Texas Rangers

There are some things that people need to be able to thrive in the cruel world we live in today. Will Allen wrote the book, The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, and Communities, and in this book he made some interesting analogies that interesting enough, alluded to these. Will Allen is a former pro basketball player, now he spends his time and money trying to make a difference in his town by trying to urbanize farming in a economically friendly manner. Allen talks a lot about food…

To end the war between Mexico and the United States the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was established. Article X conducted that any territory that previously belonged to Mexico, now within the limits of the U.S. would be respected as valid, to the same extent of the land grants would be valid. Basically meaning that all land grants that had originally been made by the Mexican government would continue to be valid. It seemed as if the U.S. government could see that these lands that were continuing…

this issue. As we all know, Texas is home to more than 1 million illegal aliens, the second largest population in the country just below California. They live here permanently, and contribute to our economy and community every day. In this essay I will explain how granting amnesty to illegal aliens would benefit the Texas economy despite the erroneous beliefs and controversy surrounding the subject. In my opinion, granting amnesty to illegal aliens is beneficial for Texas. Despite popular…

slave owner. Both of the pictures however, were extremely exaggerated in the attempt to influence the North and South. Our great state of Texas would cause the North the most of problems. “They were ready to fight on the accession of Texas, and are equally ready to fight now on their secession.” The United States was not ready nor willing to lose a state like Texas so they would go through anything to keep it. As far as any other state it was not at the top of the Union’s priority list.…

Just east of the Brazos River, lies the land now known as Sugar Land. It was originally owned by the Mexican government and was acquired by Stephen F. Austin after Texas won its independence from Mexico. As a reward, Austin gave the land to Samuel M. Williams in 1828 for his dedicated service (Anhaiser). The land was rich with tall sugar cane, which explains the name. Williams brother, Nathanial, purchased the land from him in 1838 and at some point, built the Oakland Plantation. There he began…

I was born in the town, Fayetteville in North Carolina. Fayetteville is a small town that had a Wall-Mart, The Waffle House, Bojangles, and a Ruby Tuesday. If, you were to drive by and blink, you would have missed it. I went to church every Sunday like a good Catholic and I also went to a Catholic private school. Church and school constantly repeated the same message “follow the Ten Commandments.” I grew up in a very a religious environment that ultimately sheltered me from the “real” world. I…

Twenty thousand. Twenty thousand lives. Twenty thousand lives have been claimed by the Syrian civil war since the Arab Spring in 2011. More than 400,000 Syrians have been displaced from their homes and families. The consequences of this civil war have been devastating with upwards of 3 million people being affected by the ongoing conflicts in this regions. Of those affected people are those who welcome these Syrian refugees into their country. The surrounding countries of Turkey, Jordan, Iraq,…

The significance of the battle I have chose not only made Texas safer, but it also gave birth to our states national park! My bucket list dream is to travel the United States and to see all major historical landmarks. Without the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, the Texas-Indian War would not have ended. Of course history would take a different course to have eased these tensions had this battle not occurred, but it certainly would not be as epic of a tale as the one written about in this paper. Palo…

to stay of Plains Indians in Palo Duro Canyon in the Panhandle of Texas. In the post-summer of 1874, Quahada Comanche, Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa warriors drove by Lone Wolf left their reservations and searched for refuge in Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle. There they had been gathering sustenance and supplies for the winter. Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie, driving the fourth U.S. Mounted power, left Fort Clark, Texas on August 15, accomplished Fort Concho on the 21st and the…

the dust bowl caused severe dust storms that damaged the agriculture and ecology of the United States Great Plains. This was due to the extreme drought only made life more difficult. It affected many ranchers and farmers in the South like Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. This lead people to either staying with their farm and sticking it out or leaving everything behind to find a new job. In the book, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930’s, by Donald Worster her discusses the dust bowl and how…