Kristal Allen COM 101 Informative Speech 3/19/2018 Casa de Shenandoah [Introduction] (Attention Getter): Did any of you know that one of the top five homes in the country is right here in Las Vegas? According to the official website of Casa de Shenandoah, CBS News listed the home as one of the top five in the nation back in 2008, right alongside the White House. (Casa de Shenandoah) (Audience Relevance): For those of you who are unfamiliar with Casa de Shenandoah, it was the home of Wayne Newton and his family for over 40 years. It now operates as a museum with tours daily, sometimes given by Mr. Newton himself. (Thesis Statement and Preview): Just as iconic as Wayne Newton, Casa de Shenandoah is a Las Vegas landmark with a rich history …show more content…
Let me first begin with the history of Casa de Shenandoah, since before it became a landmark and a museum, it was the home of Mr. Las Vegas and his family. A. According to the history section of the Casa de Shenandoah official website, the original parcel of land was purchased by the Newton family in 1966 1. It was purchased as only 5 acres of land only. 2. Las Vegas was still relatively small and developing, and the land was bought “raw”, meaning that there was no electricity or water set up. 3. Mr. Newton originally lived on the parcel with both his parents, as well as his older brother. (Casa de Shenandoah) B. Over the course of the next six years, Mr. Newton acquired more acres of land around the original parcel. 1. As it stands today, Casa de Shenandoah spans a full 52 square acres. 2. Inset things about the wells and springs C. Wayne Newton and his family had moved out of the estate, and it was then sold with the plans of turning it into a museum. D. After litigation, and a bankruptcy, the plan then went forward to open Casa de Shenandoah to the public. E. Casa de Shenandoah opened up to the public for tours on September 18th, …show more content…
One of the main attractions of this exhibit is Mr. Newton’s capuchin monkey, Boo. (Casa 1) 3. You can also find, Charlie and his pals swimming around the property. Charlie is a South African penguin and is very much adapted to living in climates like Las Vegas. (Casa 1) 4. Other animals that live on the property include, different varieties of tropical birds, peacocks, including a white peacock, as well as wallabies. (RJ1) (Transition): While Mr. Newton has a love and affinity for animals, they are not the only thing you can see on your visit. Shenandoah is also a museum. III. Shenandoah is home to a wide variety of antique art and furniture, cars, and memorabilia in it’s museum. A. Mr. Newton has acquired numerous items of memorabilia, primarily from performers, throughout his life. 1. One special item is an antique microphone given to Wayne, from legendary crooner Frank Sinatra. (RJ1) 2. He also has a watch that was worn by singer Nat King Cole (Casa 3) 3. Items and props from movies such as “The Hustler” and “On Golden Pond” (Casa 3) 4. Many of his own costumes, many of which span decades throughout his career. Some of his earlier costumes were handmade by his mother. (Casa
The Shenandoah Valley is located in the western part of Virginia. The valley lies between the Allegheny Mountains, Shenandoah Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains with the Potomac River being the northern boundary to the valley. The Valley offered two tactical advantages to the Confederates with the Union having knowledge of this. The first is a Northern Army invading Virginia would be vulnerable to a Confederate flanking attacks pouring through the many winding gaps across the Blue Ridge Mountains. The other is that the Valley offers a sheltered avenue that would allow any Confederate army to head north into Pennsylvania uncontested. The Shenandoah Valley also contains twelve bridges that are of significance to any maneuvering army of the day and the valley is only 25 miles wide. The valley represented to the Army of the Potomac (Union) a direct approach to the CSA capital of Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War (Keeg...
One of the earliest land grants in the area was the 30 acres given to George Best in 1796. He slowly gained more land until he had 185 acres.
statue where his brother was buried. Mr. Levine and everyone at the art store would probably be
In the town of Santa Rosa California, in the county of Sonoma sits a very run down structure in need of either reconstruction or preservation of the remaining structure. Whether they reconstruct the structure or not, it is a prime example of a structure to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. This building is called the Carrillo Adobe and was owned by a woman by the name of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo. However the site and part of the structure was constructed before Maria Carrillo moved to the area which would later become Santa Rosa, California and constructed the first structure in the town. The foundation was laid by monks of the Franciscan order, as they planned to build the twenty-second mission in California. However the monks moved on to build a mission in the surrounding area. In 1837 Carrillo, who had just become a widow, moved from San Diego County with her children to the area, which was not yet known as Santa Rosa.
building, Albert DeSalvo. During the time they were working on the house, one of their
In Santa Rosa California stands the Adobe of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo, known by many citizens of Sonoma County as the Carrillo Adobe. In the years of 1837-1838 a woman by the name of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo built her home in what would become Santa Rosa, California. The foundation of her home was laid by Franciscan monks years earlier when they wished to build the 22nd mission in California, however they moved on to other sites in the surrounding area. After Carrillo’s death, the adobe became the first post office of Santa Rosa, California, a trading post, and a drying shed for a prune farmer named Hahman who would later purchase the property. In the 1930s a WPA survey was performed on the property, and since that time numerous restoration attempts have failed. However since 2012 archeologists and historians have been investigating the site to decide where the boundaries are of the adobe since part of the land has been sold for a company to build condominiums. In 2013 squatters broke into the chain link fencing around the structure, breaking boards from the ceiling and creating camps in the trees surrounding the structure. Due to the surveys and notes given by the archeologists, it has been determined that the structure was a U-shape, however there are only three small remains of rooms of the structure let underneath the overhang that has been constructed to house the structure. There has been a specific amount of money allotted to keep the remaining portion of the structure from being destroyed, however, the funds are not being used to reconstruct any portion of the destroyed portion of the building. The structure and site needs to be added to the National Historic Registry not only be...
He has really unusual wall paper (stripes & polka dots) and a bunch of trinkets sitting around. He has all sorts of little gumball machines and slot machines sprinkled throughout his residence. The house wasn't too big, seemed like your average 4-5 bedroom track home actually.
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A. Quotation 1: “The house on Alberta Street where our whole family has lived since being smuggled in by coyotes” (Castrejon 54).
Of course, I wouldn't be doing him any justice if I didn't mention his collection of hats from the big stakes, yearly race known as the Haskell. Dating back to the mid-eighties, it is the largest collection known to exist.
location and had been vacant for a number of years, Daniel estimated the value to be $1.9 million
one of his own with Myrtle, the wife of an auto garage owner. Theirs too
As I walk into the museum onto the first level, there are many different halls surrounding. To my left there is the African mammal exhibit. There are so many different creatures displayed, ranging from desert to rainforest. Some of the animals that are displayed are the Arabian Oryx, Savanna Elephant, Spotted Hyena, Hippopotamus and Okapi. When you browse there exhibits you are able to study and learn detail information. I learned that due to human encroachm...
“The bottoms consisted of six blocks of miners’ dwellings, two rows of three, like the dots on a blank-six domino, and twelve houses in a block. This double row of dwellings sat at the foot of the rather sharp slope from Bestwood, and looked out, from the valley towards Selby.” (pg.36)