Prairies

The novels of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and My Ántonia the settings portrayed by both authors reflect the strong dominant force over the characters who inhabit that specific geography. The river in Huck Finn, as well as the prairies of Nebraska represent a powerful sustenance to the main characters of the novel. The landscape of the novels in addition, is a depiction of what the American identity really is and how the character deals with it when time begins to change their familiar…

The dust bowl It’s been eighty years since the dust bowl roared across the southern great plains. This massive dust storm blew from 1934 – 1937 forcing millions to flee their homes with most heading west to California This massive, destructive storm was both manmade and a natural disaster. It was caused by the lack of dryland farming to prevent erosion and severe drought. The dust bowl affected these states; Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. The worst storm occurred on…

With the Homestead act, people could claim their own land if they only lived there for five years and payed a small fee. The prairies had good weather in the 1870s, making for easy farming. Many people found farming profitable with the use of mechanized harvesting tools that sped up the process. All of these elements made for cheaper living. With about ten percent of all the government held property up for grabs, even for freed slaves, lots of people took a chance. Most people felt that the…

In the last paragraph Geronimo says “I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures." Helping the reader see how different his life was before the government. He uses a hyperbole to exaggerate what he was saying…

Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. It is also made up of a few provinces in Canada including Alberta and Manitoba. Rainfall is more common in the East than it is in the West of the prairies. Rainfall levels can reach up to 21 inches and go down to 12 inches depending on where you are within the prairie. It's also driest toward the middle/central areas of the prairie and experiences more rainfall and cooler weather towards…

Redwood State and National Park Redwood National and State Parks is one of the world`s most verdant landscapes. They have the most immense trees on Earth. The parks consist of many protected forests, oak woodlands, beaches, rivers, grasslands, prairies, and nearly 40-miles of coastline. How did it begin? Native Americans have lived in the Redwood parks for thousands of years. They grazed and hunted on these lands. Today, the descendants of these people still live on and off the…

Mascouten, and Miami. In the 1830’s when the Indian Removal Act came about, the Illinois Indians were moved from Illinois to Ottawa County, Oklahoma. When the Indians were living in Illinois, the land differed greatly from now. Illinois was full of prairies, marshes, forests, and swamps. The Indians survived…

Industries – agriculture – Agriculture is very important to the economy of the interior plains, as the plains contain much flat land that can be used for raising livestock and growing plants. Some vegetables that are grown include potatoes, wheat, canola, corn, etc……, as well as various livestock such as cattle. In addition, agriculture can sometimes strengthen the tourism industry in the interior plains. For example, bulls used in agriculture are also needed for major events such as the…

finally ready to show the tribe what I can do. Some of the older boys in the tribe took me to another part of the woodlands alongside the Mississippi River because they spotted buffalos. Even though the summers get very hot I like venturing around the prairies. I hope that after today the older men will let me fight with them. If that happens, I will get to wear the war paint and then I will be strong like the other men. I want to sit in on a war council so that I can see the Peace Pipe.…

For this semester I have been reading the book “Too Much of A Good Thing” by Lee Goldman. Lee Goldman is a doctor that studies why we people as a species have been getting so sick. Lee Goldman has noticed that the rate of obesity, diabetes, and other issues has risen during recent times. In the book he explains how the traits that helped our ancestors survive, and become so successful are now making us sick. For example, more people are becoming obese because our ancestors would eat a lot when…