As Professor Don H.Doyle says on the book that: “This is the story of birth and development of a rural American community, from its origins at the turn of the nineteenth century to the years that followed the Civil War. It vividly portrays the sights and sounds of the prairie, the lives of the Indians and pioneers, the relations between farming men and women, and the ways the settlers adjusted to the advent of railroads and commercial agriculture.” Faragher divided Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie into five sections. The “Howling Wilderness” examines the dispossession of the Algonquian speaking Indians and settlement of Anglo-Americans on the frontier. “The Country of Plenty to Eat” focuses on the creation of a distinctive rural landscape in Illinois. Social relationships between men and women were discussed in “Lords of the Soil, Tenants of the Hearth” and the community life in the west and the transition to commercial agriculture were described in “All is Changed.” Faragher used the narrative of Robert Pulliam, who was born in Virginia and migrated to Illinois with his parents before settling on Sugar Creek.
Texas cattle ranching goes back to the time of Gregorio de Villalobos, he brought Spanish-Moorish cattle from Spain to Mexico during the early part of the conquest. Cattle was also brought to Texas by Spanish explorers, one them Francisco Vasquez Coronado. During the years the cattle that were brought from Mexico and the cattle brought from Spain started to breed and this produced the Texas Longhorn brand of cattle. In the early years of cattle breeding the land was plentiful and the government had little interference with these cattle farmers and huge cattle empires began to form, the biggest belonging to Richard King. King Ranch is composed of 825,000 acres and holds four separate units and is still the largest cattle ranch in Texas.
The settlers started to want Indian land and their previous slaves back as well. With conflicts and confrontations, comes war. Three wars occurred against the United States involving the Seminole Indians in Florida. The Seminole Wars turned out to be “America’s Longest Indian Conflict” as the wars happened over a 40 year time span. “The first was a punitive excursion led by Andrew Jackson.
Rockabilly music is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950’s in the United States. The term of rockabilly is a mixture between both Rock and Roll music, and Hillbilly music. Hillbilly music contributed strongly to the styles development, whereas western swing, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues were also important influences. One of the major forces behind the creation of Rock and Roll along with Jump blues, and the vocal group phenomenon, Rockabilly was the rural white artist’s response to blues music, a style which developed naturally as “race,” began to sell across the south. An even bigger factor in the development of the style was radio.
Francisco Vasquez De Coronado Francisco Vasquez was born in Salamanca Spain, he was better known as the Coronado, explored large regions of the American Southwest, including Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. His name would forever link to Mexico with the United States also. His expedition started when a explore name Fray Marcosde Niza told everyone back home that he has found the city of wealth, golden city name Cibola, this what make Coronado started his explore to go find the Seven Cities of Cibola. Thus with this information, he has gathered more than many different people go to with him on this expedition to go find the city of Cibola. After gathering many different people to go along with him to find the Seven Cities
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The difference between these two styles involves artists, major composition and influence. Through these three areas, the development of ragtime and blues greatly affect the revolution of jazz. The individual experience of artists can both affect and reflect the main characteristics of a music style. Ragtime dominated American popular music for nearly two decade from 1890s to 1910s. During this period, Scott Joplin, noticed as the most influential pianist to ragtime, was born into a typical Africa-American family in Northeast Texas, whose father had been a slave.
Nieli'kas are found in most Huichol sacred places such as house shrines (xiriki), temples, springs and caves. In the past thirty years, about four thousand Huichols have migrated to cities, primarily Tepic, Nayarit, Guadalajara and Mexico City. It is these urbanized Huichols who have drawn attention to their rich culture through their art. To preserve their ancient beliefs they have begun making detailed and elaborate yarn paintings, a development and modernization of the nieli'ka. This blue beaded Huichol art bear depicts symbols of peyote, scorpion, and corn.
Louisiana: Catalyst of Creation The southeast region of the United States of America is a true place of imagination. Many travel to this region due to its long history and intense culture. Specifically, the state of Louisiana is a very intriguing place to many. Most people have heard about Mardi Gras or the Louisiana swamplands, but the “Pelican State” is much more than that. Many artists, authors, filmmakers, etc., have used Louisiana as the setting for their art.
THE SPANISH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE At the missions Indian lives were changed as villagers became Christians, adopting new beliefs and religious practices and Spanish names. Indian shamans gave way to Catholic priests. New crops such as watermelons, peaches, figs, hazelnuts, oranges, and garbanzo beans were grown in mission gardens, and some Indians raised chickens. Others learned how to read and write in Spanish. Indians valued Spanish iron tools, glass beads, clothing, and other goods.