Pike's Peak Gold Rush

The death and way of life of the iceman is still a mystery to us historian, but we have a few possible theory's of "where he was going?", "where he was coming from?", "how he died?", "why he was in the alps along the Austro-Italian border?". The iceman was going to go fight a war between two societies, including his own, fighting for land. Neither society knew the other existed until they ventured out beyond the village borders. The iceman was living in a house made of wooden logs, mud, sticks,…

The story of Old Yeller has been a timely classic for decades, touching the hearts of every reader who picks up the book. It is a classic tale of the relationship between a boy and his dog, sharing the challenges and difficulties they had to endure and the tragic death of the dog when it gets infected by a disease spreading across the town called hydrophobia. Although Old Yeller was a meat stealing thief that showed up uninvited to the family’s farm, they all learned to the love the big yellow…

Buck is the main character in The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Buck lived on the land of Judge Miller in Santa Clara Valley, California. He has lived all four years of his life here. He is the son of Elmo, a large St. Bernard and Shep, a Scotch shepherd dog. Buck is strong, loyal, kind, and independent. Buck escorts the Judge's daughters on long walks, goes swimming or hunting with the Judge's sons, or plays with the Judge's grandsons. Because of this he is not considered just an ordinary…

I chose my states location based off a place I think has a lot of natural beauty and also a lot of history. I broke down the questions given to me and also added in some of my own, I answered them all individually to try and illustrate the full functionality of my conceptual state and its capitol. To give a general idea of where my state is located, it is on the west coast and is the northern part of California and also includes the southern portion of Oregon. I have included a map with the…

Ordeal by Hunger, written by George R. Stewart, expediently illustrates the extreme conditions that the Donner Party had to endure in order to survive and conquer the drastic expedition that was embedded with adversity and death. It (the novel) tells the tale of the ill-fated pioneers while simultaneously epitomizing the great lengths that some will go to, and the sacrifices some will have to make, at the mercy of survival. Stewart was an American historian, and an English Professor (among many…

book “ the call of the wild “ because its about a dog named buck he gets stolen form a place called Judge miller's place in Santa Clara Valley. Well the gardener takes him because he thinks he can get a lot of money for Buck because there is a gold rush. So he can pull dog sleds and then he sales him and this guy in a red sweater. Has a club and has to beat him so he can obey him but Buck thinks he is just being mean My opinion is he is but any ways he breaks his spirit. I liked the…

Digging, digging, and digging until a shiny yellow substance comes out of the ground which everybody will fight for.It is 1848 a man by the name of sutter finds a flake of gold by his farm in california and that sparks a revolution of people from all over the world trying to get to California.During the Califorina gold rush 49ers stayed on rotting terrible ships for long periods of time, had harsh rides across country, and lost all of their fortunes. “a sea journey could be shortened by…

In Jack London’s « To Build a Fire », the reoccurring theme of survival in the wilderness is developed through the man’s responsibility of his own fate by making instinctive decisions and by underestimating nature’s power. When the man starts his journey, he makes INSTINCITIVE DECISIONS to travel light through the cold Yukon weather. The man plans to travel a nine hour trip with only his dog, to which he has no relationship with, light clothing, and biscuits. “That man from Sulphur Creek had…

Mr. Shufelt was giving his speech, the gold rush was just starting to happen. Sutter’s Mill and the gold rush is located in Coloma, California. Sutter’s sawmill is a machine that runs gravel and water through it. After it flushes through all of the gravel they check to see if there is any gold buried underneath the gravel and water. Sutter’s Mill played an integral part in moving American people westward because the location was remarkable and the gold attracted many people, and soon many of…

CANIFORNIA GOLD RUSH The California Gold Rush was during the Westward Expansion. It had caused people to move west. James Wilson Marshall was the person who started the gold rush. The discovery was at suttersmill on January 24, 1848 James Wilson Marshall, is a carpenter originally from New Jersey. He found flakes of gold in the American river at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Coloma, California. The Gold Rush had impacted California. For example, the gold rush was the largest…