Some of the immigranst that came west were thousands of people such as farmers, ranchers, store keepers that were law abiding citizens but also it brought gamblers, horse thieves and other bad characters. As a result, the creation of the first police department was due to the murder of Jack Whalin in 1853 who was the second City Marshal. This incident forced the city’s first chief Dr. A.W. Hope to organize “Los Angeles Rangers” who were volunteers to help the Sheriff and Marshall. The Rangers were identified by a white ribbon that said both in English and spanish “City Police Authorized by the Council of Los Angeles” (unknown, 2011).
Meanwhile Phelps Dodge had also begun to invest in foreign mining operations in order to keep pace with its competitors, which required huge outlays of capital. Under pressure from a labor force supported by the powerful United Steelworkers union, Phelps Dodge had conceded wage increases averaging 15% per annum throughout the 1970’s for its
As a result of European settlement, many populations of Native Americans were brought to near extinction. The hunger for a new and free word had blinded Europeans’ humanity towards the Native Americans that had lived in these lands for hundreds of years from the Atlantic to the Pacific in harmony and respect of their lands. The discovery of gold was of the most important factors that promoted violence against the Native Americans. When gold was discovered in California in 1848 it initiated a large amount of migrant traffic across the North American continent. This large influx of Americans brought more diseases to the Native Americans that devastated their tribes with great number of deaths.
The rest of the world, on hearing tales of giant nuggets and creeks paved with gold, set sail to Australia! In 1852 alone, 95,000 new arrivals flooded into New South Wales and Victoria. The largest minority were the Chinese, who were much resented by the other
He must find a way to get to Phoenix, Arizona to recover the remains of his father. Without a job and having a family as poor as he is, Victor approaches the Tribal Council for help to get him to Phoenix. The tribe is only willing to provide Victor with a check for one hundred dollars to help. I can imagine that otherness could be a factor in whether or not the Tribal Council offered him money. If he had had a greater status, maybe they would have offered him more.
“The Vikings were like mad dogs or wolves, biting the edges of their shields, / and were as strong as bears or bulls. They killed men everywhere / and nothing could stop them – not fire, not steel.” This was one of the scenes that were portrayed by the Old Norse poet Snori Surlson (1179-1241) after the Carolingian Empire fell under the Vikings Empire. Conflicts between people and the emperor, unstable and weak emperor, political instability, and external pressure led to the downfall of Carolingian Empire. Likewise, the Roman Empire also could not hold its dominance in the Greater Western world for a long period. Conflicts between religions, overpopulation, natural and economic catastrophe, unsteady government, and external pressure from powerful neighbors were the key factors for the decline of Roman Empire.
‘’The luck of roaring camp’’ symbolizes the gold rush through its setting. The luck of roaring camp was a mining camp in 1850.It was in the valley between two hills, filled with nature and it was hard to get out. The author shows this by describing the difficulty in getting to the camp and the natural surroundings. According to Bret Harte’s description, ‘’the only outlet was a steep trail over the summit of the hill.’’ He lets the readers know that this trail is the only way in and out of the camp. Climbing the hill is an alone and possibly a treacherous process.
The American West In the west there were two, newly set up towns. These consist of cow towns, such as Abilene and mining towns, such as Helena. These towns suffered many problems, some of which were. In mining towns there was claim jumping and in both towns there were robberies, violence, gangs, racism and lack of facilities. In cow towns, the worst problems came when the cowboys came back from the cattle drives as they had been away from civilization for a long periods of time and as a result of this, when they returned, they went to the saloons, with money earned from numerous jobs they had accomplished and it would often lead to a lot of trouble.
Diary Entry 2: I am a white and I am on my way right now to find some gold my chances are slim and I know it but I am very frightened that the natives will capture me, the time period 1840-1860,, which are probably low, indicate that 362 emigrants were killed by Indians and 426 Indians were killed by emigrants. This makes me very nervous knowing that natives in the past have actually killed whites. On my way I found that there were many rotten animals which I believe was buffalo there was sixty million buffalos before the whites came and took land. Food was scares and we have to stop early just to start a fire; it took two or three bushels of chips to heat a meal because chips burned so rapidly I was very sad that we could not move on faster. Wagons
Since they were big targets and sported the largest tusks, Savannah elephants took the worst hit. But as soon as these elephants began to vanish, hunters moved into the forests in search of the elephants' smaller kin, the forest elephant. “In 1977, 1.3 million elephants lived in Africa; by 1997, only 600,000 remained.” (PBS) Though poaching has long been a problem in central Africa, the introduction of well-funded poaching organizations with advanced weaponry to the continent has caused the poaching problem to escalate. Poachers from these organizations are heavily armed and dangerous to both animals and humans. Common materials poached from animals include hides, meat, furs, horns and tusks, all of which receive a high price in markets throughout the world.