Rocky Balboa

There is a place where you can go. There is a place where the wind whispers wonders Of long ago. There is a place where the Meadowlark still sings. I know this place for long ago... There I walked with... The Ghost of Medicine Crow Shamus curried his horse beneath the huge cottonwood shade tree near his home on the Montana Indian reservation. At 10 years old, Shamus had become a good horseman and responsible owner of his brown quarter horse gelding, Two-Gun. Often…

“How dare you try to hog all the continent!” by Rocky Mountain News, 1866. The transcontinental railroad ran through the continent like a steel horse. The railroad was a massive event that happened in American history, and encounter and exchange occurred in this situation. For Chinese immigrants and Native Americans the transcontinental railroad was a series of tragic encounters. However, the transcontinental railroad allowed goods and services to be exchanged across the United States allowing…

Mountain Men came to exist throughout the 1800’s, but were at their peak between 1830 to 1850 mainly because of the Fur Trade. There was never a large number of mountain men to exist. Who can blame them? Living this sort of lifestyle was never easy; even for those who have acquired the knowledge needed to survive. They faced many obstacles while traveling from place to place such as extreme temperatures, starvation, and attacks from Indians and Grizzly Bears. They played a large role in the fur…

I attended the S.F. Green Film Festival at the Roxie Theater on Friday, April 15th to watch a screening of the documentary film, Jumbo Wild, directed by Nick Waggoner, and it took place mostly at Jumbo Glacier/Valley which is designated as a mountain resort municipality in the East Kootenay region of southeast British Columbia, Canada. It is a massive, breathtaking range of mountain peaks and glaciers that is part of the Purcell Range in the Columbia Mountains located near the edge of Jumbo…

Sami Lenox Dr. Dryer Biology 157 Greater Prairie Chickens Illinois use to be one of the largest states for Prairie Chickens. Prairie chickens didn’t only dominate the Illinois state but reached out into the entire Midwest, States in this premotor included Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming. Midwest flourished in these creatures. Illinois use to be top contender, with nearly 20 million acres of birds. Boomers (also known as prairies chickens) are a slight larger…

The Transcontinental railroad could be defined as the most epic change in America in the 19th century. The railroad played a very important role in westward expansion and on the growth and development of the American economy, however, the railroad might not have been constructed if it weren’t for the generosity of the federal government. The federal government provided land grants and financial aids to railroad companies to guarantee the construction. The transcontinental railroad contributed to…

Sonora Gillespie Dr. Michael Perri History 1302 6 May 2015 Transformation of the Nation The transcontinental railroad network transformed post-Civil War America into a booming industry. The nation was finally physically bound from coast to coast. The railroad touched numerous phases of American life. It became America’s largest business. It employed thousands of people and made many things possible that could not be done before and of course it made things that could be done before a lot faster…

Rendezvous Rendezvous is a word that means meeting in French. In 19th century America, rendezvous referred to meetings in the west at a designated place to trade furs and goods. The majority of rendezvous happened in the Rocky Mountain region and frequently occurred in Indian villages. Rendezvous started in the year 1810 and continued throughout the better part of the century up to the 1880’s. Rendezvous lasted anywhere from a couple days to several weeks (Harris 42). Rendezvous impacted…

The Chinese immigrants What do you think about when you hear Chinese Immigrants, when I think about them I think about them having moved to the United States while racism was going on around that time. Many of the chinese immigrants went to America where money was everywhere, at least that is what they thought. A lot of that stuff happened, and the outcomes for them did not turn out as well as you would think it would. An interesting question of how this all started. What was pushing the…

love and am passionate about, is there. Leaving the Midwest to live out in the actual West is something I have been longing to do since I was a little girl. On our yearly trips to Wyoming and Colorado, I would stare up at the unforgiving cliffs of Rocky Mountain Range in awe and wonder. My family’s ski trips are the one thing I look forward to most each winter. Skiing is something I have been passionate about all my life. Despite only having the oh-so monstrous bunny hills we call ski…