Mormon Trail

Intro The San Antonio Spurs will face off against the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semi-finals in a battle for Texas. If you told me we would get a James Harden vs. Kawhi Leonard matchup in the second round, I’d gladly accept it. Two of the top five MVP candidates will go head to head, in what should be a great and entertaining series. If the regular season is any indication, then this series will be extremely close and go down to the wire. All four of their regular season games…

The controversy surrounding Lavar Ball Lonzo Ball is a professional basketball player that plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2017 NBA draft, the Lakers selected him with the second overall pick. When he was playing basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he made a lot of headlines because he was seen as a player that could be a superstar in the NBA. But the person that started to get the most attention was his dad, Lavar Ball. People started paying attention to…

Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved the Adirondacks. My family has a house up there, right next to our grandparents, where we spend a number of weeks every summer. For the last five years we have stayed in our house, before that up the hill in the larger one. The houses are right outside of Keene Valley, a town of less than a thousand people, nestled in the heart of the High Peaks, the region so named because it is home to all of the tallest mountains in the park. The mountains are incredibly…

The clock struck midnight. Four of my closest friends piled into the back seat of my car and convinced me to drive them to an all-night party. Reluctantly, I slumped into the driver’s seat and began to drive. All my life, I dreaded a night like this, and tried to avoid it at all costs. After all, I loathed making decisions that made people think differently of me. Knowing the tough choice I would have to make later that night, and trying to ignore the mess of thoughts that tormented me, I turned…

Throughout the world various cultures have excelled in particular sports. However, despite this wide array of sporting cultures some athletes prove to be particularly amazing. Throughout The Sports Gene we encountered athletes like Donald Thomas, sled dog, and to an extent basketball players. However, athletes like Dan McLaughlin, Jim Ryun, and Dominican baseball players seemed to be the product of arduous practice and their environment. Both of these factors allow devoted athletes to reach…

Call of the Wild The Alaskan forests can be harsh. That is where the book Call of the Wild takes place. Call of the Wild would be a good book to try out because of a nice challenge in the writing, good life lessons being taught, and it also had relatable characters. Some people may argue that the plot is too simple, with too difficult phrasing, maybe how there are too many lessons, and not enough entertainment, and too many characters, but not all readers may think that. Call of the Wild is…

In America every year, thousands gather in Alaska, to watch the greatest dog sled race in the world. 100 mushers start at the starting line in Anchorage, Alaska, and travel thousands of miles, to the finish line is Nome, Alaska. They are put out with many challenges along the way. Frost bite, below freezing temperatures, etc. etc. But somehow they all have a goal, the goal of being an idol to someone. To show people and kids, that it’s okay to go out there, when the chances are slim of surviving…

“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln Located at the end of County Line Road, near Alfalfa, Oregon, the large sign at the entrance served as a notice that I was entering the Oregon Badlands Wilderness. Exploring the wilderness areas in Central Oregon and absorbing the seclusion they offer is invigorating. Beyond the dirt parking lot at the trailhead a gravel road continued into the federally protected wilderness area. Designated…

because of the great motivation they had and the astonishing benefits that awaited them, of owning beautiful land. The only way pioneers were able to expand west was because of the trails created by explorers. In order to help make traveling west achievable for pioneers, the Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and Mormon Trail were created. Therefore, in the early 1800s, many pioneers flourished expanding west, regardless of challenges and hardships, due to their ambition and hope of the great rewards…

The Mormons however searched fearlessly for religious freedom. The mormons started in New York 1830 Joseph Smith lead the Mormons in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Later, He decided to move west, astonishingly he convinced over a thousand Mormons to come with. They settled in Ohio and Missouri. Soon they had to leave, people from other religions attacked and robbed them. They quickly moved to Nauvoo Illinois. People in Nauvoo, Illinois that weren’t Mormons believed they…