Pike's Peak Gold Rush

There was a plane crash and a teenage boy survived it, but now he has to figure out can he survive his first winter in the wildernest. In the book Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen, a boy that used to be in the city has to survive the winter in a forest in Canada. Brian has to learn different ways to hunt to keep him alive even though he does not like killing animals. Brian has to use everything around him to stay alive in a very cold winter. It is a good thing Brian is intelligent. Brian…

as seems to happen so often in history, prejudice and greed once again raised its ugly voice. As a result, the hardworking and once admired men became the “enemy” of men who felt the color of their skin madethem superior and more entitled. If the Gold Rush never happened, the harsh and unfair pressure of racism may not have oppressed the hard working Chinese immigrants and condemned so many of them to a harsh life of poverty and ill…

Have you ever wanted something but it was just too difficult to get to? Well when the gold rush was around the people or stampeders were all trying to get rich quick by finding gold. In the article “Klondike Gold Rush” and the passage from A Woman Who Went to Alaska and in the video “City Of Gold,” all talk about the gold rush and how people dropped everything just to try and get rich quickly. The passage, article, and the video all talk about how people dropped their normal life just to try and…

Survival in an extreme environment may be hopeless, but Keesh from “The Story of Keesh” and Pi from “Life of Pi” had the will, courage, and good thinking to survive the extreme environment they were put in. Keesh was able to survive in that extreme cold for 13 years. He was also able to kill bears not just with his strength, but with his brain. Pi was also able to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger on his boat. Pi used his brain to think about where there could be food and…

The Man in "To Build a Fire" By Jack London The main character in the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London is referred to as the man. The man is a chechaquo, which means newcomer. The story describes his travels through extreme weather. As the man walks he has two accidents. He falls through the ice and gets his feet wet. Then, he makes a fire under a tree that is covered in snow. The snow melts and falls in a plop onto his fire putting it out. The weather is extremely cold and…

The pioneers in the gold rush used tools to find gold better. I am going to tell you about them. The most common tool for mining was the pan. You won’t find as much gold as using a pickaxe, but it is the easiest method of mining. Also in the gold rush if you didn’t clean your pan when you go to bed you would end up with a rusty mess the next day. This a gold pan used now with plastic instead of metal. You could also use a cradle or a lomtom. A cradle would find more gold than a pan, but it…

In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London tells of a man and a dog who take a treacherous journey through Yukon, Alaska. In the story the man and the dog attempt to travel while the weather is fifty degrees below zero. The dog accompanies the man on his trip back to the camp of which he is staying at. The man and the dog must adapt to the weather, their limited amount of food, and a lack of a heat source just like we have to adapt to certain situations in sports, conflicting cultures, and…

“The last tie was broken. Man and the claims of man no longer bound him” (London 106 ). In the story “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London, a dog named Buck a ruler of a demesne in the Santa Clara Valley, California with his beloved owner Judge Miller. One walk with a trusted man is all it took for a dognapping to happen to this king. Buck a scared dog without idea of what's in his future. The struggle for mastery is real. The Yukon, a frosted snow globe with one thing that Buck has never…

For example, they both save their masters from death, Buck saves John Thorton from drowning, and White Fang saves Jack Conroy when the gold mine caves in and they strike gold. Another example is that both dogs become free after their troubles and hardships.. One example of how they are different is that Buck joins a wolf pack and runs away after his master was killed, but White Fang is set free by Jack…

In the Spring of 1849, gold was discovered in John Sutter’s saw mill. Samuel Brannan ran through the streets of San Francisco, yelling to all about the news. “Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!” The news spread quickly around California, and in just three days, the population of San Francisco went from 250 to 600. By the Spring of 1849, the news of gold had spread to every part of the United States by boat, wagon, and mule. When the people's wildest dreams were confirmed by President Polk…