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History of California: The Railroad

and political power people can possess, and many other grand images. But, at the same time he moves toward illustrating to the rea...

Hotel California and California History

in California. The song opens by picturing a "dark desert highway" and the "Warm smell of colitas" (Felder, et al). "Colitas" is...

History of California and the San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission

important to the shaping of Californias heritage. One of Californias roads is referred to as "El Camino Real," which mea...

A History of California's Stanford University

This paper addresses various historical issues relating to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. This eight page paper ha...

Nineteenth Century America and the Railroad's Economic Impact

In eight pages railroads in the America of the nineteenth century are examined in terms of their history, development, and economi...

NJ Railroads' and How They Originated

did have ties to the railroad industry ("NJ Governors," 2003). South Orange is another example of a long-established suburb whos...

American History and Railroad Construction

end-of-the-track towns called hell-on-wheels" (The Iron Road). Explosions and avalanches were commonplace for the Chinese crews, ...

1845 to 1865 History of U.S. Railroads

state. While Stevens failed to raise enough money to build his proposed railroad, he still desired to apply steam locomotion to ra...

History of America's Transcontinental Railroad

In six pages this report discusses the travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific that resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad in...

Railroad Police and its History

In ten pages this paper discusses law enforcement and the importance of railroad policing in this historical overview. Eight sour...

Railroads of Guatemala and Their Economic History

al PG). Railroads were essential for the economic security of all Guatemalans at the turn of the century, for it provided a neces...

Tuberculosis and New Mexico

threatened almost everyone, regardless of social status. The disease ultimately led to many states implementing what was called ...

California's Settlement

would change for the worse. Cortezs men arrive in what is now called Baja, California, and immediately began to colonize the area....

Railroads in Henry David Thoreau's Walden

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's views on railroads through an analysis of Walden passages....

Texas Railroad Commission

track in Texas and nine railroad companies. Five of these companies were centered in the Houston area, and all but one served a se...

Local Park Study

In five pages this paper presents a multifaceted study of Santa Ynez, California's NIRA park and campground....

California's Emergency Response Plan

would be called OES or the Office of Emergency Services ("Californias Emergency Response Plan," 2003). OES is an office that helps...

California History/Santa Barbara

("Santa Barbara County History"). The founding of Santa Barbara and its original characteristics The next stage of Santa Barbara...

Carey McWilliams' Factories in the Field

which it comprises today. This utilization of western lands actually didnt start until relatively recently in U.S. history, in fa...

2003 Recall Election in California

set off a recall campaign.ix Both the state Constitution and the California election law spell out the administrative requirements...

California's Catholic Missions

In five pages California's Catholic missions are examined in terms of history and the system's present role. Five sources are cit...

The History of California Native Americans Prior to 1900

of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...

The Employment Situations in California and in America as a Whole

with links to Silicon Valley, but the "ripple effect" carried over into the myriad support businesses that depended on the revenue...

Proposition 184

drug. Said former Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Robert Bonner, "A very, very large percentage of those dealing in crack c...

Higher Education in California

in both US and CSU systems (UC Office of the President, 1999). To help with tuition, the state adopted the Cal Grant program to he...

The Evolution of Farming in California

5 pages. 6 sources cited. This paper considers the processes that lead to the creation of California farm country. this paper ...

Fixing California's Budget

years in the absence of current action. Voters rejected higher tax rates and totally new taxes in 2009; all that currently remain...

Long Island's Transportation History

to the multitude of choices of transport on Long Island. Finally, in a discussion of Long Island, it is important to define it. W...

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad

of Appeals: Whether or not the defendant, the Long island Railroad, should held negligent as a proximate cause in regards to the p...

Richard Orsi/Sunset Limited

been presented in dichotomous terms. On one side is the "selfish, greedy, corporate interests" and on the other, stand "the people...