Cooperstown, New York

The 20th century in the United States of America was an era of massive evolution. Through the decades, history was made; new discoveries, new society, and racial breakthroughs have shaped America. Baseball was originally believed to have been invented by Abner Doubleday of New York in 1839. Later it was discovered that the game was not invented by Doubleday but by Alexander Cartwright. Abner Doubleday had nothing to do with the creation of the sport. Abner Graves, who shared the information with The Mills Commission in search of baseball’s origin created the false information. In 1845, Cartwright, the true inventor, and one of the founders of the Knickerbocker Baseball Club in New York, took the ideas of the game rounders and the game cricket, and established rules that made baseball what it is today. Because of Cartwright, American’s can enjoy the sport of baseball, America’s favorite pastime. When…

and the often-unsung hero of nature. I say hero because what happens in nature that does not somehow begin with the soil in that environment? New Brunswick is especially interesting because it is not like everywhere else. The dirt here always has a reddish tint to it and while I am not exactly sure why, I know it has something to do with…

“I’m going on an adventure!!”, this is what Bilbo described himself as he was running off into a new world from the Hobbit. The same can be said about an American. Though how does one simply be an American? This question can be taken in several ways, however one easy way to describe it is by experiencing it firsthand. By going on an adventure like never before, seeing the beauty of nature as you spring down the path, making friends along the way. That is what being an American is all about.…

I believe that the Baseball Hall of Fame should stay in New York, but be relocated to Brooklyn. New York has many historical ties to the game of baseball, and it’s more of a central location comparted to Cooperstown. The legend of Abner Doubleday was said to have stated playing baseball in New York in as a rural past time in 1939. Even though this is just a myth many baseball fans associate the beginning of baseball with the state of New York. In 1845 the Knickerbockers were created as a…

music in the background was playing had me intrigued and kept me staying for more. It was an eerie, spooky, dark melody. One that just pierces my ears at the second my ears make contact with the sound. A song where I know something is going to happen at any given moment so I can’t look away. That’s what it was like. The film starts off showing an absolutely beautiful almost Victorian home. Two quarter moon windows that peaked out like eyes and two more windows right below each. There white…

in 2013 but as an entirely different organization. Since emerging from bankruptcy, the company has mostly served niche film markets (Hardy, 2015). Kodak reappeared on the public markets in September 2013, though the bulk of the company is still owned by private equity and investment firms. Kodak is now a commercial imaging company serving business markets like packaging and graphics (Kodak, Smaller and Redirected, 2013). Gone are the days of cameras and film that made it such a famous and…

Have you ever wanted to see a spectacular view from the top of The Whistlers Mountain? Get away from technology and play in one of Canada’s biggest and wildest backyards? Jasper National Park established in 1907 is the place for you to visit if this is for you. Jasper National Park has lots of stuff to offer you such as camping, fishing, biking, tours and much more. Jasper National Park got 2,337,730 visitors in 2016 and for the past 2 years, the amount of visitors increased by 20%. The park…

Once Jenny got her coffee she waited for her brother. Ten minutes behind, as usual. Jenny was people watching, as she does in the city, when an old stagecoach showed up. The red color of it surprised Jenny, the wooden wheels creaking as it stopped. The driver pet the two horses carrying it and waited for the passenger to get out. They must be doing tours of the city in the coaches now, interesting. Jenny thought. Caught up in her thoughts, she forgot about her coffee. She took a sip, her tongue…

BC 290 Vacation Essay It’s been 4 years since I left the city of Cambridge to go on vacation to Mississauga Canada to visit my grandmother and family. Since then I’ve been working throughout the summers and the rest of the year so I haven’t had time to go on a vacation. Nevertheless, I did have an interesting vacation experience a few years back that I’ll remember forever. It was the winter of 2013 and fellow classmates and I from Middlesex Community College climbed Mount Monadnock in New…

Even though I had gotten a cab, I didn’t want to waste Phoebe’s Christmas dough like that. I love her so goddam much, it kills me. So that’s why I was here walking the rest of the way. Fresh air is always good for clearing my head, so it wasn’t too bad. I changed my route just a bit so I could walk through the park. It always gives me this sense of comfort. It just reminds me of the times I actually had fun. I thought about what Phoebe said, how I don’t even like anything a goddam lot. She sort…