The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon was a military showdown and a critical United States triumph amid the Red River War. The fight happened on September 28, 1874 when a few U.S. Armed force regiments under Ranald S. Mackenzie assaulted an extensive place 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.…
The four historical athletes I would put on my Mount Rushmore are Curt Flood, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and . Curt Flood was a previous Major League Baseball (MLB) player who confronted the reserve clause issue. He made the Curt Flood Act as a way to ensure ball players received a livable wage. Society became outraged at the idea of major league players making more money when they already made so much. Curt Flood wanted to be a free agent to be able to stand up for the players, free of charge.…
According to the US National Park Service: “About ten thousand years ago the last Valley glacier that melted and created a shallow lake, which is Lake Yosemite. Lake Yosemite eventually filled in with silt, leaving today's level Valley floor.” Rocks also make up a lot of Yosemite, as it is mostly made up of plutonic igneous rocks. Granite, granodiorite, tonalite, Yosemite Valley first started forming Eighty to twenty-five million years ago. The causes that contributed to this great formation of this place in our own backyard, was uplift and erosion that stripped away most of the sedimentary layers, leaving the cooled magma exposed.…
Also, Providence Canyon was even compared to the Grand Canyon in 1933 as stated in the passage,"It has attracted national attention and is said to be only second to the Grand Canyon in size and scenic beauty. Anything that can be compared to the grand canyon in my eyes, should be a national park.…
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.…
In the midst of these towering figures is where many canyons are found and the most spectacular of them all is Kings Canyon. This grand geological feature incorporates a broad glacial valley, awesome tall cliffs, a twisting river, livid green meadows and tremendous waterfalls. Many other iconic canyons can be found spread within the two parks such as Lodgepole below Tokopah Valley, Deep Canyon on the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River and also Kern Canyon (National Park Service Online 2016). Thus some the Tokopah Falls are amongst…
Yosemite National Park, located in the central eastern portion of California, has been founded since 1890. The park is known for its natural habitats and abstract scenery. Tourist enjoy hiking in Tuolumne Meadows, lodging in Yosemite Valley, fishing in the Eastern Sierra and even skiing in the Mammoth Lakes mountain resort. But what any do not know is that all of these attractions were created by one phenomenon, glaciation.…
The park contains Providence Canyon, which is sometimes called Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon. Providence Canyon is a mysterious but yet beautiful place, it could be a great source of tourism for Georgia. Providence Canyons' beauties include the formation, colors, and views. Tourism would help southwest Georgia economically. The state saw the Little Grand Canyon's public appeal and beauty, after nearly 40 years, in 1971 and declared it a state park.…
I am volunteering with No Mas Muertes in the Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O’Odham reservation, leaving water and medicine for migrants making their way through US-Mexican border territory: it is territory which is inhospitable, if less heavily securitized. Characterized by rattlesnakes, extreme temperatures, and a complete lack of drinkable water, it is a geography described by former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service Doris Meissner as a “natural ally” to US Border Patrol, producing tens of thousands of migrant corpses annually. I place three gallon jugs at the designated station and take a photograph. Nearby, there are remnants of old tires, a backpack containing three pairs of socks, a filthy doll which has faded in the sun. There is a pile of empty water bottles which have been slashed open and now lie, useless.…
Many people consider it to be one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Now imagine more than five million tourists visit the grand canyon a year. From 1919-2013, 190 million tourists have visited the Grand Canyon. Now imagine, what if Teddy Roosevelt never conserved the Grand Canyon? One of the greatest natural wonders of the world could have been never recognized.…
With the settlement of the American West, trends and key events were the settling in the West, Homestead Act, and mining and forcing Native Americans off their land onto reservations. After the Civil War people started moving West for coal, gold, and silver. In 1862 was the Homestead Act was created. The Homestead Act allowed U.S. citizens to claim 160 acres of federal land if they occupied and farmed the land for five years to establish title.…
Have you ever wanted to see a spectacular view from the top of The Whistlers Mountain? Get away from technology and play in one of Canada’s biggest and wildest backyards? Jasper National Park established in 1907 is the place for you to visit if this is for you. Jasper National Park has lots of stuff to offer you such as camping, fishing, biking, tours and much more. Jasper National Park got 2,337,730 visitors in 2016 and for the past 2 years, the amount of visitors increased by 20%.…
“Gold! Gold! From the American River (Adkins,14)!” In January of 1848 James marshall had discovered gold in what is still Calfornia. It took a long time for the news to spread ,but once it did people from all over the world went to California in hope of getting rich by the California gold rush, Individuals had to face plenty of challenges to get to the california gold rush like the living condition, the risks they had to take, and the disease the miners and pioneers had to overcome to survive.…
Grand Teton National Park is in the northwest of the U.S state of Wyoming. It encompasses the Teton mountain range, the 4,000-meter Grand Teton peak, and the valley known as Jackson Hole. It’s a popular destination in summer for mountaineering, hiking, backcountry camping and fishing, linked to nearby Yellowstone National Park by the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Glacier National Park Glacier National Park is a 1,583-sq.-mi.…
National parks are areas designated and protected by the government to be able to sustain and preserve its historic or natural beauty. Usually they consist a range of different animals, plants and monuments. National Parks are open to the public as they want to promote the beauty and understanding of the culture or nature indigenous to the country. Although, many national parks are being threatened by climate change, natural calamities and human development. Yellowstone is a perfect example for a sustainable and biodiverse national park.…