Chapter 8: Lewis and Clark President Thomas Jefferson formed an expedition in which he put is secretary, Meriwether Lewis, in charge. This expedition was put into place to explore the Missouri River and find a good water route towards the Pacific. If a water route was found, the economy would benefit as trade with China would boost. Second in command on this expedition was William Clark. Lewis and Clark led approximately fifty men on the journey. Once they got into their expedition, they hired an
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The first branch camp under the jurisdiction of Camp Cooke was activated at Tagus Ranch on July 29, 1944. The camp was about ten miles north of Tulare on the west side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks off Highway 99 in the San Joaquin Valley.14 Construction began in early June when the Tagus Ranch Company, which had contracted with the Army for prisoner labor, began erecting Quonset huts to house POWs and the American staff. The California Department of Agriculture supplied the Quonsets. A
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By: Jay H. Buckley 12-15-14 www.britannic.com Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lieut William Clark led a military expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest from 1804 to 1806. January 18, 1803 Thomas Jefferson sent a message to congress asking for $2,500 to send an officer and soldiers to explore the Missouri River and try to make contact with the Native Americans and expand the fur trade. Lewis bought weapons at Harpers Ferry. Virginia supervised the making of a 55-foot
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helped westward expansion. Sacagawea went with Lewis and Clark and helped them while they were exploring the land to the west. Sacagawea was an interpreter for Lewis and Clark when they reached the Shoshone. Sacagawea was also a guide for Lewis and Clark. If Sacagawea wasn't with Lewis and Clark, they wouldn't have been able to talk to the Shoshone. Sacagawea helped with the food for Lewis and Clark. Sacagawea told Lewis and Clark what plants they were able to eat, and what plants they
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knowledge of a beached whale to themselves. No, they continued to help their guests with food and shelter for their winter stay. The only confrontation they had was when a Clatsop canoe was taken on March 22, 1806. To remedy this issue, Lewis and Clark gave their furniture and Fort Clatsop, to Coboway. In the words of Lewis, Coboway, “Has been much more kind an[d] hospitable to us than any other indian in this
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One group of major explores was Burke and Wills. Burke and Wills were inexperienced explores, Burke was police investigator and Wills was a meteorologist. They were selected for long journey to find the North-South Route of Australia. The Government wanted to build a telegraph path from Adelaide to the northern coast of Australia. On the expedition Burke and Wills brought with them 26 camels, 22 horses, carried 1 tonne of stores and 2 years of supply food. Burke and Wills started their route on the
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Facts: 1) Ron L. Clark, Jr. (born 1972) is an American teacher who has worked with disadvantaged students in rural North Carolina and Harlem, New York City. 2) Clark is known for his ability to raise test scores by using unique methods that incorporate innovation, creativity and 55 classroom rules.He also wrote the book “The essential 55”. 3)In 2001 he won Disney Teacher of the year Award. 4) Currently Mr.Clark is working in the “Ron Clark Academy “,a new school serving low-wealth students from
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Mike Morris 1/29/10 Lewis and Clark expedition The Lewis and Clark expedition was one of the most important events to ever take part in the United States. These two very intelligent and brave men were taking a journey into the vast unknown to seek out what they have never seen before. Before this whole thing happened, Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase which nearly doubled the amount of land the United States had. The only bad thing about this was he didn’t know anything about the
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different from the East. To lead this journey President Jefferson chose his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, a man who had previous skills as a frontiersman. Lewis then chose William Clark, who was known as a great draftsman and frontiersman. Lewis chose Clark as co-commanding captain of the Expedition, even though Clark was never recognized as such by the government. Together they collected a diverse military Corps of Discovery that would be able to undertake a two-year journey to the great ocean.
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E harmony, the match making company was founded by Dr. Neil Clark Warren and Greg Forgatch in 1998. The company business is to provide right partners to their customers. Now the company is struggling to overcome their competitors. This summary discusses about that how they are going to address the recent competitor actions. To start with modern marriage markets, the marriage rate had reached its lowest point. Earlier the marriage age for men and women is 26 and 22 respectively. Now that has been
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