Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre Denver residents and music enthusiasts best associate the Red Rock Amphitheatre with concerts, graduations, and other performances. Red Rocks combines awe inspiring sites with naturally acoustic splendor. The Amphitheatre attracts audiences and big name musicians to it stage with ease. However, Red Rocks Amphitheatre has a rich history many do not consider while listening to their favorite band or enjoying the trails around the park. Many important figures and…
Meriwether Lewis, born August 18, 1774, was an American explorer. He and William Clark, born August 1, 1770, accompanied each other on a dangerous expedition. President Thomas Jefferson appointed Lewis and Clark to explore the territory that was acquired in the “Louisiana Purchase”. He commissioned this the Corps of Discovery Expedition that lasted from 1804 to 1806. As a result of this expedition, Lewis was rewarded with land and awarded the position of governor for a Louisiana territory.…
In May of 1804 Meriwether Lewis invited me on a expedition with William Clark with 59 other people, we set sailed on the Missouri River. When we recline on the Missouri River. Lewis stopped on a couple stops to put stuff in his journal. September 5th, 1804 we spotted a deer with black tales cliffs upstream from the mouth of the Niobrara River in northeast Nebraska. On July 9th,1806 in Montana near Sun River we stopped and a plant with a blueish petals on it and Lewis wrote in his journal…
Phipps Clark, the woman who gave birth to the “doll test”, was born on April 18, 1917 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Mamie attended a segregated public elementary and also segregated, Langston High School. In 1934, she graduated high school. Despite the low opportunities for black students pursuing a higher education, she won scholarships to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Howard University in Washington DC. At Howard University, she earned her B.A and Masters in Psychology. Mamie Clark…
The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition was historically important because these men were the first people, not Indians, to explore much of Utah gaining information on the people that they met and the land itself. The Dominguez-Escalante Journal it the accounting of the expedition traveling thru Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. Father Dominguez and Father Escalante’s party included “twelve Spanish colonials and two Indians”. The Mexican Government enlisted a catholic priest, Francisco Dominguez to…
Easter Island a wonder of the world always questioned by scientists and historians for years. The chilean island in the south west pacific, has geographical wonders. Known to the native people as the Rapi Nui, it was named Easter Island when a European traveler discover the island first time on Easter day. The people of the island mysteriously vanished, but not entirely there are still descendants that live in polynesia. The big question is how did the ancient people suddenly disappears, and…
Native American languages including Hidatsa and Arikara, so that made trading difficult (Source A). Instead of verbally communicating, the Mandans used sign language to make trade easier with both other tribes and white explorers, such as Lewis and Clark (Source B). The Mandan…
Meriwether Lewis’s Death When a person hears the names, “Lewis and Clark,” the majority of people think of the two brave explorers leading The Corps of Discovery. Starting in 1803 and ending in 1806, Lewis and Clark lead the Corps on a journey through the Louisiana territory. The purpose of this expedition was to observe the newly acquired land, interact (positively) with the natives, but most importantly to find a clear water route that would be used for trade. Even though a clear, navigable…
West.” ("Teaching With Documents: The Lewis and Clark Expedition."). Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and his friend, William Clark, to explore the unsettled area because they were trained and informed men on how to map, navigate and explore areas. Jefferson relied on Lewis and Clark to write down and map everything they saw. In the end, Lewis and Clark discovered fertile land, vast plains and buffalo herds. ("Teaching With Documents: The Lewis and Clark Expedition."). These findings helped…
by explorers Lewis and Clark to meet President Thomas Jefferson. He and others were to be put on display as an example of Native Americans. Sheheke refused to participate in the “show” and dance of his culture for the Americans. He wished to maintain his dignity and sat stoically…