Apache County, Arizona Essays

  • How the West Was Won

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    How the West Was Won Table of contents???pg.1 (History) How the West was ?won?????pg.2 (History) Harmony Lost???pg.3 The Long Walk???pgs.4-7 Bibliography???pg.8 How the West was ?won?? For hundreds of years the early stories of the United States have been summed up by the expression, ?How the West was won.? The classic cowboy and Indian films have always portrayed the white settlers moving across America?s plains and mountains to be innocent at heart in their journeys

  • Speaking Through Silence

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    in Western Apache Culture is an investigation of situations when members of a certain Apache community in the western United States assume the state of silence as a form of social interaction. In this paper, I will first note details of the society under consideration and Basso’s interests in regards to the questions he is trying to answer. I will introduce some anthropological concepts that are suitable to the discussion, followed by Basso’s observations regarding silence in the Apache community

  • Samuel Drachman: Jewish Pioneer

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    Drachman, was a significant Jewish pioneer in Arizona. He was born on November 9, 1837 in Petrokoy, Russian Poland. His parents were Harris and Rebecca Drachman. He had 2 siblings: Augusta and Philip Drachman. Philip had many difficulties with his health and he thought Arizona’s dry climate would be his treatment. Samuel was to be by his side. Samuel was 18 years old when he and Philip came to America. They shared a boat with fellow future Arizona pioneers: the Goldwater brothers. Their first

  • Lorenzo's Hometown

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    Lorenzo's Hometown Lorenzo Lujan grew up in Morenci, Arizona. His father worked in the Morenci Mine, and his brothers, brothers in law, uncles and his wife's family all worked in the mine. He said, "[Morenci] was like a big family--and I don't just mean literal family members, the whole town was a family. Morenci was the type of town where you didn't have to lock your doors at night; everybody knew everybody else." But he doesn't relish the idea of returning to his hometown. "Phelps Dodge

  • The Gila River

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    The mostly dry Gila River today hardly resembles the unruly, historic stream that came roaring out of the Black Mountain Range in western New Mexico, crossing the Great Divide and then Arizona before ending its 650-mile journey by joining the Colorado River at Yuma. In those days, before construction of eastern Arizona’s Coolidge Dam and an irrigation-canal system commandeered the Gila’s water, boats navigated the river, which varied in width from 150 to 1,200 feet with depths ranging from 2 to

  • Arizona Is Awe-Inspiring

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    Located in the southwestern United States, Arizona borders the states of Nevada and California to its west. It borders Utah to its north, and New Mexico to its west. This unique state has one of the largest populations of any landlocked state in the US and was the 48th state to join the country. Also, it was the last state in the continental United States to achieve statehood, on February 14, 1912. With its vast deserts and soaring mountains, Arizona was long a sparsely populated state that required

  • Flagstaff, AZ

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    Flagstaff, AZ When you think of Arizona, you think of vast deserts with the sun that lasts the whole day. As you force your car north through the significant state, the seasons change before your eyes. Finally, in the middle of the state you reach the rich San Francisco Mountains. Once you see the peaks of the mountains you know you are close to Flagstaff, AZ. Flagstaff is the definition of a mountain town. There isn’t a person in the city that hasn’t hiked, skied or snow-boarded down these

  • Mesa AZ

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    States has its unique attraction. Let us have a look at Mesa Arizona. Mesa, AZ history Mesa tracks its roots back to Spanish Indian and Mormon expeditions in the early American history. The diverse ethnical background is one of its strong points for growth and development. The city is found in the State of Arizona in the county of Maricopa. It borders the famous city of phoenix to the east. Mesa built the biggest arts theatre in Arizona in 2005. In addition, it has exciting Tonto horse rides at Saquaro

  • Spanish Influence On Mexican Americans Essay

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    which, in turn, sparked the famous “cowboy culture” of the Southwest. This “blended” Spanish and indigenous Mexican culture is commonly known as “Hispanic” or “Latino.” Today, this culture is still very much alive and can be seen all throughout both Arizona and the Southwest as a whole. One can clearly see the cultural impact of both the Mexicans and Spanish, through the architecture, restaurants, traditional foods, and the religious traditions and ceremonies celebrated by Mexican people in the region

  • The Arizona Constitution

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    Arizona Statehood and Constitution Arizona’s Constitution was written sometime in 1910; amended, ratified, and approved by Congress in 1911. Then Arizona became the 48th state and the last adjoining state to be welcomed in the Union; on February 14, 1912. Since then the citizens of Arizona has amended their Constitution many times. The Constitution consists of thirty articles. There were quite a lot of events that impacted the process of Arizona becoming its own state. The first section will examine

  • The Pros And Cons Of The Apache Gold Casino

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    cities and states in taxes. A staff writer for ABC News in Arizona in an article titled "Casinos Not Paying Off for Indians" also points out that the Indian casinos don’t always improve the lives of the tribe members. In an article titled "Casinos Not Paying Off for Indians" the writer makes an attempt to prove most of the Native American casinos do little to improve the lives of the tribe members. The Apache Gold Casino in San Carlos, Arizona is a golf and gambling resort with a $40 million hotel.

  • The Clanton Gang

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    early 1800’s, and most men got recognition as slingers in the 1850’s. The founder of gunfighting was “Old Man Clanton”, or N. H. Clanton. In 1816, Newman Haynes "Old Man" Clanton was born in Davidson County, Tennessee. On January 5, 1840 Newman Clanton married Mariah Sexton Kelso in Callaway County, Missouri and together they had five boys and two daughters. John Wesley, Joseph Isaac, Phineas Fay, William Harrison, Alonzo Peter, Mary Elise and Ester Ann made up the Clanton Gang. He did not participate

  • Race Tensions

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    town I grew up in is Show Low, Arizona. Surrounding Show Low are many small neighboring towns. These towns all come together to form the White Mountains. Most of the citizens of my community are of a Caucasian background. There are also some different minority groups that come from different background that also live there. The majority of the non-Caucasian residents are of Native Americans decent and Mexican decent. There are Native Americans because of the Apache Reservation that lies to the East

  • Spanish America

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    Spanish America PART ONE THE CONQUEST AND COLONIZATION OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 Legacy of hate: The conquest of Mexico's northwest A. The invasion of Texas-Not all the Anglo-Americans favored the conflict. Eugene C. Barker states that the immediate cause of the war was " the overthrow of the nominal republic by Santa Anna and the substitution of centralized oligarchy" which allegedly would have centralized Mexican control. Texas history is a mixture of selected fact and generalized myth. Historians

  • A Historical Overview of Women's Suffrage Movement in US and Arizona

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    A Historical Overview of Women's Suffrage Movement in US and Arizona 1. An Overview Of Women's Suffrage Movement In The United States The women’s suffrage movement achieved victory with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920. For the first time in more than 110 years, women were given the right to vote. However, nine states at this time already guaranteed the women’s vote. At this time, all nine states lay west of the Mississippi, (Rothschild, p.8). Indeed, “Although

  • A Remarkable Woman Of The Early West

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    Margaret Ann Martin was born in Greenfield, Nelson County, Virginia on January 20th, 1834. Her parents were Hudson Martin and Nancy Thorpe. Hudson Marton was born in Virginia in 1765. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Giddeon Martin, his after moved to Kentucky. Giddeon Martin had fought for seven years in the Revolution under General George Washington. Hudsont Martin and Nancy Thorpe were married March 22nd, 1824. The following children were born to this union John, their only son, and

  • General John Pershing

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    sense of honor fashioned one of the greatest leaders our country has ever seen. His contributions to the modern army is beyond reproach (Perry, 2011). John J. Pershing was brought forth on 13 Sept. 1860, to the son of a railroad boss in Laclede, Linn County Missouri (Pershing, 2013). He was from a family with Alsatian origins, spelling their name "Pforsching" (Vandiver, 1977). At 17, Pershing would begin educating at an African American school in Laclede, to give the family help with finances that were

  • Lone Wolf: American Indians

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    Late in Lone Wolf’s life, American Indians whose histories have been rendered all but unrecognized and invisible shared a common aspiration to rediscover their cultural heritage and repossess their civil liberties. Lone Wolf had sought throughout his life to participate in the cultural determination of his Blackfeet tribe. Art historian W. Jackson Rushing III argues that artists of mixed heritage working in the twentieth-century appropriated “styles associated with the ‘dominant’ culture – Post Impressionism

  • Comunity Risk Reduction Programs and Procedures

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    Introduction As emergency providers we are viewed as a trusted and valuable source of information particularly when it comes to protecting the public. Through the years the America Fire Service has recognized the need to build and maintain effective emergency response capabilities. The new norm for the fire service has many common similarities with financial restraints that affect staffing levels, response times, equipment needs, growing pressures from political groups, and various demographic

  • Logging in the United States

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    harvest at a much greater rate. By the depression, there were m... ... middle of paper ... ... Moir, Will. Logging, 2002. Land Use History of North America. <http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/ponderosafire.htm> 4. Moir, Will. “Mogollon Rim, Arizona” “National Forest Protection and Restoration Act” <http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr2169.html> 5. Johnsgard. North American Owls. Smithsonian pbk, 1982. 6. Maclean, John. Fire and ashes. Henrey holt and company, 2004. 7. Thybony