Justin Flores Language Arts Honors Period 4 1-18-17 Montclair 's History The history of Montclair, as with other communities in Southern California, is rich and colorful. Serrano Indians were the earliest known inhabitants of the land that is now Montclair. In 1774, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza named that sycamore tree-lined creek "Arroyo de los Alisos," the Stream of the Sycamores, later renamed San Antonio Creek. Up until the 1890s, Montclair was little more than grazing land and a watering hole. This signaled the beginning of land development and the formation of a viable community. In the early 1900s, Emil Firth, a Los Angeles land developer, named the 1,000-acre land tract "Monte Vista." Settlers moved in shortly
he nuckelavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology that combines equine and human elements. The name of this most horrible of all the demons of the Scottish islands may have the same root as Old Nick (the Devil). Though accounts describing the creature 's appearance are inconsistent, its abilities are well-documented. The nuckelavee 's breath can wilt crops and sicken livestock, and the creature has been held responsible for droughts and epidemics on land despite its being predominantly a sea-dweller. In common with many other sea monsters, it is unable to tolerate fresh water; therefore, those it is pursuing have only to cross a river or stream to be rid of it.
But to certain circumstances, it only remained at its original site for five years after Father Luis Jayme proposed to move the mission six miles east (Present location) where it lied near the San Diego River and a Kumeyaay village. The newly constructed was unfortunately burned down by a native uprising in 1775 after the Native Americans or Diegueno (what the Spanish called “converted” Indians) were agitated
Richard Graziano - President and General Manager of WPIX-TV A “double eagle” alumnus, Richard Graziano graduated from Boston College High School in 1986 and the Boston College Carroll School of Management in 1990. After earning his bachelor of science with a concentration in marketing, he found employment as an account executive with Boston’s WXKS-FM/WJMN-FM. Richard Graziano went on to serve a series of sales and administrative positions with broadcast television stations in Boston; Atlanta, Georgia; and Hartford, Connecticut. He has served as president and general manager of WPIX-TV in New York City since 2013. Richard Graziano’s duties at WPIX-TV include recruiting top station executives and managing approximately 20 and more than 50 national sales professionals.
Summer Glaze Mrs. Market English 10 28 March 2017 Carl Clauberg Outline Carl Clauberg was a German medical doctor who had become a monster (3). Clauberg being a doctor, helped many people people (3). Clauberg was a Gynaecologist, and an Infantryman (1). After World World II began, Clauberg began conducting sterilization and artificial insemination medical experiments on women, children, and some men (2). Clauberg had met Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS and Reichsführer (2).
Jalen Moore, born December 28, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia. Jalen was born in Crawford Long Hospital to Melanie Morrison and Steven Moore. Melanie Morrison, mother of Moore, from Atlanta, Georgia and Steven Moore, father of Moore, from Fort Worth, Texas. These two produced a wonderful, athletic, smart child. Some of the important things to Moore are family, sports and his career.
When people ask me, “Camille, where are you from?” I answer, without hesitation, “Stockton, California.” Yet, I am not a true “Stocktonian.” Yes, I have resided here for the past five years, but I still regard myself to be a “Moragan.” For eight years, the hills of Moraga, California was a place to call my home.
Matthew Murdock Essay Matthew Michael Murdock grew up in New York City by Jack “Batlin” Murdock. His dad always encouraged him to do well in school so he didn’t have to fight like his dad. When boxing became scarce for his dad he went to work with a mobster called “The Fixer”, while his dad was working Matthew began training on his dad's equipment. Matthew was walking down the street one day when he realized a blind old man was about to get hit by a truck. Matthew ran over to the old man and pushed him out of the way from the truck.
After the influx of the Spanish in the seventeenth century, much of the native population yielded to illness. How did the ones who survived find success and what did the Spanish do to develop the county? The Natives ended up moving away or intermarried with the Europeans. The Spanish increased the population by giving fifty-nine leagues of ground on the north bank of the Rio Grande (including all of the section of Brownsville) to José Salvador de la Garza in 1781.
Chase Ward Mrs. Walser Bio 2 8-31-15 Meandrina Throughout the ocean are many different types of corals, but located along the foot of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico lies the Meandrina. The Meandrina is a coral that can form spherical heads along with flat plates that extend for yards beneath the sea. Within the genus of Meandrina you have the meandrites. Meandrites are sometimes known as the “maze coral” this type of Meandrina is found on the slopes underneath the water in the common areas for this genus of coral.
California History: Mission Santa Clara De Asis When looking at present day America it is difficult to picture what is was like just a few hundred years ago, it is hard to believe that such a vast amount of land could change as drastically as it did in such a short amount of time. This huge change that America went through was caused by the colonization of the multiple European empires. When it came to the colonization of the ‘new world’ and the assimilation of its native people, one of the most common methods was the use of religion. One of the reasons most of the European empires saw the Native Americans as savages and of lower status was because of how greatly their religion differed from the colonists. Although many of the colonists believed
Los Angeles’ first human history began in the early 6000 BC. It was inhabited by the hunter-gatherer Gabrieneño and Chumash people. In the late 18th century, their existence ended due to the arrival of missionaries and pioneers. Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portalá went on an expedition north of what is now known as the California Peninsula. Portalá came upon an Indian village beside a river which he named “ El Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porcincula.”
Le Morte D’ Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory is the definitive source for many of the modern works concerning The Arthurian legend. Stories but translated them from the French and then added the English flavor to the stories. In Malory’s version of Arthur’s Death emphasis was placed on character of mordred, the illegitimate son of Arthur and his sister. Mordred had sent letters advising that Arthur had been murdered.
Introduction San Diego de Alcala was the first mission in Alta California that Father Serra and Captain Gaspar de Portola established on July 16, 1769. They built it in San Diego Bay, where the tribe named “Kumeyaay” was settling. The Native Americans became mad after the Spanish missionaries treated the native people badly, so they decided to attack the mission. After the disaster, Father Serra came back from Mission San Carlos to San Diego to see people rebuilding Mission San Diego. Kumeyaay Before the Spanish started settling, a tribe named “Kumeyaay” was living.
Hill and the formation of the Sempervirens Club in what is now Big Basin Redwoods State Park Hill convinced his friend Josephine McCrackin to “write about the plight of the trees for the Santa Cruz Sentinel.” Headlined “Save the Trees” in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, a popular daily newspaper, on March 7, 1900, McCrackin’s article the vineyard owner’s exploitation of the redwoods as “‘utterly un-American’” and “‘un-Californian.’ ” It is of little surprise that this evoked a passionate response from Southern Californians, many of whom shortly thereafter took up the rallying cry ‘save the redwoods.’ The presence of clubs such as the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West and California Historical Society reflected this strong sense of Californian identity. As concern over the preservation of redwoods in Southern California mounted, a survey committee, led by Hill and San Jose Woman’s Club member Carrie Walter, assembled for the purpose of evaluating the condition of the redwoods of Big Basin.
Why does the thought of something that isn’t possible capture the attention of so many? Society today is infatuated with the notion of the element of fantasy. The definition of fantasy itself is imagining things that are impossible or improbable. Having the ability to escape from reality and enter a world where the impossible is real gives society something to look forward to. Fantasy has been around for quite some time and is widely popular today.