Antoine Robidoux was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of French-Canadian descent. In 1822, he was one of the first St. Louis traders to embark on the newly opened Santa Fe Trail. In 1824–25, he took part in a fur-trading expedition from Fort Atkinson, near present-day Omaha, to the Green River in what is now northern Utah. Robidoux then took the fur trade to New Mexico. In 1828, he married into a prominent New Mexico family and settled in Taos, where he became known as the "first fur…
Is the Hayward Fault line moving the earth’s surface, and if so where is the evidence to prove it? There are various methods to prove that the Hayward Fault is creeping, and the evidence is viewable such as offset curbsides, building that are being torn apart, and cracks in the earth’s surface. The Hayward Fault is a strike-slip fault meaning it moves up, and down, thus giving us multiple locations in which the surface is affected. There are five different locations that I chose on the Hayward…
for his work in "King of Hearts," based on Phillippe de Broca's cult film classic. In the role of the Painter, Chuck recreated the entire set each night in front of a live audience. After an art residency at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, he moved to San Diego in 1992 to work for DawnSignPress as an in-house artist, and painted a number of new Deaf-related works, culminating in the book, "Chuck Baird, 35 Plates." Baird went back to Kansas City in 1993 to establish a painting and…
current occupation. His college coach, Steve Costanzo, helped him decide that he wanted to be a coach and he even helped Ben get his first head coaching job. After multiple coaching jobs he found his way back to his home town of Fremont. When he is not up in the Fremont High wrestling room, he is teaching psychology. “Psychology definitely helps with coaching, especially when it comes to motivational psychology and understanding that the mind can be your greatest ally or your greatest…
After reading "the kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, the story connects well with the situation that refugees go through during immigration to the United States. Even though it's a fiction novel it connects with the main events from it being to health problems to settlement similarities. Overall the book clearly shows with the struggles of afghan immigration to the United States. During immigration afghans had certain ways they wanted things to be when relocating and only few could relocate.…
Thomas J. DiLorenzo’s book, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, is about unveiling the side of President Lincoln that is not told in today’s history books and is overlooked by the monumental Lincoln legend. DiLorenzo’s book exposes the myths that made the Civil War seem vague. DiLorenzo is an American economics professor at Loyola University Maryland Sellinger School of Business. He has written many other books regarding mostly history subjects.…
fighting, Grant’s casualties stood at 60,000—almost the size of Lee’s entire army—while Lee had lost 25,000 men. General William T. Sherman entered Atlanta, seizing Georgia’s main railroad center. The Election of 1864 Republicans nominated John C. Fremont on a platform calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, federal protection of the freed people’s rights, and confiscation of the land of leading Confederates. The Democratic candidate for president was General George B.…
The increase of sectionalism was an important act formed by the events following the Mexican-American War by causing states to secede, transportation developments, and eventually leading to the start of America’s bloodiest battle, the Civil War. These events led to how America is viewed by people today and what our state’s rights are and will be. By the end of the Mexican-American War, America had gained rights over California and many southern states. Prior to the Mexican-American War,…
Party was collapsing, and many Whigs, as well as northern Democrats, opposed the extension of slavery. The Republican Party represented this anti-slavery view and thus gained followers rapidly. The party's first Presidential candidate was John C. Fremont, who ran unsuccessfully in 1856 although he carried eleven northern states. When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the first Republican president in 1860, he saw the U.S. through the Civil War. From Lincoln's victory in 1860 until 1928, the…
With Kit's considerable amount of knowledge of hunting and cooking skills from living on the frontier, he proved himself to be a valuable member of the expedition team despite his age and his height. Even though Carson was 5' 7", he was considered small compared to the men he lived with. As more and more time passed, Carson, too, became just as skilled in beaver trapping as the others, and he established himself as aggressive and efficient when fighting people who meant harm. His fighting skills…