Laramie

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…

Do you ever worry if your family will have access to clean drinking water tomorrow? If your mother or father’s final resting place will be bulldozed, excavated, and defiled? These hypothetical questions posed to you are the realities of the Standing Rock Sioux Native American Tribe right now. The Dakota Access Pipeline debate as to whether or not it should be relocated from the Sioux Native American reservation is presently taking place due to its construction being merely half of a mile…

Westward expansion is an integral part of the American story. It brought enormous economic output, and new political ideas. But not all were winners during the expansion, the First Nations Peoples were slaughtered and removed from their tribal homelands. The following will describe the expansion of the United States from before the Revolutionary war until the Civil War. The journey of explaining western expansion can only begin with the Revolutionary War and its conclusion. Before the…

After six weeks of fighting with many casualties on both sides, the then governor of Minnesota, Henry Sibley led a final onslaught against the Dakota Indians. The Dakota warriors were subdued and captured; about three hundred and three Sioux warriors were tried and sentenced to murder for their involvement in the war. Out of the number, thirty-eight of the warriors were publicly executed on December 29, 1962; the rest was commuted to various life sentences by Abraham Lincoln, who was the…

As more Americans moved West through the Homestead Act, less farmable land was available. Although this didn’t stop people from expanding west, people also began to expand to other territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. To expand, Americans thought mainly about themselves took control over of natives who already lived there. The goals of imperialism were fueled by self-interest economy, religion, politics and exploration. To begin with, the idea of Manifest Destiny inspired Americans to move…

Imagine a country that believes its expansion across the continent is divinely justified. A belief that disregards the people who live on the other side of the continent. A notion that led to the genocide, broken treaties, and rights of many indigenous people and Mexicans. The Mexican-American War, fought between 1846 and 1848, was a conflict over land between the United States and Mexico. The war started because the United States took over Texas, which used to be part of Mexico. The United…

The harkness discussion covered all main issues that was connected to the play. The topic I was most passionate about was the decision made on the death penalty. The question asked if the penalty would be a justifiable consequences for this kind of crime. Which in my opinion it could be. During the harkness discussion, I observed opinions from others stating that “everyone needs/deserves a second chance”. But that got me thinking, what if this kind of crime happened to your friend, family…

Emily chooses justice. I believe that both of them are correct. Justice is a byproduct of order, so without order there cannot be justice. One cannot exist without the other. However, if we look at Emily from Disgraced and Romaine Patterson from The Laramie Project they have two separate views on Justice Verses Order. Justice is defined as, “fairness in protection of rights and punishment of wrongs. While all legal systems aim to uphold this ideal through fair and proper administration of the…

of Wyoming is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains and is ideal for a wide range of outdoor sports ranging from skiing (downhill and cross country) and snowshoeing in the winter to camping, fishing, rock climbing, and cycling in the summer. Laramie is a town of about 32,000 people. The community provides both the milieu of the University with approximately 13,000 students and a distinctive identity as an important city in a frontier state. The larger cities of Colorado's Front Range such…

Around 10,000 years ago, the plains peoples were nomadic hunters that lived in the plains region of Canada. They would hunt deer, moose, and elk for food, however buffalo was what they mainly ate due to how plentiful it was. In 1497, John Cabot discovered Canada while looking for a route to Asia. This discovery attracted English, French, Spanish and Portuguese fishermen who opened up new cod fishing and whaling grounds off the east coast. In 1534 and 1535, Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, was…