Wolf River

that would be Pall Mall in Northern Fentress County. Pall Mall is situated in the Wolf River Valley on the Kentucky-Tennessee Border. Pall Mall is town of just over a thousand people and embodies Southern small-town living to the best extent of any town in East Tennessee. This small-town atmosphere is what makes Pall Mall the most beautiful small town in the mountains of East Tennessee. While only a thousand people call Pall Mall home they seem to embraces the roots that it offers as such with it being the birthplace of Sergeant Alvin C. York and the sight of his post-war homestead with his wife Miss Gracie. The Wolf River flows through the middle of Pall Mall and onto the burial site of Alvin York and his relatives. Being flanked…

He was born in Pall Mall, tennessee. Living by the Wolf River, he started hunting on it and became an expert marksman. Meanwhile, dropped out of school to go work in his dad's blacksmith shop. He developed a reputation of drinking and getting into fights. In 1917 he was given a draft notice. His strong religious beliefs caused him to attempt exemption, but his plea was not granted (“Commentary on Alvin C. York”). While on a mission in the Argonne Forest, Alvin was assigned to take down one…

very curious wolf named Tico. Tico had a very good friend named Sandy. Tico and Sandy did everything together. There favorite thing to do was find bones, then hide them deep in the ground. Tico and Sandy were known to be good at finding rare and big bones. Sandy and Tico would often switch task of who was to find the bone and who was to clean the bone. When it was time to hide the bone they would agree on a hiding place, then one would be a lookout to make sure no other animals in the kingdom…

Miami River will reach flood stage by nightfall” - those living in the lowest lying areas of the city would ignore the warnings. Why? Area historian and author Scott Trostel stated “crowds had gathered along the North Main Street levee in Piqua (Ohio) to observe the rising flood waters. Warnings were issued to residents of Rossville (To the north) to seek higher ground. Similar warnings were put out in East Piqua and Shawnee…

In 1960, the wolves who had covered most of the United States found themselves hunted; a hunt that would last until the 1960’s when they would be put on the endangered species list after their populations plummeted. The species of Gray wolf that was most common in the U.S. was almost hunted to extinction because complaints from ranchers and farmers that the wolf was a mindless, selfish, gutless killing machine. However, it is obvious through careful studying and monitoring that the wolves are a…

In “Wolf Family Values” Sharon Levy shares what she believes is the importance of the social structure of wolves. Ed Yong and Sharon Levy have opposing views over the role of wolves in an ecosystem. Levy also sheds light on the contrast of behavior between hunting and protected wolves. Sharon Levy believes that the social structure of wolves drastically changes the functions of an ecosystem. Gordon Haber was tracking a wolf pack that had been around for 40 years until his plane crashed on…

National Park Rangers have incredibly important jobs when it comes to the health of an environment. Park Rangers have the ability to cause considerable change to an environment in a positive or negative way. The role of the national park ranger is to “protect, conserve, and to provide for the enjoyment of our nation 's heritage” (Maciha). National Park Rangers know better than anyone that the most basic of changes can cause an environment, or more specifically an ecosystem to crumble. The most…

Environmental groups, such as Defenders of Wildlife, are trying to put a stop to the war on wolves. In a recently launched campaign, Idaho’s War on Wolves, they focus their attention on the recent wolf killings in their state and potential legalization of wolf hunting. Their position argues against wolf killing based from both an ethical and population-based standpoint. Ethically, they show how wolves have in fact been misunderstood by society to the point that they are being sought out and…

Now there are people that are hunting wolves in the state of Michigan for pure sport, and many of the population oppose this. The Gray Wolves have been struggling for 50 years on the brink of extinction. There are now less than 700 wolves in Michigan. The Gray wolf and or subspecies of the gray wolf (the Timber Wolf) has been undertaking many infringements on it’s rights, struggling to stay on the endangered species list instead, being knocked down to just ‘threatened.’(“Michigan.”) After over…

As the famous saying goes, “Bears would be bears”. Okay. That’s not a saying. But whether you like it not, no one would ever dare to stand toe-to-toe with a massive 7-footer, 500-lb, fanged, fury mammal. Even the bravest hunter would rattle in fear when a wild, hungry bear had its eyes fixed directly onto him while in ready-to-attack beast mode. Who would have thought that a fury brown grizzly would tear your apart for lunch? Freaky! But don’t worry folks. No matter how hungry and outrageous…