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    the dairy industry up. This was the first step into a blossoming industry. In 1900 and 1901, the first water was diverted for agricultural use. This caused the future for livestock to be assured since the factor of feed was not an issue anymore. Thousands of feeders were shipped direct to the packers, after which the grain was harvested. This was the first form of livestock activity.It is even followed to the present day, mostly by large stock owners shipping their immense herds into the Valley in

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    that it would “be a thousand years before settlers occupied the region east of the Mississippi.” let alone the even further Westward Expansion that happened in this small period of roughly only two decades (Conquering Space). One change that happened to make this possible was making land more accessible to a greater amount of people by lowering the minimum price per acre “from $2 to 1.25” as well as lowering the minimum amount of land that must be bought from “320 acres to 80 acres”, which meant that

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    chinchillas took dust baths? Well Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado had took their own in the years of 1930’s. The Dust Bowl was a ten year dust storm that was a continuous downpour destroying millions of agriculture and lives of thousands of people. The Dust Bowl later called the “ Dirty Thirties” was caused by a continuous drought that happened a year before the Dust Bowl and the next ten years of it. Over the ten years of the Dust Bowl, the more time that grew the more dust and

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    Homestead Act

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    STATEMENT The Homestead Act of 1862 made surveyed lands obtainable to homesteaders. The act stated that men and women over the age of 21, unmarried women who were head of households and married men under the age of 21, who did not own over 160 acres of land anywhere, were citizens or intended on becoming citizens of the United States, were eligible to homestead. This paper will show how the Homestead Act came to be enacted, who the homesteaders were and the effects of the Homestead Act on the

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    Mindy S. Castillo M. Thomas ENC 1101 5 November 2014 The “Blunt” Truth Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana is a dried flower cluster and leaves of this female plant. This plant can be smoked or ingested as an illicit drug to induce euphoria or treating illness and diseases. In America today, the word marijuana has risen a concerned eyebrow. The economic woes that plague this country will become abundance through the legalization of marijuana. Legalizing marijuana would benefit the country in many

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    be out of a job and the economy would go down, Arizona is one of the top water users in the united states, Yuma is also the main state for farming, Yuma uses the underground passageways to irrigate about fifty thousand acres to farms in the Yuma, Arizona and one hundred fifteen thousand acres in total they used for houses, cities, livestock, and some has remained unused. Arizona is the nation's second-leading producer of lettuce, cauliflower, melons, and lemons. Population has increased because Arizona

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    easements are “likely to provide tens of millions of dollars of value to the public in the form of forest ecosystem services” (pp 18).One of the goals of the Envision plan is to provide Alachua with recreation, aesthetics, and cultural use through 23, 216 acres of conversation easement while also addressing the rivalry of those goals with resources management and private use. While conservation will diminish resource utilization for private use, PC b goes on to state that between $18.2 and 72.8 million is

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    For visitors to Hawaii, a zipline tour offers one of the best ways to learn about the natural beauty of the area and experience the pristine, untouched landscapes of Hawaii. With thousands of acres of reserved ranch land and parks, Kauai offers one of the best ways to explore what Hawaii must have felt like thousands of years ago. Once the tour is arranged, visitors can normally get concierge pick-up services to take them out to the tour and return them to their

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    Popocatepetl Essay

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    Popocatepetl it has a great love story and legend to it. There are many theories to it but I will try to find the most reasonable one. Popocatepetl: The volcano Popocatepetl has an elevation of 5426 meters. And it covers a surface of 283,192.53 acres. The crater in total is 400 by 600 meters. The The first climb it had was in 1519. That was 498 years ago! It’s last eruption was 2005 through 2016. So it erupted for 11 years non stop. It is located in the states of Morelos, Puebla(45 kilometers)

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    skiing, I have been to many mountains in the northeast of the United States. None, however, quite compares to Copper Mountain. Colorado snow, in my opinion, is the best snow in America. Located 50 miles outside of Denver, Copper Mountain has 2,500 acres of skiable terrain. With over 140 outstanding trails, ranging from novice to double black diamond. Every winter the conditions vary but are always great for skiing. A whole family can ski there on trails with diverse difficulties. Little kids can learn

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