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maybe time consuming but most likely highly effective plan would to build shoulders on the Mississippi River Bridge allowing the bridge to never have to come to a stop during traffic hour. Maybe even building a new bridge into Baton Rouge, yea that’s time consuming and costly but the economy will improve. Bridges don't come cheap, and the bridge across the Mississippi river probably running from land near the Dow facility on the west bank to someplace near L'Auberge Casino on the east estimated…

The Lincoln Penny To most, the Lincoln penny is just a burden weighing down our pockets. Most people don't even give it a second thought, just one more thing to keep track of. But what people don't know is that the Lincoln penny has gone through numerous changes regarding the design honor and composition. In the early 1900s, the penny had the initials of its original designer, Victor D. Bronner (V.D.B.) Many people complained about the initials. They said it was distracting to the overall…

Arizona. The control of a river has made it easier to farm and farming is a huge part of the economic success the Yuma has. But Yuma hasn't always been a farming phenomenon it needed irrigation to flourish and that took a lot of work and time to become so. Irrigation changed yuma in a lot of different ways whether it be good or bad. For instance when there was a dam made for irrigation purposes, the steamer boat business was affected. The dam was prevented travel up river that is…

We were climbing fast and on our way up to 30 thousand feet, we were climbing over New York city. As of now it was just a normal cold day takeoff. The buildings were flying buy quick and I could see the hudson river in the distance. I thought how cold the water could be down in the river, little did I Know that I would be in that water. It was 3:26 we were climbing out of one thousand feet above the city. It was now 3:27:02, I saw geese I yelled geese to sully and the jet started to thump,…

acquisition of the Louisiana territory in 1803 and Puerto Rico in 1899, we as a country have greatly benefitted. During the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the United States greatly depended on the movement of goods through the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River was, at the time, part of the French territory. Eventually, the French had to cede its territory…

features the mighty Mississippi River. It is the story of a young boy named Huck Finn and the adventures he experienced growing up in Mississippi. The river is central to the unfolding plot and it is also the setting of much of the action throughout the novel. However, there is no doubt the the Mississippi represents much more than just a way to get from place to place for Huck or any of the other characters he and Jim meet along the way. For some, being on the river is a way of life. For Huck…

novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is the story of a young boy and a slave who go on an adventure to freedom. The pair encounter two hustlers who pretend to be brothers of a deceased man; they come across pirates while on the Mississippi River and policemen, looking for the runaway slave, cause Huckleberry to have to think quickly to keep his friend from being captured and taken back to his owner. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a great book that I would recommend to anyone in…

society. In the novel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the plot takes place on the Mississippi River and the shore, where Huck and Jim, a runaway slave, try to escape their past and become free. While on the river, Huck and Jim feel free and can appreciate the peace of nature, so the river represents freedom and demonstrates the purity of nature. When they are on the river, they “feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft”(116). This does not just mean literally with…

RainForest My biome is the rainforest. I chose the rainforest because it seems like a very interesting biome to do my report on. There are many locations for rainforest the ones I found are the amazon rainforest, the rainforest of asia, the central american rainforest, and the australian rainforest. All these rainforest are different some are big and some are small. Although all of these rainforest do have something in common they are all tropical rainforest. The climate of a rainforest…

The Papaschase Land Claim is a battle that is still currently ongoing today. What was it that sparked such a major event? It is events such as the Papaschase Land Claim that show us the flaws in our judicial system, and allow us towards the betterment of society. What is the cost of such a learning curve? It all started when Chief Papaschase and his brother, along with their individual families started moving in the late 1850s. Over the next few years, the band moved through the Lesser…