A cowboy was an animal herder, usually of cattle, on ranches in North America. Cowboys were usually on horseback and did many ranch related tasks. A wrangler was someone who specifically tends to the horses used to work cattle. Some cowboys would eve
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Farmers faces challenges day in and day out. Some of the challenges were the soil was bad, weather is unpredictable, and debt. There were inventions that helped the farmers with their work. The farmers that had animals the barbed wire fence
Chief Al Qaeda Bomb-Maker Reported Died
Last Friday night, Anwar al-Awlaki, Al Qaeda’s top bomb-maker, was reportedly killed. Al-Awlaki was placed on the CIA "kill or capture" list by the in April 2010. He was the first American to be targ
John Davison Rockefeller was born in on July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York, to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. He was the 2nd out of 6 children. His mom taught him that "willful waste makes woeful want: while his dad would cheat his boy
Last Saturday, a typhoon hit the Philippines which was the second one that week. The first typhoon was called Nesat and the second was called Nalgae. Both left massive flooding. Typhoon Nalgae is still threatening China and Vietnam. Nalgae had winds
The railroad were one of the best inventions ever made. By 1856 the railroads extended west to the Mississippi river and a few years later they went across the river. The railroads made shipping faster and made travel faster also. When the railroad s
The 18th Amendment was one of the most controversial amendments to be ratified in the United States. What was it you ask? It was the Prohibition of Alcohol, also known as the Noble Experiment. In December of 1917, all 36 states approved the Volstead
Red Cloud was born in 1822 in Licholn Country, Nebraska. HIs mother's name is Walks-As-She-Thinks and his dad's name is Lone Man. They were both Sioux, but they started out in the Oglala band and the Brule. He was raised by his uncle, Chief Sm
The first Transcontinental Railrod was originaly known as the Pacific Railroad and was later known as the Overland Route. The first Transcontinental Railroad was built between 1863 and 1869 in the United States, and it was open for traffic on May
In the late 1800's, people came over to the United States of America to find religious freedom, riches, cheap land, better life. The list goes on for quite a while. Each ethnic group came from one place or another, and while the groups were mixed and
People moved into towns because farming didn't need as many poeple any more because of new inventions like the threshers and the cotton gin. 25 million people came to America between 1866 and 1915. Many of those people became facto
Pick something in Chatpers 5-9 to talk about...
Chapter 5 section 1.
Culture of the Plains Indians.
Alot of tribes settled on the Great Plains.(westcentral part of US) Hunted, planted crops.
Spanish brought horses and that cause the Indians ways change
Ch. 6.2:
The railroads did many good things for our country in the late 1800's and early 1900's, but they also did things that really ticked people off. Some of the good things that the railroads did were increase trade, boomed towns (if that makes se
On tuesday they reported that Iran is planning on sending ships over to the Atlantic coast. The Irainian Army will supposibly have a stronge powerful presence near the U.S border. We dont know why they are sending them over yet though. We know the an
Do you remember when there was all that talk about closing the post offices down in small towns? When the USPS was going to lay off people and have less jobs except for those who had worked for many years? There is a new commotion going on, and pr
