Blackstone Lake Historical Background

• For five years they lived in Richmond Hill while he taught autistic teenagers in near by Maple, Ontario. Henry was elected to the Meaford Town Council and served from

Oliver Kelley was born and raised in Boston. As he grew older he was interested in farming, he learned about agriculture from reading many books. In his early twenties he decided he wanted to become a farmer. In 1849 he took a boat and went to St. Paul Minnesota, he believed in the future of region lay. He was well known for experimenting with new crops, installing an elaborate irrigation system, and buying one of the first mechanical reapers in the state.

In the 1800’s, men were the only ones that became doctors. That is until 1849 when Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from medical school (Lewis, Jone Johnson). Being the first woman to receive a medical diploma, Elizabeth Blackwell opened up the door for women everywhere to become doctors (“Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)”). Women in the 1800’s were usually midwives, but Elizabeth Blackwell changed that for women everywhere. Elizabeth Blackwell was born February 3, 1821 in Bristol, England ("Elizabeth Blackwell").

Texas has had a vast majority of Governors throughout the centuries. The governors have reshaped and created Texas rules, helpful programs, and made some bad decisions. One out of the many governors of the eighteenth century gave quite a shock to have won the election of becoming Governor of Texas. This man is Edmund J. Davis, I will be discussing his early life and some of his occupations throughout his life; I will also discuss his term as governor, and what he did while Governor of Texas. It was October 2, 1827 in St. Augustine, Florida for any other person, it was another day, but to William Godwin and Mary Ann Davis it was a great day, their son Edmund J. Davis was born.

Born August 15, 1875 in Holborn, United Kingdom; Samuel Clebridge-Taylor was born. There had been many speculations on his parents including his dad was a African man who was a surgeon and returned to his him leaving him and his white mother. What is for certain is that jhis mother name was Alice Hughes and he grew up in

For some time, she lived in the underground running from the law to keep her husband out of prison. Throughout this time, she longs for her own home to raise her children. Annie finally gets that dream when her father gives her a

The novel takes place during the early 1900s, which is a very precarious time for black Americans. Although slavery is officially abolished the South is still a bitter place for African Americans to live. Eatonville, the first all black town in the South, is home to Janie and Joe Starks. The idea of local color is especially prevalent in this town because it’s all black population and ideals are extremely unique and not seen anywhere else in America. This town has many characteristics that help to define and separate it from all other settings in the novel.

Rex David Thomas most likely known as Dave Thomas, was born July 12, 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was born to adoption and never knew his birth mother. At 6 months old Thomas was adopted by a couple from Kalamazoo, Michigan, but his adoptive mother passed away when he was only 5 years old. And by age 10 he had lost 2 stepmothers. While he was in Maine he spent his summers with his adoptive grandmother, one of his closest relatives, as well as one of his biggest influences.

Despite having an arduous life in Canada, he has in part fulfilled his idea of a personal heaven by living in an urban and developed setting; and primarily escaping the judgments of the apathetic islanders. Yet, this idea of a perfect life is incomplete; it lacks “some sweet island woman with whom he’d share his life, of having children and later buying a house” Many times in life, future gratification in unforeseeable, and occasionally — such as in the instance of Max — sacrifices may result in a sense of disillusioned inaptitude. Within this excerpt of the short story “Mammita’s Garden Cove” by Cyril Dabydeen, the author’s complex attitude towards place is conveyed by Dabydeen’s use of repetition, diction, and

In his 1925 novel Porgy, Du Bose Heyward tells the story of an ailing Catfish Row. A large portion of the prose is devoted to describing the deteriorating appearance and quality of the community. In contrast, Brass Ankle’s Rivertown is the quintessential growing American town, on the verge of a boom. Though Porgy does not examine race interaction as explicitly as Brass Ankle, both make the central point that the black community is incompatible with American progress. Heyward predicts that this incompatibility ultimately leads to extinction.

Early in the work Dillard follows her description the pond where she first sees the weasel with, “This is, mind you, suburbia. It is a five-minute walk in three directions to rows of houses, though none is visible here. There's a 55-mph highway at one end of the pond…” (Dillard). By offering this description Dillard is established as a member of this community, standard in many aspects, and not a part of the wilds of the pond.

What do you think is beautiful? Our cognition of beauty depends on several factors. How we were raised being one of them. We find Stephen as a young man, really still a boy, working at the local pulp mill with his father and all the other men in town. Stephen, whose father seems to be of influence to him, is not sure what is beautiful.

It was not long after Rockefeller's death another “Robber Baron” was born. On March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Samuel Moore Walton was born. Shortly after his birth, his family moved and was raised in Columbia, Missouri. He was studious and an amazing athlete at his high school. He was the quarterback for Hickman High School and an Eagle Scout.

William Count Basie was born on August 21, 1904 and was raised in Red Bank, New Jersey. Basie was raised by Harvey Lee Basie and Lillian Ann Childs Basie. Harvey Lee worked as a Coachman and also as a caretaker for a wealthy judge. As cars became more popular, the coachmen occupation was not needed. As a result, he became a handyman for wealthy landowners.

His family moved frequently until they settled down in Clyde,