(National Park Services‚ 2013) • Over 1‚000 species of plants are found within Big Bend National Park. To include the Hidalgo ladies tresses‚ which hasn ’t been seen in over 60 years! (National Park Services‚ 2013) Abiotic Components • The Rio Grande River which supplies the water sources to the park and its biotic components. • The weather‚ mostly because of wide diversity of the climates‚ sometimes its frigid‚ on occasions there are droughts and heavy rain are all very common. Human Impact
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brother of college registrar J.O. Miller. "When the unidentified body was removed from the ruins of the hotel‚ his Masonic ring was recognized by a Mason in the rescue party and was found to be engraved on the inside with Miller’s name‚" the Rio Grande Republican reported. Much of the town turned out for his funeral at the Masonic cemetery in Las Cruces. His death and the raid on the fellow border town shocked Las Cruces‚ though many of its citizens and college students had actively served
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citizens and President James Polk wanted to expand their nation by annexing Texas in 1845 and disputing that Texas ended at the Rio Grande while Mexico claimed that it stopped at the Nueces River. This war‚ in which the United States came out victorious‚ resulted in the United States gaining more than 500‚000 square miles of Mexican land which extended from the Rio Grande to
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to this Museum once during elementary and this is the second time I’ve gone. The event consisted of craft demonstrations and sales‚ which were held indoor and outdoor‚ there were children activities‚ traditional Mexican food‚ face painting‚ and a Rio Grande Legacy Exhibit. Through this event I learned three things: how to make cornhusk doll‚ Butter‚ and more information on tamales. Learning how to make cornhusk dolls was fun especially since I was with my friends. The indigenous people of Americas
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Snowbirds of the south-west Anybody who drives in Arizona at this time of year will be familiar with the annual migration of “snowbirds”—retired people‚ that is‚ seeking to escape the sub-zero temperatures of the north for the balmy desert winter. As many as 300‚000 snowbirds flock here each year‚ so if you haven’t seen one before‚ there’s a good chance that your first encounter with this exotic creature will occur when you find yourself stuck behind a Jayco caravan with Nebraska licence plates
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The entire concept of Manifest Destiny was created by the New York journalist John. L. O’ Sullivan. It meant that America’s fate was to possess or expand across the entire North America; it was undeniable and just waiting to happen. This is the point where many people started traveling west‚ for many purposes. It is true that America did acquire much land from expanding‚ but at what cost did we obtain it? I believe that America did not have the proper incentives while fulfilling its "destiny" and
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was being disputed to make the Mexicans start the war and make it look like they were the ones that started the war and that the United States only took action against it. The United States commanded their troops to go over the Nueces River to the Rio Grande‚ hoping that the Mexicans would attack in a territory that was from both countries. But when
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provocation that enabled the U.S. to launch war against Mexico was Polk ordering General Taylor to send soldiers to the area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and was bought by the U.S. in 1845. To ensure that the Texans would ally themselves with the U.S. Polk promised them their claim to the Rio Grande‚ and to carry out that promise‚ he sent troops to challenge Mexico. Inspired by greed‚ Taylor agreed to carry out Polk’s orders with General
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Manifest Destiny was an idea defined by John L. O’Sullivan that it was the god given right of the of the American people to expand westward‚ to christianize and to utilize the land. Many things brought people West but One things that stood from the rest is the California Gold Rush of 1848. Many things happened out West that some view differently including wars and disagreement over land with other powerful Countries. But some question that; Although Americans perceived Manifest Destiny as a benevolent
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Fishing is a hobby enjoyed by thousands of people for thousands of years. Ever since humans have learned to fish it has become a hobby‚ sport‚ and business. In 2009 alone‚ Americans have consumed 4.8 billion pounds of seafood‚ and this number increases more and more each year. We already know that because of our over-population problem that fish is becoming more finite everyday. Luckily‚ we have many fishing regulations to help try to combat this problem. In 1871 the United States government took
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