Santa Rita Mountains

Last Fall my family visited Shenandoah National Park. It is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. It is only 75 miles outside of the nation’s capitol, Washington D.C. The first traces of humans on the land that would later become the park are estimated to be almost nine thousand years ago. Native Americans visited these Appalachian Mountains seasonally to hunt, collect nuts and berries, and to gather stone to construct tools. Europeans did not start to settle the land prior to three…

The Transcontinental Railroad, when completed, was 1776 miles long, stretching the expanse of the newly formed USA. The two sides of the rails were united in 1869 in Promontory, utah, by a golden spike truck into the ground by Leland Stanford. The TRR shaped the united states by uniting the sections of the east, west, north, and south. The social impact was enormous, by encouraging immigration to distant places in the newly settled west. Sadly, there were also negative effects of the uniting,…

The Transcontinental Railroad was a great achievement of America, and no one shall forget how incredible this railroad is. The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built in the 1860s, linking the well developed railway network of the Eastern coast with rapidly growing California. The main line was officially completed on May 10, 1869. It was a challenging mission, to make it so people and cargo can make it to coast to coast quickly and economically. The two companies that…

In Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author creates a utopia that is ran solely by women. In this utopia we explore life through a feminist lens. I will be referencing back to the book itself and other relevant sources. I will be exploring some of the history that ties back on without writer and what motivated her to write this short story.“Gilman suggested how society and education might be different if motherhood rather than manliness became the cultural ideal” (Simone). In Herland we…

is known for being one of the healthiest states, its high altitude and the connotation of always being “high”. Pardon the pun. But this all has to do with the biggest thing in Colorado, the most monumental, and of course, the highest. The Rocky Mountains. Starting in New Mexico and spanning all the way to all the way to Canada for a total of 3,000 miles. They run across Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. But the Colorado Rockies are particularly beautiful. The spring runoff brings green trees…

Haybaler Problem Problem Statement: We are trying to find the weight of 5 hay bales. The bales of hay were weighed in pairs. The weights of the pairs in kilograms were 80,82,83, 84,85,86,87,88,90, and 91. What are the weights of the individual bales? Is there an easier way to find the weights? Process: What our group is doing is the guess and check method. We did this because we thought that would be the best and easy way. Also , we labeled the hay bales A,B,C,D,E because that makes it easier…

friends are telling her that there is no Santa claus so she asks the writer to tell her the truth. She also adds in her letter the reason she is writing to the sun. She states in her letter that "papa says". The writer then replies to her explaining his interpretation of a Santa claus. The newspaper can only print and publish true facts so he can 't tell her there is an actual Santa Claus. He tells her a direct answer but he goes on to interpret what Santa is through an adults point of view.…

what you’re thankful for. Christmas is usually seen as a time of giving. Either giving to your friends and family or giving to the less fortunate. Christmas starts with the night before. On Christmas Eve children will set out cookies and milk for Santa Clause to eat and read Christmas stories or watch Christmas movies. Christmas day begins with the opening of stockings and presents set out by the Christmas tree. Then the day is filled with whatever it is that families like to do! Some families…

Short and Sweet The short story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, was published in December of 1905. In only a few pages, William Sydney Porter, under his pen name O. Henry, composes a magical story of love and sacrifice. Both characters are willing to give up what they love most for the person they love. O. Henry shows his excellence as a writer in “The Gift of the Magi” with his plot, use of irony, and his theme of love. According to Emily Wenstrom from “The Write Practice”, there are a…

a bit of both and force feed myself. With a black garbage bag over his shoulder, and his pants drooping past his waist, I could tell that he wasn’t the real santa claus. He stumbled down the stairs, nearly knocking over my uncle 's christmas tree, as he entered the cramped living room. My parents didn’t tell my brother and I that “Santa Claus” would be at the Wise’s christmas party. If they had, I would…