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St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of French-Canadian descent. In 1822, he was one of the first St. Louis traders to embark on the newly opened Santa Fe Trail. In 1824–25, he took part in a fur-trading expedition from Fort Atkinson, near present-day Omaha, to the Green River in what is now northern Utah. Robidoux then took the fur trade to New Mexico. In 1828, he married into a prominent New Mexico family and settled in Taos, where he became known as the "first fur trader out of Taos." Also in…

and got many things right however there were also some downsides. THINGS THE MOVIE GOT RIGHT During the real battle, the plan was for the Ranger companies (first wave) to take over Pointe-du-Hoc to retrieve the higher ground. The soldiers stormed Omaha beach where the horrors of war began. The movie really emphases this and Steven Spielberg does a great job of portraying the general feelings of the soldiers, unlike most brave-hearted war depictions. “one of the most harrowing combat sequences…

After World War two began, Germany was on mission to conquer Europe. Germany Invaded and occupied France, early in the month of May, 1940. The United States was dragged into the war by the Japanese at Pearl harbor, on December 7,1941, by 1942 the British were already thinking about a invasion across the English channel. With great planing, and difficulties from many generals and intelligence agencies D-day came about. D-Day, June 6, 1944. United the Departments of, Army, Air Force, and Navy, of…

Meghan McCain, daughter of former presidential candidate and Senator John McCain stated, “This is the worst election ever” (Hensch 1). Alan Abramowitz a PhD and a political scientist at Emory University says, “A lot of voters are angry. Very angry” (1). Polls of Americans show that an upward of sixty-two percent of citizens think that the country is on the wrong track. People are mad at the political system. They want to see major change. The voters are tired of hearing a new candidate preach…

Amendment, which also include internet pornography. Some call it 'social harm” ( like: http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2013/10/10998/), the others do not see anything wrong with it ( like: backpage). When we go to their website, and choosing NE-Omaha: we have adults section, with the rubrics…

country. In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed a paper that would forever bring our country together. The Pacific Railroad act allowed the Central Pacific Railroad to build east from Sacramento and the Union Pacific Railroad to build west from Omaha. In doing this the westward expansion was greatly accelerated. Although the railroad was a huge improvement for the settlers and the industries, Native Americans were dealt the short end of the stick. The Trans Continental Railroad was able to…

nice girl either. Park just like Eleanor is also an outcast. He loves to read comics and listen to music. He’s given up on trying to blend in with the crowd. With his jet black hair and green eyes he definitely doesn’t look like anyone else in Omaha. Parks mother aka Mindy is a straight up Korean beautician. She’s tiny and very…

Malcolm X’s purpose was to fight for the rights of black people and enable to free them from indicted white America where the white society is dominant. The mainly white society often view Malcolm and other black people as something less than a human. He mentions, “[b]ut I am spending many hours because the full story is the best that I know to have seen, and understood, that I had sunk to the very bottom of the white man’s society” (153). Malcolm’s desire to correct the views on African…

In this time, white people were super against the blacks that even polices and the people that are supposed to protect people from getting hurt were taking sides and being unfair. The tension started to rise when World War I ended in the late 1918s. At this time African Americans were migrating from the South to the cities in the North. When the war ended thousands of servicemen had arrived to see that warehouses and mills had been full of African Americans, because of this the white people…

celebrate this special day. Even my cousins from Louisiana were there. I saw the broad smiles on the faces of my family. I knew it was going to be a good weekend. The large room that the reception was in was located at my grandparent’s church in Omaha. The Saturday morning of the reception, we all scrambled to set up round tables covered with white tablecloths. They were decorated with fresh, light blue and white flowers as a centerpiece. It was a perfect match to their wedding colors. Two,…