Rocky Mountains

crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. During 1803 to 1806 a group of explorers traveled North America in search of such a waterway, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the exploration west. Upon their travels, they found out the Rocky Mountains divided the land and found no coast to coast waterway established. Jefferson set a plan into motion to create a different transportation system that would connect America by roads, railroads and rivers. Dirt roads had been built by…

Have you ever heard about a guy who fought a bear and lived to tell the tale?. That one person was Jedediah Smith. Fighting a bear was not the only thing he did, he also made many historic discoveries. These historic discoveries paid the way for settelers to move Far West and expand the American Dream. In the following we will explore Jedediah Smith discoveries and accomplishments through his lifetime. Jedediah Smith was born June 24, 1798 in Bainbridge New York. He was the first…

Knowles’s group and Mr. Lawrence’s group followed Zoe, who specialized in the study of rocks. They went to a rocky place, and told the students to be cautious of where they went. “This is the Rocky Mountains, where a lot of rocks come from this area. Can anyone tell me the three main types of rocks?” asked Zoe. A student immediately raised his hand. “Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary rocks,” said PJ.…

The photograph example on page 417 at the beginning of Part 3 depicts the receding Athabasca Glacier in Alberta, Canada, in the Canadian Rockies. This photography uses elements of angle and orientation, people in scenes, and distance in order to convey the rising problem of global warning. The distant photo is divided into three horizontal bands- the blue sky, the snowy moutains, and the dirt road- but the focal point is the sign that reads, in two different languages English and French, "The…

I. Introduction According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, God is “the perfect and all-powerful spirit or being that is worshipped especially by Christians, Jews, and Muslims as the one who created and rules the universe.” “God” is a word, which has dominated cultural development and influenced the social structure of countries for centuries. In the context of the written language, the word “God” has an incredibly powerful connotation and connection to many across the globe. With such a…

James (Jim) Bridger James Felix Bridger was born on March 17, 1804. In his life he was a trapper, trader, merchant, indian translator , guide, and an army officer. He was a very tall man, in fact he was over 6 feet tall. He had brown hair and gray eyes. James was also called Old Gabe, or Jim. Many say that his sense of humor was remarkable. He would tell travelers stories and boomed with laughter when they realized most of the story wasn't true. He once was an apprentice to a blacksmith at…

As a child, I never truly appreciated most of the beauty surrounding me in my home state of Maine. When my parents said, 'We're taking a Sunday drive to Camden" I recall "reminding" them that we'd already been there and " there's nothing to see." After growing up and moving away, I realized my comments were untrue. As a child I never truly looked. Forty years have passed since those Sunday drives. there is so much to take in that it borders on 'sensory overload." . My love and…

Before I start typing this information about this lizard. I would like to give Morgan Phillips a shoutout for showing me this animal :) The leaping lesbian lizard is another name for the New Mexico Whiptail lizard. This lizard was produced through interbreeding of two native species of lizard. This lizard lives in southern United States and northern Mexico. The lizard lives in two states, New Mexico and Arizona. The leaping lesbian lizard is the state reptile of New Mexico. The lizard has two…

The presidential election of 1896 was among one of the most important in U.S history. The two candidates that face each other where the democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan, and the republican candidate William McKinley. The end result would be the savior of the three most powerful men in America.3 William McKinley a Governor from Ohio would be the republican candidate of the 1896 election. He would run supporting the gold standard and lean toward the side of big business in America. With…

I remember the most would be Wichita Mountains or Lake DeGrey. Both of the places are places that people can go camping at if they are looking to get out of the city. Wichita Mountains is a better place to camp than Lake DeGrey because of the environment, history, and the animals you can see. Wichita Mountains is a better place to camp than Lake DeGrey because of the environment. Wichita Mountains is in Oklahoma where it is warm and dry. One…