Death Valley

Mary “Molly” Ludwig Hays McCauley “Pitcher” Molly Pitcher was a patriot who carried pitchers of water back and forth from a stream to some soldiers and also helped with cannon duty. when she died she was honored with an overprint on a United States postage stamp. Molly Pitcher was born Mary Ludwig on October 13, 1754, near Trenton, New Jersey. She was the daughter of a German dairyman, John George Ludwig. She later moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to work as a domestic servant. While living in…

The loss of vital Aztec knowledge is devastating to the cultural history of the Mexico and with proper investigation and speculation, these lost pieces can be put back together. In the lower section of the headdress, an opening was fabricated to fit around the wearer's head. Leather bands were located on the backside of the work and tied around the head to support the headwear securely. Moderately sized azure-tinted quills immediately encompass the opening, forming a half oval design and the…

Meadows, lodging in Yosemite Valley, fishing in the Eastern Sierra and even skiing in the Mammoth Lakes mountain resort. But what any do not know is that all of these attractions were created by one phenomenon, glaciation. On three different occasions during the Great Ice Age era, Yosemite was masked by glacial advances. These specific glaciers “along with stream erosion and mechanical weathering, deepened Yosemite Valley, widened it and produced the extremely steep valley walls” (Glaciers,…

Family: In the short stories “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D.H. Lawrence, the protagonists, Elisa and Mabel, are treated poorly by their families because they are women. In the short story “The Chrysanthemums”, Elisa’s husband, Henry, does not treat her equally and does not treat her like a person. She is just kind of treated like she is Henry’s possession. “‘Good,’ she said. ‘Good for you.’” (Steinbeck 2) This shows that her husband runs the farm…

characters of Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell as they attempt to restructure their organization to accommodate the changes. The power that the Barksdale crew has accumulated through drug sales is often used as a violent force, especially the threat of death, to suppress their the community, but it is also to protect the Barksdale organization from others such as the police force who desire to see it destroyed.…

The mask alludes to death through the slightly parted lips and closed eyes of the figure depicted. Additionally, surrounding the face, there is an elaborate headdress, suggesting the woman held a role of some status or importance. However, the clearest indication of who is…

Campfire, Yosemite Valley, California is a painting by a renowned artist named Thomas Hill. Hill was born on September 11, 1829, in England. When he was fifteen years old, he and his family moved to the United States. After Hill had turned twenty-four, he joined the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was highly recognized for his numerous paintings of the vast California landscape. During the time Hill was a student at the Art Academy, he travels to the White Mountains and Yosemite Valley,…

Four River Valley DBQ Essay Introduction: In the Neolithic time period early human created the four early river valley. The early river valley civilization started in four different geographical area around the world the Nile River Valley which is present-day Egypt, Tigris-Euphrates River Valley which is present-day Iraq, Yellow River Valley which is present day China, Indus River Valley which is present-day India.The reason that people created the civilization is because of the geographical…

Civilizations that were completely different, but yet still had similar characteristics, were the Indus River Valley Civilization and the Nile River Valley Civilization. Each society had developed their own political, social structures, and institutions. The way they advanced was incredible and what they were able to do impacted to the world, even to this day. The Early Society of the Indus Valley Civilization was located in what today is Pakistan, in the year 2500 B.C. Archeologists ponder…

This can vary due to one’s geographic and cultural background. For people of the developing countries this might state the notion that death has an appointed time and none can battle against that, which means that no one can argue against that. However, this might depend on the context of the patient or dying person’s illness, but people of the developed countries think a little differently…