Bell County

Sort By:
Page 1 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    Bell County Essay

    • 638 Words
    • 3 Pages

    central Texas, lies Bell county. This county was named after Peter Hansborough Bell, who was born in Virginia in 1812 and passed away in 1898. He served as a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto and contributed in the Somervell expedition. He became the governor of Texas in 1849 and was an officer in the Mexican War. Newcomers began setting on the Lampasas River in 1847 and the area of Bell county was organized to be an official county on August 1, 1850. The first county seat given was Nolanville

    • 638 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Whereas, the parties to this Settlement Agreement and Full and Final Release From Liability (the “Agreement”) when signed by all Parties are Mr. & Mrs. Tim and Natalie McGrew, individually and on behalf of Luke McGrew (“L.M.”), a minor, (hereafter referred to as "Mr. and Mrs. Tim and Natalie McGrew'" or “Parents”) and the Killeen Independent School District ("KISD" or "District"), Whereas, the parties desire to resolve certain disputes related to L.M.’s attorney fee demand, and Whereas, this Agreement

    • 1274 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Bell County Museum in Contrast with the German Historical Museum in Berlin, Germany: Even though I have resided in Bell County my entire life, I was completely unaware of the rich history that it provided. It wasn’t until this assignment that I learned of the many great and terrible times that our county has been faced with. The Bell County Museum displays a walk through account of all the major events we have faced as a community; from the Great Bell County Rail Road Controversy of the 1880’s to

    • 685 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Fort Hood Shooting

    • 725 Words
    • 3 Pages

    I examined the Fox News, Al-Jazeera, New York Times, and Huffington Post websites. I examined all four of these websites on April 2, 2014 between 5:30p.m and 8p.m. On the Fox News website the top story was about the Fort Hood shooting. The headline was “BREAKING NEWS: At least 4 dead, 14 injured in shooting at Fort Hood” The ‘breaking news’ text was in all capitals and it was bright red. The lead was “A shooting at Ft. Hood that reportedly left at least four dead -- including the shooter -- and 14

    • 725 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    loves deeply. The loss can be a physical loss of the person through death or a mental loss of the person through a tough breakup that the character brought on himself. The “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” ends with Mark losing his sweetheart Mary Anne Bell to the Greenies and “Fences” ends with the death of Troy. Even

    • 1419 Words
    • 6 Pages
    • 3 Works Cited
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Perhaps the most unsettling thing about Bell v. Itawamba County School Board, regardless of the final decision in favor of Bell, is the shockingly little attention the courts gave to the allegations made in the song. However, it is fairly reasonable that the court did not address the misconduct, as it was not the action in question. Perhaps a more unsettling aspect of this case is the lack of school response to the allegations made about the coaches. Bell’s reasons for writing the song, as expressed

    • 793 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    The last bell rang, and all the kids at Southport County High School bombarded the door of the classroom. It was Friday and all the kids attempted to jam through the door at once. Jane, who sat at the back of the class, waited quietly for her peers to leave. When all the kids clogging the door had left, she rose from her desk, told her language teacher, Mrs. Phyllis, “Goodbye,” and sauntered into a stream of shouting kids. Jane was a petite tenth grader. Her hair was naturally brown and her eyes

    • 1695 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Short Story : ' V '

    • 2318 Words
    • 10 Pages

    ~Emma 's P.O.V~ As he came up behind me I felt a warm sensation on my neck, only to realize it was my dad looking over my shoulder while reading my text messages. If he only knew the truth about us. How much would change? Would he still see me the same? After being deployed for several years in Iraq he is finally home. Now everything is going to be different, even mom doesn 't know and quite frankly I don 't want either of them to find out. I can already imagine their expressions right now, Mom

    • 2318 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    to beat the bell. My friend, Robert, was sitting next to me. Being a genius, he had already finished all of his work. He

    • 1015 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    clock is a reminder of something you've gained here. Pay attention, so when you hear them later in life you will remember. When you hear a bell ring, remember our first day of school, back in September of 2008. The coolness of the desks chilled our sun-tanned skin as we sat timidly in our seats, quietly absorbing the shrill sound of our first high school bell as it rang at 7:30 in the morning. As much as our eyelids wanted to sink into a sweet abyss, fear crept through our bones as we eyed the monstrous

    • 579 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
Previous
Page12345678950