Creek

expansive and raucous city of its very own. Yes, the hospitable community of Julington Creek is gone forever, instead being exchanged for the bustling city life. My home, Julington Creek, is now a vastly different area than it was when I first moved to Florida, it is growing at an uncontrollable rate, loosing sizable plots of wooded land, and has lost its true identity as a community. When I first moved to Julington Creek, the last homes were finishing construction and the first families were…

town being on the top of the world it was hit hard when the production of gold decreased in the 1940’s. Cripple Creek was able to survive and become a great tourist attractions due to the legalization of gambling in 1991. Now, it’s surprising to see how Cripple Creek was able to survive as long as it did. The main reason why a town can survive is due to its faithful community. Cripple creek has a calming view and members of the community that have their heart imbedded into the town itself. Now…

In the story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, Ambrose Bierce tells a story about a man named Peyton Farquhar and his tragic death. Personally I do feel some sympathy for Peyton for what happened but is was no one else’s fault but his own that he ended up hanging from a noose. I do not feel as bad because Peyton was warned about the soldiers and that any trespassers would be hung before attempting to approach the Owl Creek Bridge. I think he thought he was going to be able to get away with…

Creek Tribe I am talking about the Creek Tribe. I was fascinated that an ancient Indian tribe, the Creek Indians still live in America. The Creeks live in a warm climate near rivers and this affected their clothes, food and protection. I am finding out about how their location influenced their way of life. The Creek’s location, climate, food and clothing. The location of the Creek tribe is near the Mississippi River…

banks of Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado Territory. That day, more than 150 Cheyennes and Arapahoes, the vast majority of them being women, children, and elderly men nominally under U.S. protection, were slaughtered by the Colorado volunteer regiments. Today, I was invited by the National Council on Public History to deliver a presentation on one of the most infamous cases of state-sponsored violence in U.S. history. After finalizing my research on the memorialization of the Sand Creek…

in the Soil Around Tar Creek Sophia R. Hunt Ariel Diaz Salinas Abstract This experiment is being done to understand how heavy metals are distributed in the soils surrounding Tar Creek. Heavy metals have harmful effects on human health, especially in young people. Mine drainage and multi-story high chat piles left behind in the Tri-state mining district contaminate local Oklahoma waterways, including Tar Creek, with elements such as lead and zinc. Using flood maps of Tar Creek to select sites to…

Healthy is the Conodoguinet Creek? What pollutes the Conodoguinet creek? Is the Conodoguinet creek even polluted? Is there even a way to find out if it is even polluted? To figure this out we identified and counted critters that we found in the creek. We also took some Eutrophication tests. The first test taken was an Critter Count. How do you count critters or macroinvertebrates? Does the velocity of the creek affect the number critters? First we went out to the creek grabbed a sample rock.…

Oppression is by definition maltreatment, and in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “Woman Hollering Creek” it is a very prominent subject. The authors’ emphasize on the unjustness the women endure by their husbands, although in quite inverse ways. In Woman Hollering Creek, Cleófilas is neglected and mistreated by her new husband Juan. He severely physically abuses her, however she wants to maintain her lifestyle for the sake of their child and because of the fear. “When the moment came, and he slapped…

Schoharie Creek Bridge Disaster Introduction On April 5, 1987, one of the largest flood on record hit Fort Hunter, New York. More specifically, this flood hit the Schoharie Creek Bridge, a New York State Thruway connecting Albany to New York City. This flood had caused one hundred feet of the bridge to collapse, as cars were crossing the bridge in attempt to escape the storm. As the storm collapsed it immediately took two vehicles with it, and 3 more cars followed. There were ten casualties.…

“Woman Hollering Creek” centers on a young married woman, named Cleófilas and she is the story’s the protagonist. Cleófilas is a Mexican woman goes from living a limited sheltered life in Mexico, to someone who is trapped in her new life in Texas, due to her role as a woman and because of her marriage. In the story "Woman Hollering Creek", it shows the life of a married woman through a character named Cleófilas, the issues of wanting to live in a fantasy. Instead Cleófilas is a character who is…