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    A Visit to Cades Cove Having lived in the Blount County area all my life, I have taken many weekend trips with my family and friends to Cades Cove, a beautiful place situated in The Great Smokey Mountains. Here you can drive the eleven-mile trail (visiting the homes of people who once resided in Cades Cove), picnic in the park, and camp out for the weekend. Cades Cove contains a lot of history as well as beautiful sites. Located near the Townsend entrance to the Great Smokey Mountains National

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    where they are from, and the county that they live in. It is important for children to know these things for various safety reasons. The importance of this importance spreads to various ways of life. One important reason of knowing your county is for weather purposes, emergency alert purposes, and for voting purposes. In 1823 Hardeman County was founded by two smaller counties to make one. The previous counties were Hardin County and Indian Lands. Hardeman county is named after Thomas Jones

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    her at the basketball game. I could never get to see or talk to her at the reunions or any other family get togethers. We had many experiences together as I said before. One I remember most is when we always met and went to Obey River in Pickett county. We went all through the summer, we always knew what out plans were going to turn out to be. We would start by always playing in the water while our parents would get the cookout stuff together. We enjoyed every minute we spent together. She is

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    Lewis County

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    The Government of Weston and Lewis County Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia with a population of roughly 4,110 as of 2010 (wikipedia.org). Lewis County is known as the heart of the state of West Virginia with Weston standing as its county seat. The city was founded in 1818 as Preston before soon changing to Fleshersville for Henry Flesher, and then to Weston in 1819. However, it was not until 1913 that the city was officially incorporated (local.wv.gov). Weston is also home to a plethora

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    Abstract William Henry Crocker was son to Charles Crocker and Mary Deming. William was born on January 19, 1861 in Sacramento, California. William had other siblings but was the youngest son. William Henry Crocker became president of Crocker Bank in 1893. Crocker Bank was located in San Francisco, CA. CA FOUNDER: WILLIAM HENRY CROCKER William Henry Crocker was a prominent member of the Republican Party. William attended Phillips Academy, Andover, and the very prestigious Yale University. He played

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    The country watched with heavy hearts as the Tennessee wildfires claimed the lives of 14 people, burning over 2,400 homes and businesses to the ground. Residents returned to find they no longer had a home, but they also found out that Dolly Parton put a plan in motion to help take care of her Tennessee neighbors. Parton established the “My People Fund,” pledging to donate $1,000 a month for six months to families who lost their homes to the fires. The country singer also setup the “Smoky Mountains

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    department and have been here for almost eleven years. The police department’s mission is to provide a community based police department to its citizens so they will feel safe in their communities with in Nashville Tennessee. The MNPD services the citizens of Nashville and Davidson County with all of its 526 square miles as the primary law enforcement agency in Nashville. The city does have a Sheriff’s department but they handle the jail system as well as civil warrant servicing. The MNPD currently

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    Amber's Case Study

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    Amber lives in her smoke free household in East Brookfield, Massachusetts. She resided with her boyfriend and she owns two large dogs, which are kept in the home. Amber has been diagnosed with Vigitlio Dr Harris and is currently being treated for this condition at University Medical Center in Worcester. Dr. Harris is the head of a team of Doctors a UMass Medical which is conducting a study on Amber’s condition. Amber does part take in this study. Amber was very informative about her condition

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    The Ripley County Sheriff’s office is located in Gatesville Indiana on Cherry Street. Sheriff Milford Wankiee, formerly Deputy Wankie, had been temporarily appointed acting Sheriff when Sheriff Thomas Huntley died in late 1937. Along with his new job, Milford inherited Deputy William Hunter, who had worked alongside of him in the Sheriff’s office for several years. That worked out well for Deputy Hunter, as he was Milford’s nephew. It was not however, a situation Milford was fond of. Milford P

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    David, “Davy,” Crockett, also known as the, “King of the Wild Frontier,” was born August 17, 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee. He was one of nine children born to a family who followed the movement of western settlement. As a young boy, around eight years old, his father taught him to shoot a rifle and he eagerly accompanied his brothers on hunting trips. At the age of thirteen his father insisted that he enroll in school but only after a few days he got into an altercation with a bully and ran away

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