The Importance Of Biomes In West Virginia

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared an unconditional war on poverty in the United States and the most photographed area was the Appalachia region. Many of the photographs intentional or not, became a visual definition of the Appalachia region. The images have drawn from the poorest areas and people to gain support for the war on poverty, but came to represent the entirety of the region. The point of the Looking at Appalachia project is to explore the diversity of Appalachia and to establish a visual counter point. (Home - Looking at Appalachia.) The three images I am going to analyze are challenge some of the stereotypes put on the Appalachia region. I believe my images challenge the stereotype that all Appalachian people do is work hard, go to church, and don’t have time for anything besides those two things.

Virginia had fertile soil, which was good for commercial farming. The colonists founded their economy on tobacco, wheat and oats. Cash crops required people to work, which started the idea of bringing slaves and using indentured servants. The social ranks were very separate because of the jobs available. The rich plantation owners would use poor young men as indentured servants which decreased the coming of young women and made them more valuable, giving those more rights than other women throughout the colonies. Virginia also had rivers, but that would cause the land to be marshy, which contained diseases that killed off the colonists. The marshy land also made it hard to access fresh water that the colonists because the water was brackish of the sea to survive which was another cause that slowed the development of that region. That made it harder for colonies in that region to be successful without certain

As a North Carolinian, I did not spend very much time dwelling on the state of West Virginia. To me, it was a state that not many people paid attention to. It kind of just did its own thing without anyone thinking twice about it. It wasn’t until when I was deciding where to go to school that West Virginia was formally introduced to me. Contacted by the Women’s Lacrosse coach, I visited and promptly fell in love with the University of Charleston but it was nothing I was expecting from West Virginia. When I began to tell people that I was going to school in WV, I was flooded with opinions. Every friend of mine I’ve told, gave me the same or similar response: “doesn’t everyone have sex with their cousins up there?” Now I would be lying if I hadn’t thought of that once or twice about it but that was only the tip of the iceberg when it came to my perceptions of the state.

In James Lane Allen’s Through Cumberland Gap on Horseback, the mention is made to the beauty of the land and that the climate was just the same but that traveling to the mountain region was not only difficult as they had to take a train then a wagon ride, followed by a trek on horseback, but a lengthy process. Among the experiences recorded Allen describes the meeting of several locals and this is where his responsibility for Appalachian

Although Arkansas is 53,179 square miles, it is only made up of six major natural regions. These regions include: The Ozark Mountains, the Ouachita Mountains, the Arkansas River Valley, the Coastal plain, the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and Crowley’s Ridge. These regions play a huge role in the history and culture of Arkansas.

In Virginia, people lived in farms instead of towns. These farm were scattered all over the southern colonies. Farmers who raised tobacco made plantations and tobacco was very important that it sometimes was used as money. Other crops that were very important were rice and indigo, which was a plant used to make blue dye.

Lick Creek Park is made up of 500 acres of a variety of plant and animal species native to the College Station, TX area. It is located on the southeastern corner of College Station, TX in the Post Oak savanna vegetation zone. The park covers a section of the flood plain and is a primary tributary for the Navasota River. The soil in the area consist primarily of sandy loam, sandy, and sandy clay loam. According to a report by the city of College Station, “College Station has a temperate climate with warm summers and mild winters. The mean average annual temperature over the past 30 years (between 1981 and 2010) was 69°F. The average high and average low during the same time frame was 79.2°F and 58.8°F respectively. The hottest month on average is August, with an average maximum temperature of 96.2°F (1981 to 2010). The coolest month is typically January with an average low temperature of 41.2°F. Annual occurring precipitation averages over 40 inches a year, with the most rainfall occurring during June and October, which have average 4.45 inches and 4.91 inches, respectively”(City of College Station). Lick Creek Park has two distinct microclimates: the upland Savanna and Bottomland forest.

To start off this essay, I would like to state whether or not I support West Virginias decision on whether on becoming their own state or just staying part of Virginia. In my opinion I support the decision to become their own state. There are three reasons why. The first reason is that they were going to become part of the union. The second reason is slavery. The final reason why I support them is because of their right to vote.

The location of Virginia was great for large plantations; therefore many settlers were there to grow cash crops to become wealthy.

Berkeley County is located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. As of the 2015 census the estimated population was 111,901. The county was formed in 1772 and some believe it to be named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt others believe it was named in honor of Sir William Berkeley. The largest city in Berkeley County is Martinsburg; the Town of Hedgesville is located next to Martinsburg. The Town of Hedgesville has a population of 320, it is considered urban while the surrounding areas are rural, farming communities. The median income in Berkeley County in 2010-2014 was $55,100; 14.4 % of the residents in Berkeley County live below the poverty level. The race/ethnicity make-up of Berkeley County is: white alone – 88%, Black alone – 7%, Hispanic - 4% and Asian alone - 1%. In 2016 the population of Tomahawk Intermediate is 600 students, the race/ethnicity breakdown is: white alone – 512, black alone – 22, Asian – 7, Hispanic – 32, Pacific Island – 1, and two or more races – 30.

The Virginia colony since it was in the south they had the warmest climate out of New England, and Middle regions. The warm climate can be a positive factor in a way that people don’t have to worry about surviving the cold winters. The people in Virginia grow several things, but the most popular crop their growth was Tobacco, and tobacco originally sprung over Virginia colony and North Carolina colony.

There are many differences between life in Bermuda and life in Virginia, while they do have some similarities. Such similarities being that they had both been established by join-stock companies which had tried to turn a profit and support England (Roark, 57). The differences being that when the English went to inhabit lands, they had found Virginia intentionally and found Bermuda by accident.

Actually many people believe that there are nothing alike, beside they both are states. Many people from Virginia wants to go to Florida and Vise versa. Many people might want to go to Florida because it was really nice weather. There are many similarities between the Florida and Virginia, but the weather, and attractions, and the animals are the best way for people to decide whether or not the state is suitable to live in.

Vermont is an interesting state. It has one of the lowest populations. Samuel De Champlain of France was probably one the first white person to explore what is now Vermont. Vermont's natural resources include, soil, forests, and minerals.

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