Portage

waves were getting bigger and the men were rowing as hard as they possibly could, the water was cold and some of the men died that night from hypothermia and hunger. The next day the waters calmed and the Brigade along with Pierre arrived at Grand Portage, without a doubt Pierre knew he was going to make it. When they boarded the Port, they went to the market and traded all day with the merchants, and when they had everything they needed to get back it was already night, so they decided to stay…

John Lewis Dubay, a French Canadian is given the honor of first discovering Portage County, Wisconsin. Although full of wilderness, the land was also home to many Native Americans. Dubay spent the winter of 1790 at an Indian village, learning about Portage County and the surrounding areas. Although Native Americans were first upon the land of what soon would become New Jordan, they were few in numbers. The aboriginal culture of Native Americans consists of constant movement, over vast land…

The Exploration of My Education After two months of impatience, the day has finally arrived. All of my waiting has at last paid off. Today is the day when I will be walking through the mysterious doors of Portage High School. As I walk out onto my porch on this warm August morning, I gaze down the street to see a yellow mass hurdling towards me at a dangerous pace. Gradually, it begins to slow down until it is motionless in front of my home. I anxiously board inside to find many others sitting…

be significantly slower than the others and vise versa. After the commotion of pairing people, we set off. I was reading my map carefully as we paddled our way across the lake. I needed to direct everybody to a specific cove where we would have to portage to the next lake. I was confident which cove was correct, however, my youth pastor and our guide started questioning my guidance when I told them where I needed to go.(As it turns out, they were doing this as a test of my skill.) I began to…

Symbolic leaders understand that their message is not “do as I do.” Rather, it is “value what I value - believe what I believe.” (Goslin, 2012) Robin Kvalo is the principal of Portage High School (PHS), a school of 800 students in central Wisconsin. While she has been a principal for over fifteen years in the Portage school district, she has only been at the PHS for four years. Robin takes great pride in her role as principal as a third generation educator in the community. She is very proud…

my mother, her boyfriend, and me. The three perspectives I’ve chosen was My mother , Her boyfriend Alberto , and Me. I'm Destiny and I was 14 years old when the baby shower occurred. I was born in Chicago Illinois and I was currently living in Portage Park when the baby shower happened. My mom raquel was 34 years old when the baby shower occurred. I was really nervous and excited for the baby shower I never thought I would get another sibling for my mother but overall I was really happy…

Q1: Who were the Vikings? http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_vikings.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EArT2VOTA78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5zUK2MKNY Neil Grant. (2015). Investigate and understand the ages of the Vikings. London: Brown Bear Books. A: The Vikings were the people who lived and played a major role in Northern Europe in the middle ages. They first settled in Scandinavia. Scandinavia today is known as the countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The Vikings…

Internship Final Project: Berkshire Hathaway GUARD I completed my internship at Berkshire Hathaway GUARD in the Customer service department. My position is a Customer Service Intern and my responsibilities include: completing RISC panel installs, assisting policyholders with filing new claims, answering providers’ questions about bills and general information, and helping with all other miscellaneous calls between policyholders and other GUARD employees. Not only did I gain skills in these…

The beginning of slavery started in the early 1600’s. The portages traveled to Africa to kidnap and take away slaves for the Americas. They started by buying soldiers for guns and some even sold out their own tribesmen. Men and woman were torn away from their families and most of them never saw them again. Some slaves died in the Middle Passage before they made it to America. Slaves were used in many different ways, some worked in the field, and some worked in the house. Slaves created a huge…

the others headed for the Yellowstone River in the south ("About Lewis & Clark Historic Trail."). On July 3, Lewis and his group left camp, crossing the Continental Divide and descended from the mountains near the Great Falls. He ordered his men to portage the supplies around the waterfalls, while he and three men went off to explore the Maria’s River. The Maria’s River was Blackfeet Indian territory, making it very dangerous. On July 26, eight Blackfeet Indians spotted them. They seemed…