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Hoover Dam is located in black canyon near the colorado river, about 30 miles southeast of las vegas, Nevada. Hoover Dam is made out of a concrete arch- gravity dam, and it’s on the border between the u.s states of Nevada and arizona. The purpose of a dam is to hold the flow of water, and they are often used to help provide power. The idea to build the dam come about in the year 1900. It wasn’t until 1928 that the project was accepted by congress. The construction began in 1931 and they finished

The first theory is that this whole situation was a setup that the hotel employees planned to sell her organs. After her funeral, people noticed that Jenkins’s organs were missing. It is rumored that the Crown Plaza Hotel in Chicago is actually a place where they do organ trafficking. This happens around the world where people get kidnapped or killed to get their organs removed for other people that need it. On Instagram there was a post that went viral and it said, “There’s rumors going around saying

population as many choose to avoid the inner-city poverty in favor of living in the surrounding suburbs. With that being said, Buffalo has many underutilized or unrecognized resources. First, Buffalo has access to the Great Lakes. As water scarcity becomes a more pressing issue, the Great Lakes will become an even more valuable resource. Buffalo needs to recognize the value of this resource and stop dumping raw sewage into the water. Second, the city is located near Niagara Falls, one of the biggest tourist

Entry 11: The Erie Canal The Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and is a total of three hundred and sixty-three miles long. This canal connected the Great Lakes to New York City, allowing abundant amounts of goods to flow between the two places. Several people saw the Erie Canal as a tool of growth because it helped create new towns along its path. Some of the new towns included Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse. The Erie Canal was a major attraction for the farmers migrating from New England. New

Currently, the Crater Lake region faces logging projects such as the Bybee logging project; this project proposes to clear-cut 1,300 acres of old-growth forest right up to the boundary of Crater Lake National Park (Protect Crater Lake). It would also include create 12 miles of new roads within the forest. This creates quite a controversy between the logging companies and environmentalist

Terry Tempest Williams' Refuge If we bemoan the loss of light as the day changes to night we miss the sunset. In her memoirs Refuge, Terry Tempest Williams relates the circumstances surrounding the 1982 rise in the Great Salt Lake as well as her mother’s death from cancer. Throughout the book Williams gets so caught up in preventing her mother’s death that she risks missing the sunset of her mother’s life. However the Sevier-Fremont’s adaptability to changes in nature inspires Terry Tempest

Halifax Explosion VS Great Lakes Storm Halifax Explosion In December 1917, almost 100 years ago, a French cargo ship (SS Mont-Blanc) filled with explosives collided with a Norwegian ship (SS Imo). A fire started on the Norwegian ship, and after 20 minutes the fire became uncontrollable, soon spreading to Mont-Blanc, igniting the explosives and causing a very large explosion. The blast killed approximately 2000 people, injuring about 9000, and leaving over 25000 people with no shelter. The explosion

Then after a little while Brigham Young came and seized power of the Mormon Church and kicked Rigdon out of his seat as president.They then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to escape the Americans, because the Americans did not have control of Utah back then. Then after they settled in Utah the Americans came and conquered the Mexican army and the Americans gained ownership of the West Coast, including Utah

with an in-depth examination of the concept's involvement with the failed constitutional accords and the failed Quebec succession attempts. The term "distinct society" was a political notion used during constitutional debates during the Meech Lake accord and the Charlottetown accord. Its meaning is somewhat vague and controversial. In essence, it refers to

In the late 1960s Smithson started to create his earthworks. He started by making them as ‘landmarkers’ like a map using mostly natural materials. He started making his most commonly known piece, the Spiral Jetty, in 1970 off of Utah’s Great Salt Lake.1 It was the start to his large scale earthwork. He was inspired by an Indian monument he saw in Ohio, the Great Serpent Mound. This was a turning point for him; he was able to finally achieve his goal of putting work in the land and not just on it