Wagon

between Viola and Nathan's son, John. They sit out by the fire for hours, after the rest of us go to bed, and just talk. My wife thinks it is the cutest, but I have some suspicions about this boy. That isn't the only love that is going on, the entire wagon train thinks that Mrs. Conrad’s son has a little crush on my daughter. He keeps teasing her, but kind of in a loving way, and he repeatedly asks to dance with her. Nevertheless, everyone thinks…

positions on the front. The American unit, to which John had been assigned, loaded the gear that they couldn’t carry in horse drawn wagons and walked into Germany. During the trek, while ascending a particularly long uphill grade, the horses pulling the wagons became fatigued and desperately required a prolonged rest. However, if they relaxed, the heavily laden wagons would drag them back down the incline. Consequently,…

History of the Aurora Fire Department History is an important subject when it comes to federal and state facilities such branches of the military, city police, sheriffs, and fire departments. Aurora fire department has a long history with humble beginnings as a small group of volunteers, when the city was then called Fletcher, to now having 15 stations and being able to cover 155 sq. mi. and serve over 300,000 citizens of the city of Aurora. Plenty has happened with the Aurora fire department,…

Sam Kerley Henderson 3/19/18 Per.8 The Freedom Summer Murders On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers went missing in Mississippi. James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were working with the Congress of Racial Equality during the summer of 1964, also known as Freedom Summer. During this time, white people came to Mississippi to register black people to vote. This act showed that citizens wanted the American Society to cease segregation and racism from continuing in their…

The cartoon above is depicted from the gilded age. Gilded Age is believed the period of industrialization whereby industries increased, labor force increased as well. Gilded age was coined by Mark Twain. Other characterization of gilded age is the progression of public education, increase of minorities in education sector during the Chautauqua movement (1874), economy growth, and scramble for power, possession, and corruption (lecture: the Gilded Age). The gospel of wealth was a major…

In 1843, several hundreds of slaves were successfully escaping moving to the North on a yearly basis. This made slavery unstable in those border states. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, was written with the intent to withhold Article 4, Section 2 of the Constitution, which is known for the return of runaway slaves. Many of the Northern states wanted overcome the Fugitive Slave Act. Some of the jurisdictions passed liberty laws for slaves to have a jury trial before they could be removed. The…

thought it looked funny. It looked like a huge trunk of a tree but without the limbs. Five days later we went to Fort Laramie….actually I think it was six. Everyone is mad because, a couple days ago, I accidentally wandered too far from the wagons. The train had to spend an entire day looking for me. I feel very sorry, but I could have sworn I saw, what looked like, a hippopotamus. I then realized I didn't even have it bad compared to others in my family. Carol is allergic to mosquitoes…

before they reached their destination. The caravan was supposed to arrive there just before sundown to unload and get ready for the night. But it was late into the night before John and Reginald had reached the area, yet there was still no sign of the wagons. “Where in hell are they?!?!” cursed…

Freedom Quilts Are the Freedom Quilts real? Two historians say African American slaves may of used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named wagon wheel, tumbling blocks, and bear paws appear to have contained secret messages that helped direct slaves to freedom. The code "was a way to say something to a person in the presence of many others without the others knowing," "It was a way of giving direction without saying, 'Go northwest.'" The seamstress would…

because of sugar rations, and it’s now back in full force. The term “trick or treat” dates back to 1927. Hallowe’en provided an opportunity for real strange fun. No real damage was done except to the temper of some people who had to hunt for wagon wheels, gates, wagons, barrels, etc., much of which decorated the front street. The youthful tormentors were at back door and front demanding edible plunder by the word “trick or treat” to which the inmates gladly responded and sent the robbers away…