William Stewart Civil War Summary

Wilma Mankiller is the author of a national-bestselling autobiography, Mankiller: A Chief and Her People and co-authored Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women. On 04/30/2015, Wilma Mankiller was nominated as one of four potential female candidates to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. “In what some may see as an ironic twist or perhaps even poetic justice, Mankiller’s face could ultimately replace that of the president who enforced the 1830 Removal Act. This act sent the U.S. Army to force 17,000 Cherokee, including Mankiller’s great-grandfather, to walk the “Trail of Tears” from their southeast homeland to Oklahoma with little clothing, food, medicines or shoes” (Mintpress). On 04/06/2010, at the age of 64, Willa Mankiller succumbs to pancreatic cancer.

Along with creating a Constitutional Convention that was charged with writing a state constitution, the act specified that the capital of the state of Oklahoma would remain in Guthrie for a minimum of six years. On June 11, 1910, 135,944 people let their preference be known about which city should be the capital of the state. Of the ballots casted, 96,261 votes were for relocating the capital to Oklahoma City, 31,301 voters wanted to Guthrie to remain the state’s capital, and 8,382 people wanted to move the capital to Shawnee. The voters overwhelmingly wanted Oklahoma City to be the state

Kansas,since the 17 century.The Arapaho refer themselves as inuna-ina which translates to “our people”.The plains Arapaho soon split into two separate tribes, south and northern, the north lived along the edges of the mountains, and the southern moved towards the Arkansas River.The Arapaho have a day called the annual sun dance it was their greatest tribute ceremony the dance was called ghost dance it was made in the 1800s.The Arapaho people lived in a tall buffalo-hide houses called tipis the tipis were done in 1 hour with all the material needed and ready and with the help of other Arapahos it will be easy and

With the help of Geoff Wexler, library director of the Oregon Historical Society, I 've pulled together a brief history of the three ferries that now only exist as road names in the Portland area. Boones Ferry: Maybe you 've heard of this guy Daniel Boone, one of the country 's most famous fur-pelt-wearing frontiersmen. His grandson, Alphonso Boone, trekked to Oregon via the Applegate wilderness trail in 1846. A year later, Alphonso 's enterprising son, Jesse, began operating a ferry across the Willamette, just west of the current site of the Interstate 5 Boone Bridge at Wilsonville. Alphonso died three years later in northern California, searching for gold, claimed by what the history books describe only as "miner 's disease."

The road was used by Indians, white explorers, US Army, pioneer immigrants, trail herds, and traders. Joseph Martin, a mixed-blood Cherokee, built a ranch west of the crossing around which a small community grew before the Civil War. (Cabin Creek). Another, is the Sod House Museum. The Sod House Museum seeks to preserve Oklahoma’s only sod house and interpret the early-day lifestyles of a pioneer, from the establishment of the Cherokee Outlet of 1893 to 1920.

His other older brother Sam married and had two children, but left them when his son was only 3. Tom and Sam worked and became cowboy in a rancher in West,North,and Eastern New Mexico. On their cattle drives they learned the territories and as well as the settlers and ranchers in the area. In 1892, Tom and Sam and some other outlaws learn that Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Was one its way to Deming, New Mexico. When the large gang was going to robbe the train right off of Nutt, New Mexico.

Lewis was born on Aug 18 1774 grew up near Charlottesville VA on locust hill with his parents William and Lucy Meriwether. Lewis´s father died while serving in the continental army in 1779 so Lewis´s mother married John marks then relocated to georgia where he spent 7 years there and developed a love for the wilderness. In 1801 near Ivy Virginia Lewis was asked by President Thomas Jefferson to be his personal secretary he shaped our country 's past he explored the west of america and made contact with Native americans he died on October 11 1809 he killed himself. Lewis was raised by Lucy meriwether and John marks (William Meriwether dies while serving the continental army) Lewis went to Washington and lee university until the age

The four survivors trekked from Texas through New Mexico and Arizona, staying with numerous tribes and witnessing great cities of wealth. After residing with the Avatars tribe for eight months the group decided to move south-west to reach New Spain and avoid some tribes with a distaste for

Bill was born as James Butler Hickok on May 27, 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois. By the age of 21, he embarked on a career as a peace officer in Monticello, Kansas. In 1864, after the Civil War, Hickok served as a personal scout and spy in Missouri and Arkansas

The leader I choose was Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was an African American Civil Rights activist, Author, & poet who issued 7 autobiographies 3 essay books and various poetry books, and had done a number of plays. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928 and recently died on May 28, 2014. Some time during World War 2 Maya won a Scholarship to study acting and dance at the California Labor School, in San Francisco, California. At the time Maya became the first African American female cable car conductor(A job she had for a short amount of time).

Every few years since I was five my grandparents would take my sister and me to a new place, whether to just visit with relatives or to see something new. A few years back, my sister and I went with them to Minnesota to visit some of my grandpa’s relatives. On the way there, we stopped in Chicago to visit his brother. While we were there, we visited the Natural History Museum and went to the Chicago Aquarium. When I was about eight my whole family went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee for the fourth of July.

I have a few uncles that live up there. We just have a trailer that we stay in when we go up there. My dad is so into deer hunting that when I was born in November all the

She went through chemo and thankfully she pulled through and is still here. Mackey or Papa Mackey, grew up in the small town of Elmo, Texas, it was a redneck town. He went to Trinity Valley college in Athens, Texas, and has his doctorate. My Granny and Papa Mackey had two kids together. My Uncle John was born when my mom was in 6th grade, and my Aunt Ashley was born when my mom was in 7th grade.