Onion Creek Research Papers

Andersonville was a Confederate prison built in 1864 at Andersonville, Georgia. It was designed to hold Union prisoners of war during the Civil War. It was official named was Camp Sumter, however it’s better known as Andersonville. It was built from the ground up by local slave labor. At the time it was 10 ½ acres long and designed to hold about 10,000 men. The camp was enclosed out of 15 to 17 inch hewed pine logs. Along the walls were guard towers (referred to as pigeon roosts by the inmates) placed every 90 feet around the stockade walls.

Ever since my dad was a young boy he has wanted to visit all the National Parks in the United States. We’ve already been to The Grand Canyon in Arizona, The Badlands in South Dakota, Biscayne in Florida, Mesa Verde in Colorado, and many more! This time we were headed for Colorado where National Park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, is located. I was really dreading this trip. I’d never heard of this park before and neither had my friends. All the other parks we’d been to have been really interesting and enjoyable, but Black Canyon of the Gunnison most likely won’t be.

Central Plains is well known to be the “corn and wheat belt of the bread basket”, due to its numerous farms that produce amount of the nation supply. It has also create a gigantic amount of dairy in central plains, that helps wisconsin's becoming producing the most cheese of any state in the country. Central Plains have develop from many different cultures such as Native American tribes identify ways of harvesting and preparing crops, where the Native Americans demonstrate these technique to the Europeans. And many of these procedure can be seen in today’s Midwest society.

Millford plantation is a historic place located on SC 261, west of Pinewood, SC. Built in 1839-1841, Millford Plantation is considered by many to be the finest example of Greek revival residential architecture in America. The house is located in such a remote section of rural SC that it comes to a surprise to first time visitors, who must drive over miles of dirt roads and through thick forests to reach the house. The house has massive columns, sixteen foot windows, a domed rotunda enclosing a spectacular staircase. All these impressive features are inherent in Greek Rival architecture (Classical American Homes).

1st Houston, 2nd Fort Worth, 3rd Austin. 4th San Antonio, 5th Dallas, 6th Texarkana, 7th Amarillo, 8th El Paso, 9th Beaumont, 10th Waco, 11th Eastland, 12th Tyler, 13th Corpus Christi/Edinburgh, 14th Houston.

On this day in 1863, Union troops capture Lookout Mountain southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee,as they begin to break the Confederate siege of the city. In the “battle above the clouds,” the Yankees scaled the slopes of the mountain on the periphery of the Chattanooga lines.

Little Cottonwood Canyon is a site bursting with geological history, rock formations earthquake potential on the fault, prehistoric glacial formations, landslides, and many hazards associated with it. The Wasatch fault is bound to have a enormous earthquake in the future and has left behind numerous scars. The mountains have been engraved by glacial formations dated back to the Ice Age (~14,000 years ago). Rock falls and landslides have left hefty boulders as indication of erosion and moisture in the rocks. The hazards on this mountain range are mass wasting, radon, earthquakes, and flooding of Little Cottonwood Creek.

Austin, Texas, home to the Texas Longhorns and Bevo, as like football Austin has a rich and long history. Austin was founded in 1837 and was name after Stephen F. Austin, the father of Texas. After Texas Gained independence in 1837 Austin became the capitol until 1842 when Sam Houston, the current Republic President at the time, moved it to Houston which was a city named after him since he was the hero

Salt Spring Island of British Columbia in the nineteenth century, was filled with hatred. For those who were not of White descent they would soon realize that there was a clear separation between the Whites, Blacks, and Aboriginals. This division is crucial to understand as the Whites were the settlers to this area meaning they took over the land and had a great deal of authority. They manipulated the Blacks into following their social and moral regulations, but were incapable of doing the same for the Indians. Consequently, a rivalry occurred since not all Aboriginals could accept being a means to an end for the Whites. In other words, there was a common ideology amongst the Whites that justice must be served to those Indians who decided to disregard the law.

If travelers are fortunate enough to travel through Albany, Texas, they will run across a precious gem of history located in the heart of Shackelford County. The Shackelford County Courthouse can be found in the center of Albany. This majestic courthouse catches the eye of those who pass by it. Many stop to capture a picture to forever hold a glimpse of its beauty. It is unique in that it is recognized as one of the nine Second Empire style courthouses built in Texas. The Texas Historical Commission recognized its uniqueness when it approved Albany’s courthouse to be the first to be restored as part of the courthouse preservation program. Travelers are willing to leave many miles from the beaten path to visit the historic and unique Shackelford County Courthouse since it is one the ideal courthouses in the state of Texas.

Dry Creek station was likely built in the spring of 1860 by Bolivar Roberts and his crew. It was one of the last stations to be built by the Pony Express. It is located four miles north of Highway 50, in Lander County, Nevada. The station was used by the Pony Express and Overland Stage as a home station (historic). The Pony Express riders would go from Dry Creek westward to the north (expedition.com). The riders had a high chance of getting attacked by the Native Americans and this proved to be true at Dry Creek. They had early problems with the Indians, which caused an attack on the workers of the station on May 21, 1860. On this day William Streeper, a carrier of heavy mail and two others found the scalped and mutilated body of the station

The city of Gem Lake, Minnesota shares much of its history with the larger, surrounding cities of White Bear Lake and Little Canada. Originally a wooded land covered with lakes, the area now known today as Gem Lake remained uncolonized until the 1840s. As early as 1843, French explorer Jean Nicollet drew a map depicting “Bear’s Lake.” This was the first record of the present day area, and it would signify the impending colonization.

About two hundred forty one thousand two hundred twelve people live in Cumberland County, and all of those people somehow pollute the Conodoguinet Creek. The Conodoguinet Creek is a tributary to the Susquehanna river, which is the longest river on the American East Coast, spanning 464 miles long and draining into the Atlantic ocean. Many things, such as livestock, construction sites, fossil fuels and fertilizers, all go into the Conodoguinet creek. Now, that is A LOT of pollution that can (or will) go into the creek. This does not just affect the Conodoguinet Creek, but everything that the creek drains into, like the Susquehanna river, then the Chesapeake bay, and then the Atlantic ocean, which covers over 20% of thie whole globe! As you

Greasy Lake, musty, fetid, and uneasy to one’s eyes, still intriguing to explore. This lake was mysterious, yet it was a clear invitation for these teens. It was the only place where one could go and not worry about the real world, it was as if it was fantasy. As grimy and evil the lake was they still felt an attracted to it because it was a mirror reflection of their lives. Digby and Jeff did not know what they wanted to do with their lives, lost, young, and hopeless. In addition, these kids wanted an adventure, wanted to stop thinking about school and real life. These kids wanted an escape, yet in Greasy Lake they actually found how cruel the real world is. The nineteen-year-olds felt like they did not care for a single thing and as they

- Austin economy had always been universities and government as the state capital. Austin had a government workforce of over 110,000 including state, country and city employees and plus recently added 3,000 government sector jobs,