| Origin of the Lone Star by Justin |
Texas is a state with a good deal of history behind it. But I think perhaps one of the most interesting facts about it is how it became the 28th member of the United States of America.
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| Convict Lake by Andrew |
Recently I was in the Sierras on vacation, and I got interested in the history of Convict Lake, and how it got it's name. It is a very beautiful lake and good for trout fishing. It is just under a mile long and a half-mile wide.
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| A House Divided by Justin |
I'm sure that at a later date, I will regret this, but this is an article which gives my thoughts on the Civil War. You are probably all waiting with baited breath to find out whether you want to read this, in other words, am I a Union or Confederate sympathizer. Well I'll be brief and say that I think both sides made so many mistakes that I don't come close to agreeing with either side.
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| Chuckwagons by Andrew |
In the early days of cattle drives, cowhands had to carry with them what they were going to eat and wear. Because of this, hunger was common among them. Some ranchers decided to change this.
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| West in a Wagon Train by Andrew |
Traveling west in a wagon train was very tedious and tiring. The pioneers faced many difficulties. Some of them included starvation, heat, storms, rivers, snow and disease.
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| The Most Dangerous Fever by Justin |
January 24th, 1848. That was the day when it all began. James Marshall, one of about twenty men who had been hired by John Sutter to build a sawmill, discovered gold in the river. The news was held back at first, until a San Francisco merchant named Sam Brannan got wind of it.
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| Summary of the old west by Justin |
When the west was still wild and untamed, men lived and often died for reasons which, today, we would think of as wasteful and wrong. Many think that they would be happier if they had lived in those years. But to be entirely truthful, most would find it much harder than in modern times, where talking to someone is but a click of the mouse or telephone dial away.
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