Essay should:
• Identify a place that is unique to Kansas (city, town, county, lake, river area, region (i.e., Flint Hills, northeast Kansas) or a building or attraction.
• Give historically and/or currently accurate details about the place.
• Explain how the place is important to Kansas.
Theme: “Kansas Places”
Describe a place that is unique to Kansas and explain its importance to the state of Kansas. A place could be a city, town, county, lake, river area, region (i.e., Flint Hills, northeast Kansas) or a building.
Descriptions should include historical and/or present-day elements of the place. Running is not easy, but most Saturday mornings in the summer, I convince myself to step outside and test the strength of my heart by running a few miles. Half-Marathon US Champion Julia Stamps once stated, “Running away, can also be running toward something.” That is exactly what I do. When I start running away from my house, I end up running towards a specific destination. Two miles in, I stop at my destination to enjoy the view of Ted Grinter’s
The first published record of a sunflower in Kansas was in 1820. Zoologist Thomas Say stated “The produce of these tracts of unmixed sand is the sunflower, often the dense and exclusive occupant.” Similarly, Grinter Farms contains sunflowers emerging as the sole vegetation, packed together to decorate the landscape. Grinter Farms is also important because it invites people to a taste of the exquisite Kansas lifestyle. Hard-working farms and brilliant golden flowers spread across all of Kansas. When people from around the country visit this attraction, they also gain a hint of the reality of Kansas and the spectacular outcomes within. Clearly, Grinter Farms is of upmost importance in Kansas because of its simplistic style and
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They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares" (603). This quotation shows that running is not always competition, but it helps runners overcome their
When looking at the vast lands of Texas after the Civil War, many different people came to the lands in search for new opportunities and new wealth. Many were lured by the large area that Texas occupied for they wanted to become ranchers and cattle herders, of which there was great need for due to the large population of cows and horses. In this essay there are three different people with three different goals in the adventures on the frontier lands of Texas in its earliest days. Here we have a woman's story as she travels from Austin to Fort Davis as we see the first impressions of West Texas. Secondly, there is a very young African American who is trying his hand at being a horse rancher, which he learned from his father. Lastly we have a Mexican cowboy who tries to fight his way at being a ranch hand of a large ranching outfit.
“ St. Louis, MO” states that St. Louis is the 2nd largest city in the state of Missouri. St. Louis is in the east central of Missouri and Sits right on the Mississippi Rive. St. Louis is not part of any county, so it is its own independent city. Manufacturing is important to St. Louis’s economy. St. Louis has a lot of industries, and they are a big part of the city. The cities industries include automobiles, aircraft, and space technology (infoplease.com). St. Louis is a old city and a lot of history has been made throughout the year...
The Nebraskan prairies are beautiful and picturesque and set the scene for a memorable story. Big farm houses and windmills placed throughout the graceful flowing golden yellow grass become a nostalgic aspect of Jim as he leaves his childhood life behind. The frontier includes destructive and depressing winters and luscious summers that affect Jim's family and the immigrants. The gloominess of winter and the suicide of Mr. Shimerda provide memories that associate Jim's recollections with nature's seasons. The Christmas season provided faith to persevere through winter and the exchanging of gifts made happy memories, which Jim could not experience if snow darkness did not exist. The summers were most unforgettable though. The smoldering sun and fertile land made growing crops easy. The immigrants references of roads lined with sunflowers as opportunity inspired Jim to appreciate the splendor and bountifulness of the land. Later Jim encounters these pathways, now concealed because of erosion, remembering that "this was the road over which Antonia and I came when we got off the train . . . the feelings of that night had been so near that I could reach out and touch them with my hand. For Antonia and me, this had been the road of Destiny" (Cather237).
"The Civil War in Missouri." Kansas-Nebraska Act: Bleeding Kansas. Missouri History Museum, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
The Interior Plains is a region in west-central Canada, in the Mountain and Central time zones. It is the fourth largest region of Canada. Majority of the Interior Plains is prairie land with lots of flatlands. The total area of this region is 1, 900, 000 km². Approximately nineteen percent of Canada’s population lives in the Interior Plains region. This region includes certain points of interests and attractions such as city areas like downtown Calgary and natural sightseeing areas like the Rocky Mountains. The majority of the Interior Plains is prairie land, with many trees and grass. Most of this area is wide, open spaces and flat land. Some of the animals living here include deer, wolves, and
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“The Only Waunakee In The World” Is what they say about the small unknown town. Everytime someone asks where we live all we say is just outside of Madison, but not many people know all of the history this town holds. Trains and Farming, If you dig below the surface you can really find some interesting facts about this wonderful town.
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Álamo, located in San Antonio TX, made a mark. A mark in history.But technically it’s not the building, it’s what happened inside.
The state of Kansas was tossed back and forth between the French, British, Spanish and Americans. France surrendered its North American possessions at the end of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Year War. New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were in Spain’s possession in 1762. French territories east of the Mississippi, including Canada, were ceded to Britain. Napoleon, who took power in 1799, aimed to gain control back over North American territory. As part of the Treaty of San Ildefonso, on October 1802 the Spain's King Charles IV signed a decree transferring the Louisiana Territory to France. In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States. This transaction became known as the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase allowed for the United States to acquire the land west of the Mississippi, including Kansas. Kansas was chaotic when the United States acquired it. Although the technical ownership over the land now known as Kansas was the United States, the native people had lived on the land many years prior to its seizure.
The Kansas State Capitol was a very big building filled with history of Kansas. It had facts about when Kansas became a state and how we got some of our laws and things about our flags. The walls had art work on them that was very interesting. They also had designs in the copper on the walls that was very unique. We could go up to the very top of the building and I chose to go up to the top. It was very high and I was very scared but once I got to the top it was very pretty. I would have regretted it if I did not go to the top.
Utah is an amazing state. Utah is home to the Blue Spruce, California Gull, and the Sego Lily. Utah has so many explorers, settlers, famous people, and events, as well as the beautiful geography, important cities, and interesting facts. It is so famous for it’s snow. The state nickname is a state that has something for everyone.
This place is meaningful to me because it is part of the county I loved, is part of the county where I grew up and is part of my childhood. This place is in the country in an old region named Appalachia, a small piece of the Appalachian Mountains, in a town named Pikeville.