Louisiana Superdome

I have recently experienced Hurricane Harvey. I learned that we had a hurricane heading for us the wednesday before it hit on friday. I was at fish camp as a counselor for my school. We ended up having to cut it short so we could get back to our houses before the hurricane hit on friday. That friday and saturday I could have never imagined what would happen in the following days. The hurricane would not move away from us. We were pummeled with rain. My street was filling up then draining…

Our county commission is very important to Braxton County. Without the commission we wouldn’t have a lot of things. Including, a budget, 911 services, local sports complexes, a lot of things. This is what our county commission does for us. Life wouldn’t be the same without them. Our commission is made up of four members, that get paid. These members ultimately make decisions surrounding our county. They handle the budget and payment of officials such as paramedics. They introduce attractions…

Robert De La Salle By Alynna Medina My French explorer is Robert de la salle. Robert’s whole name is Rene Robert Cavelier Ssieur de la Ssalle. L,la salle was born in Rouen, France on November 22, 1643. La Ssalle was murdered by Pierre Duhant on March 19,1687 in present day Huntsville, Texas. Robert de la Ssalle was best known for leading an expedition down the Mississippi Rriver, claiming the region for France.…

multi-cultural frontier. According to the purchase agreement in 1803, the inhabitants were given "all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens" -- and in the meantime were protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion (the Louisiana Purchase). Indians at the time were ignored citizenship. The westward migration was destroying native life and culture. Protestant missionaries urged Indians to adopt European American religious and social practices. There was this…

Louisiana Purchase International relations is driven by many things with those things being theories, these theories then for the international events that in turn formed the modern state system that is in place today. The Louisiana Purchase was an even that occurred mainly between France and The United States with some relations with Spain. The Louisiana Purchase and the realist point of view it was completed from was one of the many events that helped formed today’s modern state system. The…

When William C. C. Claiborne was appointed as the governor of the Territory of Orleans of Louisiana in 1804, he had quite the resume. He had previously served as a member of Tennessee’s House of Representatives, as a judge of Tennessee’s Supreme Court, and as a governor of the Mississippi Territory. Claiborne can, therefore, be referred to as a Founding Father of the states of Louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Claiborne had met and befriended the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson,…

Thomas Jefferson’s controversial decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was a major event in American History. The land was conquered by France at the time after it was signed over to them by Spain and they were making plans of having a French empire in North America. These plans were soon to take less of importance by the fact that France had been fighting to try and regain power of their valuable colony of Saint Domingue. Around the same time the American government had been…

miles of land was known to be the Louisiana Purchase. While the Republicans approved of the purchase, Jefferson hesitated because there was no provision in the Constitution for adding new territory received from foreign countries. Regardless of his strict interpretation of the Constitution, Jefferson instead followed Federalist views by accepting a loose interpretation of the Constitution, which allowed him to complete the deal with France. However, the Louisiana Purchase raised objections from…

Andres Flores Professor Kazel Morgan Engl. 2328.002 33762 Oct. 13, 2017 X pages Huckleberry Finn The Mighty and Mysterious Mississippi The mighty Mississippi River in the 1800’s was the life’s blood of the nation. As a fast growing agricultural and industrial nation; trade moved from North to South and back again. Along its banks, cities, towns, and villages sprang up. Our story begins on the banks of the Mississippi in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The Mississippi…

During the expedition, Lewis and Clark found valuable resources such as the Missouri River, the most dependable water communication route for the United States and made good relationships with some of the Native American tribes that lived in the Louisiana territories. Overall the journey was a success. After the expedition, Jefferson gave Lewis the title of Governor of the Louisianan…