Missouri Pacific Railroad

man named Asa Whitney had a vision to connect the East and West Coast together with a railroad (Carvantes 4). He saw the great potential of a railroad stretching across America seeing how it could allow people and resources to travel across the country in a safe and reliable form of transportation. His vision would come to be realized with the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. Construction of the railroad first began in 1863 and was a very long and expensive process costing up to $96…

Thomas Clark Durant tricked Congress into passing the Pacific Railway Act, which gave the Union Pacific Railroad company 10 square miles of land for every mile of track it laid (Credit Mobilier Scandal). Two years later, Durant and his associates formed Credit Mobilier of America which carried out the Union Pacific’s track construction. Credit Mobilier charged the Union Pacific twice as much that the later estimated for Congress. The Union Pacific was driven into debt, and the government…

Alternate Ending Zach Bingham The Hunted is a sequel to The Living and in The Living a boy named Shy took a summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he'll rake in tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. But then while on the cruise liner everything changes when the Big One hits. Shy is left at sea for weeks then a one of the biggest earthquakes to hit California strikes and his life is changed forever. The earthquake…

believed that, “The Presidents army to make war upon the people of the seceded states.” Knowing that Jackson intended to take his state of Missouri out of the Union, General Nathaniel Lyon took action to prevent this. The first thing that General Lyon did was that he chased Jackson and his band of Missouri State Guards out of Jefferson city, the capital of Missouri. When Lyon entered the capital, he found that the city was nearly abandoned. After he took the confederate flag off of the capital…

mystery. At the young age of twelve she was captured by and enemy tribe, Hidatsa. After her capturing she was sold to a french Canadian trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau, who forced her to be one of his wives. Sacagawea and her husband lived in the upper Missouri river area, also known as present day…

When the racial incidents of the University of Missouri System made it to the national headlines it looked like the banner of racism was back, the incident reminded us that racial inequality was a serious issue in the United States, a topic many have forgotten. To myself and many others, the civil right movements in the 60s and the 70s seemed to have “solved” the problem of racial segregation, but in truth as we all see today, that was not the case. The discussion of racial topics was often…

Brian Robeson is an intellectual person. He had dramatic and traumatizing experiences in the wilderness. He gained intelligence, courage, and confidence during these experiences. He learned information that an average person wouldn’t know. He knows what to do in a time of trouble. He is not afraid to do the right thing. He knowns that plans are going to work out. Brian is a very intelligent person. When Brian and Derek first arrived Brian knew it was going to rain in six and a half hours just…

Josephine baker was born on June 3,1906 in St.Louis, missouri and died April 12,1975. Josephine was a spy in world war II which was very helpful to france. Josephine was a dancer, singer and a spy. In the 1950s and 60s she was fighting segregation and racism in the united states but still focused on her career. After her career with dancing was going well she adopted 12 children called the rainbow tribe. Today i am going to take you through a journey of josephine’s life and accomplishment.…

Walter Dean Myers born August 12, 1937, in Martinsburg, WV And Died July 1, 2014, Manhattan, New York City, NY. Walter Dean Myer Was a good man that started out struggling in life. Walter Dean Myers was about Two years old when his mother died and then Walter Dean Myers was inexplicably Given to Florence and Herbert Dean. Walter dean Myers was raised in Harlem by Herbert. Herbert and Florence loved Walter Dean Myers a lot and Walter Dean Myers Knew that Harlem was not his true home but grew…

Kameron Morris Survey of Late U.S. History March 28, 2017 Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan. Charles first became famous when he completed a non-stop trip from New York to Paris, France by himself. Charles’s life was in the spotlight for most his life after that. However, this fame not only bought Charles a lot positive publicity, but also a lot of negative publicity as well. This fame strongly influenced his life and the American’s response to individualistic…