She had a small hut on the Hill, but was actually a “squatter,” having taken possession of land that belonged to a Mr. Thomas F. McKeen. In 1874, Alfred Cramer and Joseph McMasters bought sixteen acres of McKeen’s land and laid out a town plan. That same year, they built the first house and store near what is now the corner of Federal Street and Westfield Avenue, and Alfred Cramer moved in, becoming the first legally recognized resident of the town. The area was eventually named after Mr. Cramer. 2 The neighborhood has been a close-knit one for many years.
The Mississippi River water shed is the fourth largest in the world extending from the Allegheny Mountains to the Rocky Mountains. (National Parks Service, n.d.) In the 1800’s the Mississippi was controlled by the French until the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Prior to the discovery of the Mississippi by the early American settlers, Native Americans lived in the lands surrounding it due to its abundance of life and resources. This enormous waterway offered travel, fresh water, food and became know to some as their Garden of Eden. It became a great source of trade and travel to the early American settlers.
Ficklin was a year older than Lincoln, while Linder was born the same year as Lincoln. They were all in their 30′s when practicing law in Coles County. According to Dr. Coleman, in his book Lincoln in Coles County, 1955, Abraham Lincoln’s court win/loss record in Coles County was about average and adequate. Records have been found for twenty-four cases. Twenty-two were civil cases of a large variety.
Brown II attempted to speed this up. However, progress was slow, and in 1957, only 750 out of 6300 school districts had been integrated. 97% of black students remained in segregated schools. The 1964 Civil Rights Act gave the government the power to enforce the segregation of schools, but by 1968, 58% of children remained in segregated education. Nonetheless, Johnson's Higher Education Act of 1965 led to a fourfold increase in the number of clack students attending college and university during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Many historians believed that the word originated when Maximillian, a Frenchman, who was the emperor of Mexico. There is evidence of the usage of the word that dates back much earlier than the arrival of Europeans, so the word had to come from somewhere else. Today, the term mariachi refers to the musicians who play traditional Mexican music on streets, at celebrations, and in cafes. The origins of the mariachi can be traced back to the days of the Spanish colonization in the Sixteenth Century. At this time, theatre was very popular.
Corporate Overview Founded in 1970 with nothing more than an inspiration, a single copier, and a $5,000 loan from Bank of America (Funding Universe, n.d.), Kinko’s Inc. has grown to be a $2 billion operation and a leader in the copy/publishing services industry. Over the course of three decades, the face of Kinko’s and the markets which it serves has evolved significantly. In the 1970s Kinko’s began as a small network of partners that sold school supplies and provide copy services to college campuses in just under 100 locations. In the 1980s, Kinko’s expanded its services to include the local business segment which consisted of small and medium businesses. With just over 300 locations, Kinko’s offered these small businesses copying, printing, desktop publishing (DTP), mailing, Internet, and teleconferencing services.
The Hurricane of 1900 The Hurricane of 1900 was the first hurricane to be recorded in history. It happened before tropical storms were given names, so it is often referred to under a variety of different names. Some of these include the “Great Galveston Hurricane,” the “Turn of the century hurricane,” or most commonly the “Galveston Flood.” At the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. It’s position on Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas. Galveston was one of the largest cotton ports in the nation at the time, rivaling New Orleans.
Its average tuition fee is estimated at $3,060. 6. East Mississippi Community College East Mississippi community college was established in 1927. It is located in Scoopa, East Mississippi. The college is spread across five locations in the city and has two major campuses, making it seven locations.
Germans came directly from the Old World to the Hill Country, Cajuns came from France and eventually through Louisiana and settled in Southeast Texas. The Dutch, Danes, Polish, Czechs, Norwegians who also came here brought with them their ways of life and they all became bound together to become part of Texas. By the year 2000, Texas was made up of 54.5% Anglos, 31% Hispanic, 11.4% African Americans and another 3.1% of other ethnicities. Much of what Texas is today is because of the people who settled her land. Crafts such as quilting and the Texas Star pattern, dance like the Cotton-Eyed Joe and even the way Texans still hunt today can be traced back to the Middle Ages.
The French also sent Robert de LaSalle down the Mississippi River, claiming the entire area he explored, and naming it Louisiana, after the French king. The Spanish faced extensive and definitive challenges to their dominance in the New World by France and England, who were erecting their empired mostly in the northeastern