The Oregon Trail Francis Parkman Analysis

Lewis and Clark were two people that established our country by going on a risky exploration across America. In the books Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose and The Captain’s Dog by Roland Smith their journey gets gets captured even the imperfections. Each of these books capture the story in different ways; perspectives, story, and the different messages they’re getting across. In these two books the perspective differs from facts to the perspective of a dog.

After studying astronomy, map-making, and other survival skills Meriwether made for the perfect explorer candidate. Lewis asked William Clark, a friend he made in army, to co-captain this journey with him. In mid-October Lewis and Clark made the final preparations in Clarksville, Indiana territory. It is here that they assembled the team that would accompany them on this trip. This team that was composed of Native American experts and men who were familiar with upper Missouri.

The group of men set out from St. Louis, Missouri in May of 1804 in search of a water passage to the west coast. These men traveled by boat, foot, and horseback across the unknown lands and encountered many new things. They were helped by the Native peoples, and often traded goods and supplies with them. Along the way Lewis and Clark encountered the

I had the opportunity to go to Mexico and visit the Yucatan rainforest and this lead me to be able to explore nature and feel the peaceful impact it can have on someone 's life. Chris McCandless was determined to create a new life for himself and be the one to control his own destiny. “Chris changed his name, gave the entire balance of a twenty-four-thousand-dollar savings account to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet…. His family had no idea where he was or what had become of him until his remains turned up in Alaska”. This quote is from Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild and shows how McCandless left everything from his old life in order to create a new life for himself.

Did you ever wanted to sail to the new world to get gold and other treasure’s. In 1607 John Smith (Captain Smith) brought some colonist with him to build the new world. .

The short story, “The Notorious Frog of Calaveras County”, by Mark Twain, is a humorous and insightful tale that takes place in the United States. At the time of the story, people were moving west to settle land and discover gold. The author uses symbolism, through the names he assigns his characters, to provide insight into the society that existed in the United States during the time of the tale. The narrator, who is from the East, enters a mining camp in search of a friend’s friend by the name of Reverend Leonidas W. Smiley.

Dillon Edwards Desperate Passage: The Donner Party’s Perilous Journey West, Ethan Rarick, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2008. Desperate Passage is a good book that sheds light on a perilous journey taken by a group of strangers who come together to form a wagon train. It was written by Ethan Rarrick. In the book a group of strangers band together to form a wagon train to make the perilous journey west.

The 1824 Chumash Revolt This paper will consist of researching the Chumash Tribe from before their colonization the actions that led to the 1824 uprising, and the aftermath that occurred after this revolt. Therefore this research paper will focus on how the Chumash Indians have adapted to culture loss and continue to be a federally recognized tribe. The year was 1542, his name was Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his contact with the Chumash Indians would prove to be a crucial moment for the tribe.

During the harsh journey through the mountains, The Donner Party’s last resort for surviving the winter was cannibalism! In 1845, a group of people called The Donner Party decided to trek through the Sierra Nevada Mountains to expand U.S. territory. During their trek, The Donner Party got trapped in 6 feet of snow and were stuck in the mountains. The Donner Party had a positive impact on the 1800’s because it expanded countries boundaries and made a faster course from San Francisco to Reno. U.S. territory was greatly expanded because of this.

There is only one question left – what inspired Cooper to write “The Last of the Mohicans”? Due to ‘careful biographical and literary research, little analysis has been made about Cooper’s choice to write the novel.’ (French, 2002) Firstly, Cooper took sightseeing to the Hudson River in 1824 where he admired the picturesque Glens Fall. Suddenly one man from the group of tourists said: “Here is the very scene for the romance.”

Jedediah S Smith was a great mountain man, fur trapper, and a great leader. He was born in June 24, 1798, Bainbridge, N.Y and died May 27, 1831, near Cimarron River. Smith made his first trip west while still in his teens. In 1822 he joined a fur-trading expedition to the rocky mountains and continued in the Rocky Mountain trade business.

Peter Skene Ogden was a Canadian fur trapper and trader. When he was young he explored the Great Basin, Oregon, Northern California, and the area around the Snake River. He had a reputation as a rough and tough trapper and trader. He came to Utah in 1825. There is a river that is named after him.

Rising to New Heights with Zebulon Pike It was the summer 1806 when Zebulon Pike set out with a caravan of men to explore a portion of the Louisiana Purchase. His counterparts, Lewis and Clarke were busy in another section of this land, but President Jefferson had entrusted the southwestern section of the region to Pike. The intended goal of the men who left with Pike was that the entire exploration would take them about six months. Much to their surprise, they were just wrapping things up two years later.

In 1838 U.S. Secretary of war hired Fremont as a secondary lieutenant of a topographical engineering for the U.S. John C. Fremont lead five of the major expeditions into the American West. Fremont mapped in detail ways for future immigrants, his work also appealed to the Manifest Destiny. John was also one of the first Generals in the Civil war to try and free Southern slaves, this caused him to be seen as someone who disobeyed orders and needed to be reeled back in and focus on his job. Fremont resigned from his position in the war and joined the Republican group. There he became one of the first Republican candidates for the U.S. presidency.

Peter Skene Ogden was a good man. He was born 1794 in Quebec Canada and died September 27 154 in Oregon City . Here is a list of his accomplishments. He left his home in Canada to be a fur trader as a teenager. , he was a great trapper, he lead the snake river country expeditions, he traced the Utah territory, was with the Hudson bay community until death, and was the first to travel the west intermountain range from north to south, had two lovely native American wives