I decided to visit the Lake Jackson Historical Museum for my fine arts essay. I have never been to a historical museum of a city before. This was a first for me so I did not know what to expect from going there. Once I got there I thought it was a bit small but had a lot inside of it. I did learn quite a bit and found several interesting facts about the city. I learned several things about the Karnakawa Indians, the Jackson Plantation and the foundation of the city of Lake Jackson.
For starters, I learned that the Kanrankawa Indians settled along the Texas coast. They were the first known settlers in the area we know as Lake Jackson. Not much of the Karankawa Indians history is known or left behind because nobody took the time to studied them.
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In 1840 Major Abner Jackson started his first plantation. It was known as the Lake Jackson Plantation. On the plantation, they grew an abundance of sugar cane, cotton and cattle. There was a state of the art sugar mill located on the plantation. Other tools used and found on the plantation where the cog, tub, and kettle. The cog was a round, metal wheel with teeth on the outer edge thought to be a part of a steam mill. The tub was made of copper. It was used for carrying sugar to the purging house and had an indention in the bottom to allow the tub to be carried on the head of slaves. Jackson was prosperous and expanded his plantation until the civil war brought an end to it. The plantation struggled to hold on going from slave labor to prison labor but was finally finished off by the hurricane of …show more content…
It was first developed as a company town for the workers of the Dow Chemical Company. The start of development was initiated by Alden B. Dow and Dr. A.P. Buetel. The Dow company needed a location close to saltwater for their new facility. The new facility was to extract magnesium from the saltwater. Magnesium was a precious metal and in demand during the time period. The US government needed more magnesium during world war II,so the Dow company built a second plant. Later in 1961 the Dow company built a new seawater desalination plant which converted seawater to fresh water. President Jonh F. Kennedy pressed the start button for that plant. That was the start of the chemical industry in the area. Now there are facilities for BASF chemical company, Shintech Inc., Rhodia Specialty Chemicals, Schenectady, and Nalco/Exxon energy chemical company. Another unrelated fact I found interesting was Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born and raised in Lake Jackson in
Sugar plantations have a field where sugar cane stalks are cut and grown and then there are boiling house where sugar cane stalks are crushed and boiled which is all runned by slave labor. Because slaves planted the cane stalks, harvested sugar stalks, crushed them, and boiled the sugar stalks sugar was made(8). According to David richardson the slave Trade, Sugar, and British Economic growth, “An Average purchase price of adult male slave on west African coast in 1748 was 14£ and in 1768 was 16£”(9a).Because slaves were so cheap slave traders may profit by, selling adult male slaves to sugar plantation owners for twice as much as they bought them in Africa. John Campbell Candid and Impartial Considerations on the Nature of the Sugar Trade describes the slaves as “so necessary Negro slaves purchased in Africa by English merchants”(11). Because africa trade slaves to English merchants Africans got things they did not
When the people first arrived the climate was cold and dry; and there were not many rivers, lakes and creeks. There was about twenty Timucua villages just in the Duval county area. And most of the villages were located two miles apart. Most of their village were near water so that they can have easy access to it. There was a lot of Timucua Indians throughout Jacksonville, they were very different and courageous. I would have loved to see a couple of the Indian ancestors.
There are three parts in West’s book; the first part focuses on the sociological, ecological and economic relationships of the plains Indians, starting with the first establish culture of North America, the Clovis peoples. Going into extensive detail pertaining to early geology and ecology, West gives us a glimpse into what life on the early plains must have looked to early peoples. With vastly differing flora and fauna to what we know today, the early plains at the end of the first ice age, were a different place and lent itself to a diverse way of life. The Clovis peoples were accomplished hunters, focusing on the abundance of Pleistocene megafauna such as earlier, larger forms of bison. Though, little human remains were found, evidence of their s...
Have you ever heard of the Powhatan tribe? If not let me share a little fact about them. Powhatan means “waterfall” in the Virginia Algonquian language. The Powhatans didn't live in tepees. They lived in small roundhouses called wigwams, or in larger Iroquois-style longhouses. Another fact is Powhatan warriors used tomahawks or wooden war clubs. They also carried shields. Powhatan hunters used bows and arrows. If you would like to learn more about the Powhatan tribe please continue reading this paper. You will learn all about the Powhatan and how they lived. Enjoy.
Since it was first settled by the French in 1699, Mississippi has played an important role in the history of the United States. One of the most interesting historical sights to see that dates back to the French colonial times is the Mary Mahoney's Old French House and Restaurant in Biloxi. This attraction lets visitors experience a great seafood meal in the setting of an old colonial French dwelling. With live oak trees and exquisitely prepared dishes, visitors are propelled back to an earlier time when Mississippi served as the seat of French power on the Gulf Coast.
The Creek Indians, one of the Five Civilized Tribes, “was composed of many tribes, each with a different name.” The Creeks formed a loose confederacy with other tribes before European contact, “but it was strengthened significantly in the 1700s and 1800s.” The confederacy “included the Alabama, Shawnee, Natchez, Tuskegee, as well as many others.” There were two sections of Creeks, the Upper and Lower Creeks. The Lower Creeks occupied land in east Georgia, living near rivers and the coast. “The Upper Creeks lived along rivers in Alabama.” Like many other Native Americans, ...
The exhibit that I viewed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was one about European Art between the years 1100-1500. This was a series of paintings, sculptures, architecture, and tapestry of the Medieval and Early Renaissance as well as objects from the Middle East. This exhibit was an important part of the history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art because for the first time, Italian, Spanish, and Northern European paintings from the John G. Johnson collection were shown. It gave me a good idea of what the paintings were like in these four centuries and reflected ideas of both the east and the west.
At last, I found the time to visit the museum! While the collection of artifacts is mainly used for cadet academic instruction, the collection also educated a college freshman, like me, who is studying US History. I was able to appreciate the exhibits and connect the artifacts to the class material and lessons. I found the exhibits and the stories behind the artifacts the most remarkable.
My first experience at the museum was a good one. I had so much fun even after we were done with the Norton-Simon. Being a business major, I did not know that art could speak to me as it did. It has not influenced me so much as to change my major, but it did open my eyes to a whole new world. Now when I look at art, I do not just see a pretty picture, but what the artist is actually trying to say.
The first museum, we entered was very small which was called “The Stockyard Museum” like a corner store size. This museum was based on historical events such as cowboys , native Americans, chisholm trails and the north/ stockyards of fort worth history. The old man we talked was very nice which I didn’t expect based on his body language, however he introduces us on what to expect and a scavenger hunt for the items in the museum; which was pretty cool because we actually to go around and take us to read everything because he was going to go over it with us afterwards. The main piece that really stood out to me was this dressed which was called "The Bad Luck Wedding Dress" that was the perfect name for this dress if you asked me. This dress was
There is a distinct lack of shadiness like many other tourist attractions vying to exploit history, instead a beautiful and respectful coverage of the turmoil of America during the 1860s. I was deeply moved by the experience, and the opportunity to walk along the fields where thousands of Americans lost their lives was heart-wrenching. The Civil War should be remembered as more than a one-dimensional battle of right vs wrong, and instead a complex series of human mistrials and emotions, with Gettysburg at the focal
One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.
I am a huge history geek and since this place has more multicultural and multilingual individuals, there is bound to be a fair amount of history. In New Orleans, I have counted more than ten museums that I would really like to visit and learn more about how New Orleans got its basis of foundation. The museums that I would especially be interested in going to is the National World War II Museum, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, the Museum of Death, and the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. There are of course a numerous number of other museums, but there are just too many for me to name. I know that I would be happy to learn and gain a little knowledge of a place that I know little
To my belief keeping the long view by Blight meant to keep in mind the struggle of the UGRR movement and people involved and never fall back in the shackles of racism. Learning and studying UGRR should mean keep in mind always the ethical and moral values and treat each other with equality and respect regardless of religion, race or color. The real lesson Blight wants us to understand by keeping long view is to be tolerant, open minded and ethical all thorough our lives.
My visit to this Museum got my skin with goose bumps from the excitement of entering an awesome place that has lots of history, information, and exhibits from my culture and roots. I was enjoying every moment by walking around all those displays, and seeing how everything started here on this side of the border.