Seventy-five years ago today was the beginning of some terrible times along the Tug River. At that time, what is now Mingo County, was a part of Logan County, home of the Hatfields. Across the Tug is Pike County, home of the McCoys. The McCoy’s lived in Pike County, Kentucky area while the Hatfields lived in Logan County, West Virginia area. The two were separated by the Tug River. The majority of the family members on each side fought during the American Civil war. They all fought on the confederate side except for Asa Harmon McCoy. He was the one “traitor” of the family and fought or the Union. Devil Anse Hatfield was the head of the Hatfield’s while Randolph McCoy lead the McCoy family. They both had very large families, close to a dozen
Have you heard or visited the Providence Canyon? If so don't you think the Federal Government should make it a national park? The Providence Canyon is located in the southwest of Georgia's Coastal Plains. It was nicknamed Georgia's " Little Grand Canyon" because of the beautiful sandstone formations found in that area. The people that have visited this canyon think that it is a beautiful place to go that you can even camp in it. The Providence Canyon was once a forest, but that all changed in the 1800 when farmers moved in the area and started growing crops. There are several things that travelers can see while they are at this little grand canyon.
At the beginning of the month we stopped at the sweetwater river crossing because the land was ideal for camping and lavish for the animals. At nightfall we were attacked by another tribe of native americans, this battle was faster although more meaningful because 7 of my close friends died in the battle. Joseph and Tom both died in the battle leaving Tom, Dave and I left in the council. Joseph's death was early on in the battle, him and his family were slaughtered horrifically as joseph was fighting off the indians he watched as his daughter was decapitated and wife's throat was cut open as she screamed and pleaded, Joseph upon watching was distracted from the task at hand and was stabbed in the stomach and was left to bleed to death on the
The Pecos river is an amazing kayaking trip that really puts the individual in the center of nature. It is roughly 900 miles long and is “one of the major tributaries of the Rio Grande (Pecos).” The Pecos River was home to the Pecos Pueblo Indians and they left behind a variety of different artwork (Pecos). These pieces of art range from pots to pictographs and petroglyphs that can be located in a variety of places along the river. However, there has been an increase in human activity that has caused some of the pieces of artwork to be damaged or fully destroyed. One of the most popular places to find petroglyphs is along the Lewis Canyon. There are roughly thousands of petroglyphs that the ancient Indian tribes would carve into the stone but, since the rise in the human levels, I have noticed people trying to impersonate some of these images and also leave trash around that area. Therefore, I believe that it would be best to have someone go out there every week to pick up the trash and to also look after this place because there is history that surrounds the Pecos River.
Little Tennessee River Basin The Little Tennessee river species are threatened, unique animal and plant life and a large in population and impact.
People predict things all the time. The question to ask is do their predictions come true? The San Joaquin River Restoration project had Bill McEwen and Daniel Weintraub predicting what would happen within the years of this restoration. What is intriguing to know is if their prediction came true. If they did come true was it for better or for worse?
The Big House, the largest prehistoric native American structure in North America, is a four-story building constructed by ancient Sonoran Desert people, the Hohokam. The Hohokam were native American tribes that vanished in the 1400’s leaving behind archaeological evidence of a sophisticated culture revealing advanced canal systems, and the “Casa
We are placed in circumstances that we can not control. College is our great wilderness or Colorado River, which people have gone across. But since every boat, person, and rapid can be different its hard to know what to expect. We have technology and science to help us figure out our path but it could easily be capsized to the new experiences that shape and change us. The Colorado River can be used as an extended metaphor to show the different experiences we have and the attempts we have to control them.
The United States, the country formed on immigrants is having a humanitarian crisis, with many kids from north, south and central america coming alone into the United States seeking for a better life. People leave their homeland and move to another countries for various reasons. Some just to avoid starvation and others wish to escape unbearable family situations. Still many desire to be reunited with loved ones. They sacrifice their lives to come here, where people don’t want them. They come to get away from the violence in their native countries. Many come here for better employment opportunities to feed their family.These people go through many obstacles on their way here just to make sure their family’s life is better, and finally when
The Buffalo River area is a karst environment with attendant sinkhole and cave formation. Limestone, composed primarily of CaCO3 and dolomite composed primarily of CaMg(CO3)2, are the two soluble rock types in the area that host the karst features. Water in contact with air picks up carbon dioxide some of which transforms to carbonic acid, and this acid then dissolves the carbonate minerals, carrying the ions out in solution (e.g. Trudgill 1985). Limestone and dolomite layers vary in impurities and grain size so that different layers are more or less prone to dissolution, with dolomite generally being less soluble than limestone. To erode these rock formations with very low intergrain porosity and permeability, there has to be exposed surface area and so faults and joints within the rock greatly increase the rate in which the rock will dissolve, and partly control the location of
What is the irrigation to Yuma, Arizona? A big impact on such a little town actually. Yuma’s main water source is the Colorado River. But this river does not work the greatest with Yuma’s set up. This southern part of Arizona is one big flat pile of sand so to speak. And when you are a flat pile of sand things do not break down. Which leads to everything building on top of each other. When rain decides to come to Yuma the water builds. This causes the Colorado River to flood. But because of the large amount of packed sand everything floods. The flood water rages through the town and wipes everything completely out. This happened time and time again until someone thought, let’s make a change. But what was that change? Irrigation.
In the early 1800’s Spanish military troops were stationed in the abandoned chapel of the former mission.The soldiers called their new fort “El Alamo”.El Alamo is a Spanish word for cottonwood and in honor of their hometown Alamo de Parras in Mexico.Mexican occupied the Alamo during and also after Mexico’s successful war for independence.
I agree that physical features are the most logical and long lasting type of political boundary. Political boundaries are dividing lines between countries, states, provinces, and cities. These lines are often called borders and are created by people to separate areas governed and are very protective. Political boundaries evolve over time through wars, treaties, and trade. Examples of physical features would be Rivers, Oceans, mountain ranges, and deserts. An example of a river physical boundary would be the Rio Grande that separates Mexico from the United States. The Rio Grande forms a large part of the boundary between Mexico and the U.S, and is the fifth largest river in North America and is also the twentieth longest in the world. This river
As we all know the Colorado river is shared by many farmers who live by it. But for the past sixteen years it's been in a drought and shows no signs of stopping.
In Colorado, a city called Pagosa Springs is captured by a skyline of mountains. The mountains reach so high into the sky that snow remains on its peak into the summer months. Snow drapes the landscape for as far as the eye can see, and when the sun peeks out from behind the mountains on the fresh snowfall in the endless field, a peace is draped across the city. While the snow covered mountains sparkle in the sunny day, the snow is discovered to have another use. Once the sun starts making the mountains cry in May, the rivers provide a net for the creation of the rapids which are much enjoyed during the summer months. The rushing frigid water provides relief and entertainment in the hot days of June and July. The river bed is compiled of jagged stones lying among their ancestors waiting to be molded into the weathered rocks. These rocks, while they may be wanted when they are silky smooth, are dangerous when compiled of knifes and sharp edges. This becomes a problem when little kids play in the river and jump around and even fall.