North Carolina counties

Substantially, one of the most emphasized treaties to remove the Indians was the Treaty of Doak’s Stand in 1820. The Treaty of Doak’s Stand ceded approximately 5,000,000 acre of the Indians’ territories, which now makes up Washington County, Bolivar, Coahoma, Tunica County, Issaquena and Sunflower. By 1850s, white settlements had made their moves and the Mississippi Delta became the most productive area in Mississippi. However, by January 1866 after the Civil War, slavery came to an end leaving…

Vail, Colorado, one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Also, one of my favorite places to travel. I always get so excited to go to there with my dad’s side of my family. My dad is one out of seven children of Grandma and Grandpa Clawson and they have over 40 grand children. With this big of family, we obviously have such a fun time together no matter what type of vacation it is. Almost everything about Vail is amazing. I love waking up to the smell of camp fire or just beautiful mountain…

These are the very lines from which the title of novel ‘The Sound and The Fury’ has been taken. These lines, from Macbeth of Shakespeare, are very much suitable for the story of Faulkner’s this novel. It has been claimed by many critics that the story reflects multiple aspects of Southern society of America in twentieth century. It puts light on almost all the aspects of a society i.e. religious dogmas, traditional values, cultural disintegration, liberalism and freedom of women in the society,…

This is so remarkable because Faulkner at a young age never graduated from high school, never received a college degree, living in a small town in the poorest state in the nation. He wrote a series of novels all set in the same small southern county novels which include As I Lay Dying. (Kovesdy Joe) In As I Lay Dying, fifteen characters—most of them with the last name Bundren—take turns narrating the story in streams of consciousness. It all happens over the course of fifty-nine, sometimes…

Long ago, Native Americans were a threat to caucasian settlers in the new America. In the realistic fiction novel, White Indian, by Donald Clayton Porter, he tells the story of the Seneca tribe. At the time, the Seneca was a powerhouse of a nation, raiding any town in their way, slaughtering innocent people. The leader of the Seneca, Ghonka, also known as The Great Sachem, was not one to be messed with. While invading a settlers town, Ghonka was raiding a specific house, about to kill everyone…

A tall man waves vigorously at the Cessna plane taking off at the Turner County airport. It’s not a wave good-bye. Well, then again it sort of is a way good-bye. You can’t see the big man’s eyes because he’s got sunglasses on as he watches the plane soar off. But, you know what those shades are hiding. The tall man in sunglasses is watching a lifelong dream happen as the plane disappears from sight. The airplane trip, piloted by Jay Leatherwood, is a ride sponsored by the Ashburn Pilot’s…

Imagine living in 1864 during the marine crusade of Jefferson. At that time, the South and the North were faced with conflict, fighting in a war that caused separation and destruction all over the country. In a small town of Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, there is an old woman named Emily Grierson who manages to make her life a larger conflict than the wars going on around her. This character, created by William Faulkner in “A Rose for Emily”, represents in large part, the affects that come…

It was a sunny, melting hot day where stepping outside felt like walking into a dessert with no ed. But it was my last day so I had to make the best of it. I got ready and drove to pick up my boyfriend and spend some time with him before we said our goodbyes. Driving felt eternal, like I would never get to his house and that time would fly bye. When I First saw him we locked eyes and knew that it would be and emotional day. Driving back home was the most fun we had ever had. We enjoyed every…

Almost everyone, especially children, absolutely loves visiting the zoo. It is cost friendly compared to paying to see animals in the wild. People get to catch a glimpse of the exotic animals that he or she can only see on TV documentaries, or maybe dreamt of when their parents read them stories like The Jungle Book as a child. People’s eyes fill with excitement when they get to go see the lions, tigers, and bears. However, the animals are less than enthused. While I think that zoos are…

Niagara region in 1786 many from New Jersey in Sussex County, the same county in which Hannah was born. As Quaker’s they disavowed anything to do with violence and hence took no active part in the Revolutionary War. This stance of neutrality had members suffer double taxation and the loss of some civil rights – and not just during the war, for many sanctions continued after the war as well. Many Friends could see the advantage of moving north and, not only did so many do so, the Quakers helped…