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    Devils Tower: Offensive or Historic? Devils Tower is 867-foot-tall butte located in the northeastern corner of Wyoming. The enormous wonder of nature is believed to be roughly 50 million years old. The tower became the United States’ first national monument on September 24‚1906 during the Theodore Roosevelt Administration. Recently‚ spiritual leaders of the Lakota‚ the Cheyenne‚ and several other Native American tribes of the plains‚ because of their strong spiritual ties to the monument‚ have

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    lives in the Utah Lake and currently on the federally endangered species list. First‚ we will explore the Rocky Mountains of Utah and their importance to the wildlife that inhabit this ecosystem. The Rocky Mountains span across four states: Utah‚ Wyoming‚ Idaho‚ and Montana‚ these mountains are home to many plants and animals. The Rocky Mountains have one of the last remaining populations of grizzly bears‚ with in the lower 48 states (Nature Serve‚ 2013). The Rocky Mountains experience long periods

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    year. Since she was the oldest‚ she became in charge of the house. She decided to take the family back to Wyoming. She had many different jobs‚ because she had to make money and provide for the family. Some of her jobs were a nurse‚ cook‚ dishwasher‚ waitress‚ an ox-team driver‚ and a prostitute. She began dressing like a man when she joined General Custer as a scout at Fort Russell‚ Wyoming. She thought of herself as reckless and one of the best shots in the West. When they returned from Arizona

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    “No one has a firm count of how many wolves once roamed Wyoming’s mountains and plains‚ but between 1893 and 1927 alone‚ hunters killed more than 36‚160 wolves in the Cowboy State‚ according to a 1954 issue of Wyoming Wildlife magazine.” By the middle of the 1950’s‚ Wyoming was declared free of wolves. Since introducing the gray wolves in to Yellowstone Park‚ once again ranchers are facing the same issue of death to their livestock. One rancher family‚ Jon and Debbie‚ have learned to coexist

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    The 19th Amendment gave American Women the right to vote. American Women were able to accomplish this breakthrough with great difficulty‚ but after pushing the issue towards congress and taking a stand they finally had their victory even if it took them decades to get the amendment approved. In the early 19th century women suffrage groups took a stand and marched‚ wrote letters‚ and practiced proper civil defiance to accomplish this great American change. In 1878 the Amendment was finally introduced

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    Growing up in Wyoming we had a lot of culture differences between the populations. Although we may have a low number of citizens averaging the third smallest state population wise we still had several different cultural differences within the community’s. For instance my town we have a steady population of Caucasian people and Hispanic people with a minority of Native American‚ Asian and African American within. The state alone has many more cultural ethnics within but we still maintain a steady

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    Hill‚ Patricia Garth‚ Anderson Period 5 29‚ October‚ 2012 The Instant Runoff Amendment It is time for America to stop choosing its president by an archaic‚ confusing‚ and undemocratic method. As the 2000 election has shown‚ using the Electoral College lets a candidate win the Presidency even if a larger number of voters prefer and vote for someone else. Getting rid of the Electoral College may be very hard‚ but by writing

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    Advocate General School‚ 2012. IV51 - IV53. General‚ Judge Advocate. "The Military Commander and the Law." General‚ Judge Advocate. The Military Commander and the Law. Maxwell AFB: The Judge Advocate General School‚ 2012. 215-223. Group‚ Cody Youth. "Wyoming Cares." Jan 2012. http://www.wyocare.org/items/get_pdf/1416%20%20problems%20and%20solution%20document. 2 Mar 2013. Hedlund‚ James H. and Anne T. McCartt. Drunk Driving: Seeking Additional Solutions. Traffic Safety. Washington D.C.: Preusser Research

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    Mystic Monk Coffee Case Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? yes What is his vision for the monastery? He wishes to take the 13 monks who are living in a small home used as a makeshift rectory and move to a nearby ranch that would accommodate 30 monks‚ a gothic church‚ a convent for Carmelite nuns‚ a retreat for visitors‚ and a hermitage; essentially wants to create a new Mount Carmel in the Rocky Mountains Acquiring a large parcel of land and

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    Elizabeth Tallent‚ is about Jack and the eighteen year-old girl he has been having an affair with for the past two years. They are drinking tequila and talking about their future‚ while Jack drives them in his pickup truck through the countryside of Wyoming. Jack is a cynical man who drinks heavily‚ doesn’t clean his truck‚ and has no obvious respect for women. He is currently cheating on his wife with a barely-legal girl he has been having an affair with since she was sixteen. When he notices his wife’s

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