Linglestown Community Analysis

“In the 1960s, for the folks in and around Ellsworth, [Indiana,] living life decades behind the time was just the way it was. Manpower over technology. The comfort of tradition over the anxiety of change,” stated Jason Recker, a journalist for The Herald. Patoka Reservoir, an economic center for recreation and flood control, encompasses 8,800 acres of land. Before its construction, a thriving community inhabited the fertile terrain along the Patoka River. Towns of this former neighborhood included Elon, Newton-Stewart, and Ellsworth. (Recker 1) Families lived their everyday lives as farmers, with an occasional visit from a local peddler. One day, though, a new kind of visit altered their peaceful ways. A government-sent official arrived

Our Town is a play that takes place near the turn of the century in the small rural town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. The playwright, Thornton Wilder is trying to convey the importance of the little, often unnoticed things in life. Throughout the first two acts he builds a scenario, which allows the third act to show that we as humans often run through life oblivious to what is actually happening. Wilder attempts to show life as something that we take for granted. We do not realize the true value of living until we are dead and gone. The through-line of the action seems to be attention to the details of life. Wilder builds up a plot that pays attention to great details of living.

Growing up in the small town of Pocahontas, Iowa gives appreciation to the simplicity of tight-knit communities. With a population of 1,800 people, there is single café where local farmers enjoy a morning cup of coffee while discussing the news. Rural communities are a place where children have birthday parties at the local pizza place and teenagers’ first jobs are as detasslers. As a child, your mother knows if you got in trouble at school before you return home and everyone’s name is well known throughout the area.

A problem settlers faced while trying to settle Charles Towne were unreliable maps. Maps in the 1600’s were hard to read and sometimes based off of memory. According to the map 1671 Old Plats of Charles Towne, Charles Towne

Germantown Ohio was one of the four original townships in Montgomery County when Ohio became a state.Philip Gunkel was my sixth great uncle. He founded a town in Ohio named GermanTown. Philip Gunkel came to Pennsylvania in 1804, with a group of German settlers. There were twenty families, with Philip being the leader, and him being the only one who was able to speak English in the group. He and the other settlers traveled to Ohio, and founded their town named GermanTown.He chose a sight for a “gristmill”, or a mill that grinds dust. They set up a sight for the gristmill and the town layout. This was set up in 1814 and is still the heart of the municipality or“A city or town that has corporate status and local government.” Germantown has undergone

At the conflux of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, embedded in trees with refreshing bursts of reds and greens, and sheltered by rolling blue mountains so majestic and captivating that Thomas Jefferson christened it, “one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature,” lies the colorful, prismatic, straight out of the story books little town, Harpers Ferry. Besides this West Virginia city’s breathtaking, fantastic views, from the famed B&O railroad bridge to the homes and churches, so brilliant and perfect it appears they were painted, Harpers Ferry is most known for its history. In fact, from its humble beginnings involving George Washington to through the 1800’s, Harpers Ferry was a town crucial

Because this town is somewhat isolated from more modern towns and cities, and “few Americans--in fact, few Kansans--had ever heard of Holcomb”, the people of Holcomb are

By the late 1960s, nearly all Valley dwellers except for those who had arrived very recently had had enough of the unbridled development of the Valley. And therein was the problem—those who arrived after the end of the War only understood what they saw when they came on the scene. They did not see and, at least by the early 1960s, could not fathom, what had been here before they arrived. All they saw when they arrived was that the Valley was nicer than Detroit, or Pittsburg or Chicago, or wherever they came from. The way things looked upon their arrival was their reference point. So it was not until the Valley had become an endless landscape of housing tracts, strip malls, and paving with little or no visual relief, and smog so bad in some places that it made you sick, that the voters finally moved to stop the

In the town of Longtown, Ohio, all races have mixed freely for nearly 200 years. This early integration town was founded by James Clemens, a freed slave from Virginia. People there have married and befriended each other no matter the color of their skin. These conditions are outstanding considering the racism outside the town at the time. We can learn from these people living in almost perfect harmony by not judging anyone by anything else other than their character. In paragraph 4 of the article “Ohio town holds rare history: Races mix freely for nearly 200 years”, the Connor Keiser states, “We were the usual Longtown family. We all looked different, and we were taught that color didn’t matter.” Keiser demonstrates how when he grew up around different colored people, no one cared. They just became friends and lived peacefully because happiness and harmony doesn’t have to be a result of segregation. Another piece of evidence that demonstrates this is in paragraph 21 when the author states, “The Tigers’ appearance often confounded opponents.

Biddleville like many “ring villages”, was a community that shared a distinct southern uniqueness in that

Vadnais Heights, Minnesota is a city located near the center of Ramsey County. With a population of over 12,000, Vadnais Heights is just 25 minutes east of Minneapolis. This city started as just a small lakeside community of three families. It is now a thriving suburb, with convenient access to larger suburbs and the Twin Cities.

Hunter would be an asset to the Bellarmine community because of his athletic talents and his commitment to service. Hunter has played on the St. Lucy’s basketball and football teams. He also participates in a number of club teams including baseball, soccer, and golf. Hunter’s sportsmanship is shown in the classroom with his positive attitude. He always has a smile on his face and is willing to participate when others are not. Hunter hopes to continue to play sports at Bellarmine and I know he would be an asset to the any team. Hunter is dedicated to service this is shown in his numerous service projects. He is a member of the Helping Hearts club at St. Lucy, this club helps to assist the Campus Ministry team. Hunter is also a tutor for the

The community that my group and I chose to assess was Fishtown. It is a small neighborhood compared to some of the others in Philadelphia but it comes with a lot to offer. On the outskirts of the neighborhood, specifically, along Girard Ave and Frankford Ave, there are a variety of businesses. The vast majority of the businesses in Fishtown are coffee shops, small restaurants, and bars. It also has butchers, boutiques and small thrift and antique store. As you go deeper into the neighborhood, you will find many families. Fishtown was always described as a working class neighborhood but the businesses in the earlier years where different.

Needless to say, Our Town is one of the most popular plays by Thornton Wilder and not for nothing has it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1938. The most significant aspect in Our Town is the representation of the everyday life. Not only does the play explores American values of religion or

In the year 1837, a small trio of Quakers traded with the Delaware Indians to acquire fourteen lots of land in the midst of a thick wilderness. These lots, while initially recognized solely as an optimal fur trading point, would one day becoming the shining city of Carmel, Indiana. From its humble beginnings, the city of Carmel has transformed into a bustling community of approximately 91,000 people and is a holder of a number of prestigious awards and recognitions. With all of these high-brow achievements, Carmel has earned the reputation of being a community for the ridiculously rich and overly fussy archetypes. The truth of the matter, though, is that the community’s values run much deeper than that. There is a reason that Carmel was