exclaimed, “I only saw one man show. All the rest were girls. They stood on the windowsills tearing their hair out and handfuls and then they jumped. One girl held back after all the rest and clung to the window casing until the flames from the window below crept up to her and set her clothing on fire. Then she jumped far over the net and was killed instantly, like all the rest"(Triangle 2). On what was meant to be a…