Selena’s fans are screaming at MAC Selena and M.A.C fans might be dreaming tonight. After 20 years of Selena Quintanilla’s death her ever supportive and passionate fans are still loyal as ever because last February they made a petition on Change.org that was started by Patty Rodriguez, A Selena super fan, she is urging M.A.C. Cosmetic to create a collection based on the legendary Texan singer and beauty icon. The petition garnered over 37,000 signatures around the world via social media sites
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On July 12, 1887 the city of Mound Bayou MS was founded by former slave, Isaiah T. Montgomery, and his cousin, Benjamin Green. Mound Bayou is situated between Vicksburg, MS and Memphis,TN off Highway 61. Mound Bayou is 128 years old and it remains to be the oldest bastion of the black municipal government of the south. It was the first city to be established and governed by African Americans. As a result of its success, Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth President of the United States, called
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ELIZABETH ELLEN JOHNSON “Texas Cattle Queen” Haley Pacheco 05.28.2016 7TH GRADE TX HISTORY BIOGRAPHY/SPEECH Hello, my name is Elizabeth Ellen Johnson Williams. I was born on May 9, 1840 in Cole County, Missouri. When I was about four, my family moved multiple times and finally settled in Hays County, Texas. There, at my family’s institution, I received my basic education. Later, I earned a degree when I was 19 from Chappell Hill Female College in Washington County. I
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The Dustbowl, was a period of critical dust storms that damaged the agriculture of the United States. Also known as the dirty thirties, the Dustbowl took place in the 1930’s. Not only did the dustbowl bring economical, ecological and human misery to the United states but, this was all during a time when the US was already suffering under the Great Depression. “A failure to apply dry land farming methods and severe drought to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon.” The drought came in different
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On September 28, 1821, Mexico received independence from Spain. Spain had been forcing the local middle classes to share wealth with them and Mexico grew tired of it. After gaining independence, the Mexican government made contracts with empresarios, or land agents to sell land to Catholic families. Over the course of six years, the empresarios had to sell a certain number of land grants and was to receive 23,000 acres of land for every 100 families he settled. However, if he did not reach the goal
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was the Dust Bowl? The Dust Bowl is an area of land where vegetation had been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice. The Dust Bowl hit areas like Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas. The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought in 1930s depression-ridden America. The Dust Bowl was a dangerous storm that damaged many places. For eight years dust blew on southern plains. Tons of topsoil were
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Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born on April 16th, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. She grew up in a Mexican-American environment, you can probably tell that in her music. Her talent had risen when her father heard her singing around the house one day. That my friends is how "Selena y Los Dinos" was formed! The band consisted of family and friends, not to mention Selena's boyfriend Chris Perez! Selena and her boyfriend Chris actually got married in April of 1992, a few years before her death. Before
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missions in Texas. It isn’t well know because there was no major battles. La Bahia was found in 1721 right on the Bay of Holy Spirit. It’s now it is called Matagorda Bay and Lavaca Bay. It got its name from La Bahia del Espiritu Santo. The Spanish shorten the name to La Bahia. It was originally at the ruins in Fort St. Louis. Then it was moved inland to Mission Valley in 1726 because of the trouble with the Karankawa Indians. In 1749 it was moved again to its present day in Goliad, Texas. It was
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His mother was a white woman born into a very influential family in Texas. However, during the raid on Ft. Parker in May of 1936, several of her family members were killed and at the age of 9, she was captivated by the Comanches, raised as an Indian and learned Indian methods for ways of life. She was renamed Preloch and
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My decision to attend Aggie BLUE at the beginning of this semester has really shaped how my first semester at Utah State went. At Aggie BLUE, I learned principles that I still live by and I developed leadership qualities that I plan to use throughout my university experience. Two of my favorite principles taught were that everyone belongs, and getting involved can make or break the college experience. Through Aggie BLUE and involvement, I was able to see a different side of me and a different side
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