Francisco Pizarro

they died was how dangerous the waters or the San Francisco Bay are. Page 6 paragraph 9 states “The shark infested water”. This quote shows how the three prisoners cold have died from a shark attack. Page 9 paragraph 2 states “The current would have pulled them to their deaths.” This illustrates how the prisoners would have drifted out to sea. Those reasons are how Frank Morris and his crew could have died from the dangerous waters of the San Francisco Bay. Another way the prisoners could have died

beginning of California’s transformation. The Gold Rush brought men pouring into California from all over the world. Chinese, European, and Mexican men left their wives and children behind for a chance at this golden opportunity. Settling in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton; new lives, cities and traditions began to form in this frontier society. California suffered at this time due to the shortage of women and families. The population consisted primarily of men who until recently

In York and Fig, reporters are analyzing the process of gentrification in Highland Park and getting the opinions of those living through it. Gentrification is the process of renovating a city so that it conforms a higher class. Gentrification has been a controversial topic because in some ways it is helpful but it is also hurting the people who have been in the gentrified city for years. When Highland Park was being gentrified several residents were noticing more white people in the area. These

San Francisco Confidential is a collection of short stories that focus on the major events that have helped shape the city to the concrete jungle it is now. The author orders the events chronologically, starting off with the bloody gold rush. He quickly progresses through the story, describing how people began prostitution as a source of income when gold was not found. Then it evolves to city officials murdering each other, the hippie era, drugs, alcohol, and sex scandals. Later, as the city becomes

When gold was exposed in 1848, people moved to California to get to the "golden mountains."At the elevation of the gold rush the atmosphere in the mining country was of intense frenzy and selfishness.The shock of the gold rush, however, hurt much father than the soil of the Sierra Mountains.Many forty-niners did became wealthy from the mining of gold, but many didn't get zoo lucky. Most people became wealthy through other power other than mining. The gold rush generated a big employment shortage

In our Council Chambers, hangs an aerial view of Downtown Bay City in the year 1912. In this picture, you can see a successful thriving downtown with stores, people shopping, and even an opera house. This is what we are working to restore our downtown back to, and then some. Around six months ago, City Council moved to adopt the Vision Bay City 2040 plan. In this extensive plan, city growth experts have developed a plans for land use, housing, livability, transportation, parks and recreation

In Lee Toland Krieger’s Age of Adaline, Krieger gives the audience a visual glimpse of immortality and ageless. In the case of the main character, Adaline, who is played by the stunning Blake Lively, is struck by a mysterious incident which preserves her age and leaves her eternal. Adaline then dedicates years to studying the condition which has been bestowed upon her on that very day. She goes on to accept this condition and vows to herself to never let anyone know about her condition besides her

Designing cities from scratch is a remarkable achievement within itself. Yet, cases around the country have ultimately failed at implementing the approach by basing the perspective of “how can they create a new city that solves problems of existing cities.” It’s less a process driven by design and more by critique. The vision for a city has changed over time. Yet three items never seem to lose contact with the development of a city and those are values, culture, and wealth. These contributing factors

The California gold rush of 1848 – 1849 and its results The lust for gold has existed since long before the birth of Christ, from the pharaohs in old Egypt to the forty-niners during the California gold rush. Gold has always been considered as a sign of wealth and because of its rareness and value it has had a big impact on history. The willingness of people to give up all they have in the pursuit of getting rich has motivated people to leave their home and to search for fortune; this was one of

Have you ever wondered what the worst prison would be like. Alcatraz was the worst prison ever it had the most baddest criminals ever. Alcatraz was nicknamed "the rock" because it was out in the middle of San Francisco Bay. It was also thought that no one could escape the prison because of all the dangers. Alcatraz opened on August 11, 1934 and closed on March 21, 1963. Alcatraz had some of the worst criminals some of the key moments were when Al Capone the worst bad guy came to Alcatraz, it also