was around 10 years old and the first thought in my head when the first plane hit the first tower in New York City that it was a hoax or a prank, actually I was watching Power Ranger: Mighty Murphy, it was on a Tuesday morning, I was sick so I couldn’t go to school that day, so when the first plane hit, I was like the rangers failed. After the second plane hit the other tower I still thought it was still part of the TV show, and then my mom came to the living room, took the remote from me and scanned
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How would you feel if you got a call saying that your husband or wife got killed saving someone else? Think about all the places you can go and not risk your life. When you go mountain climbing you have to have a helicopter to fly up and save you, a ranger to jump out and help you, and of course a mountain to save you off of. To begin, helicopters rescue people that are stuck in the mountains. People die in the mountains trying to save people that have serious injuries. In some cases they have to
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The Lone Ranger The story of the Lone Ranger began in 1933 with the first radio broadcast of what would become a highly popular radio show that later expanded into movies and television. The story of the Lone Ranger follows a Texas Ranger who is the lone survivor when a band of outlaws kills all the other Texas Rangers he is riding with. Found barely alive after the brutal killings by a childhood friend, an American Indian named Tonto, the Texas Ranger (who is now the lone surviving Ranger from his
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fought because of their love for Texas, their want for State’s Rights, and their wish to preserve slavery. Texans fought in the Civil War because of their love for Texas. In Document D, John Wesley Rabb says “I wanto be home so bad. I here that the Yanks are in Texas...I think most of the Rangers wanto be in Texas.” This shows how much he loved Texas. It also shows how bad Rabb wanted to be home. Rabb fought for the love of Texas because he wanted to preserve the way Texas was and didn’t want it to change
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Texas bloodshed on Texas soil, thousands of brave Texas soldiers fought in the name of Texas in the American Civil War, risking their lives to defend their beliefs.Texas fought till the end,yet couldn’t pull off a victory.This tragic , 4 year, war left a long lasting effect of defeat on Texas, as well as losing about 15,000 Texan lives, so why did they fight? Tension began when a white southerners by the name of John Brown, attempted a slave uprising by attacking a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry
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Erastus Smith/Deaf Smith April 19, 1787 Dutchess County, New York - November 30, 1837 Richmond Texas Deaf Smith or Erastus Smith the son of Chilaib and Mary Smith. When Deaf was a child he lost his hearing to a disease. At the age of twelve Deaf moved to Natchez, Mississippi with his parents. Deaf returned in 1821, settling close to San Antonio. Deaf married a Mexican Widow named Guadalupe Ruiz Duran in 1822. The two had four children, three of whom survived to adulthood. In 1825 Deaf settled
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Course Date In Border Contraband, Díaz examines the reality of change in the smuggling contraband over the Texas-Mexico border. Díaz states that the innocence of smuggling could not relate to the violence witnessed and what was reported in the news, a difference which inspired him to write the book. For example, the news media indicated that any encounter between the Texas Rangers and the border smugglers would result in the border smugglers initiating violence and the officers shooting back
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Smith. A admirable scout. A valuable spy. And most of all, a significant Texas hero. Better known as “Deaf Smith” Erastus Smith was born in Duchess County, New York, on April 19, 1787. He was around eleven years old when he moved to Natchez, Mississippi Territory. During his childhood, Smith had lost his hearing to an unknown disease, which would later on give him his acclaimed nickname, Deaf Smith. Smith first visited texas in 1817, but did not stay long. He eventually returned in 1821 and settled
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Austin VS. Dallas Compare and Contrast (Draft #1) Senator William Blakely once said, “Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas.” Although this well-stated quote exemplifies the pride that Texans have for their home state, the blanket proclamation is one that fails to distinguish the unique characteristics found in nearly every region of the lone star state. A quote that offers a much more accurate description and distinguishes the diversity and differences of each city/region was
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Gladewater Oil Boom The oil business used to be a big production in Gladewater, TX. It was a part of the East Texas Oil field which consisted of parts of Gregg, Western Rusk, Southern Upshur, South eastern Smith and also Northeastern Cherokee counties in the Northeastern part of the state. The East Texas Oil Field is a very large oil and gas producer in east Texas and it covers thousands of and has many historic and working oil wells It is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside
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