Southern Arizona Essays

  • Women in Education A Look at Southern Arizona in the Early 20th Century

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    Women in Education A Look at Southern Arizona in the Early 20th Century Once part of the early western frontier, southern Arizona has undergone many changes in regards to its principles and ideals throughout the years. Women have played a large role in this changing of principles and ideals, creating rights that they deserved but did not always have. One such right is the right to present and obtain a good education through the home and the public system. During the early 20th century there

  • Japanese Internment

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    Command[i]” recommended to the War Department, the “evacuation[ii]” of Japanese living along the Pacific coast, deemed a Military Zone. About 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, many of those people American citizens, living on the West Coast and Southern Arizona were removed from their homes to locations of the government’s choosing. The very term “evacuation” is misleading to say the least because it suggests that the Japanese were being relocated to protect their safety. The excuses cited by the military

  • Arizona Essay

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    History Arizona has first been explored by a European in 1539. In this year, Marcos de Niza, from Spain, explored parts of the area of Arizona. The area which is now known as Arizona was then inhabited by indigenous peoples like the Hopi and the Navajo. Marcos de Niza had met another peoples of the area; the Sobaipuri. There was a legend about the wealthy seven cities of Cibola; seven cities that would be in possession of valuable treasures. Marcos de Niza was informed about Cibola by an Indian informer

  • Ancient Arizona Culture

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    Arizona The earliest indigenous cultures of Arizona most likely lived in the region as early as 25,000 B.C. A later culture, the Hohokam who lived around 500–1450 A.D. were pit dwellers and built irrigation systems. The Pueblo culture built many of the cliff dwellings that still stand. Later, the Apache and the Navajo came to the area from Canada around 1300 A.D. The Hohokam was a very intelligent ancient Indian culture. They were usually divided into four periods, Pioneer, Colonial, Sedentary

  • Impact of Irrigation on Arizona's Economy and Land Use

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    Irrigation has changed Arizona a lot economically wise and land use, irrigation is an important factor to Yuma. It brought people here for jobs and that lead to Yuma making more houses which brought up the economy and had more land to plant agricultural crops like vegetables and fruits, irrigation basically improved Arizona. Irrigation is a successful project, the Yuma project helped field workers and help year round farming conditions like the dry soil/ dry land it gave people more jobs to provide

  • Mexican Culture Influence On Arizona

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    `Jacob Ketcham Of the birds of Arizona, the cactus wren is likely to be the most well known, as it is the state bird. The cactus wren is a very vocal bird with the white eye stripes behind each of it’s eyes. Its breast is heavily flecked with dark brown and black, whilst its tail feathers alternate between black, brown and white. Its beak also has a faint curve to it. The cactus wren makes its home in a variety of desert environments, most commonly in the foothills with all manner of scrub such as

  • Devil's Highway is Dangerous Stretch in Arizona

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    Alone on the Devil’s Highway The Devil’s Highway is the name given to a long stretch of unforgiving desert located in southern Arizona. This section of desert is ruthless for many natural reasons, but the large death count attributed to the desert not entirely environmental. The Highway is also a dangerous boarder crossing spot for those trying to illegally enter the United States. While attempting to cross this strip of land immigrants face discomfort from the elements on top of a fear being

  • Arizona Executive Branch Essay

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    Arizona, the 48th state in the United States, full of life and history. As much as Arizona is known for the beaming hot sun, the scenery such as the mountains, artwork, and culture there is a extreme amount of history built behind every aspect in Arizona. This state carries history in almost every wall in Arizona as well as every person one was to pass on the street. Arizona has developed through Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and U.S periods. The state has also struggled through gaining their

  • Southwestern American Cuisine

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    that make up its cuisine which includes Texas ( Tex-Mex), New Mexico ( New Mexican), and Arizona( Sonora). To begin, I will talk about the history of southwest style cuisine. The southwest got a lot of its influences from Spanish settlers, Native American and native Mexican tribes during the early settlement days of America. These influences spread not only throughout the southwest but spread to areas of southern Utah and Colorado as well. The settlers adopted a lot of the native’s customs, one of

  • Mexican American period (1848-1856)

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    the isolation of the southern Arizona population. Finally, these issues caused a shift in the economic connections of people living in the border, and they united with the expanding interests of the United States. With the opening of the Santa Fe Trail by Americans in 1821, the southwestern region became closer to the overland and sea directions that supplied communities along the Mississippi River as well as the western area of the United States. Although the southern Arizona area ... ... middle

  • The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

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    Six Deadly Sins Under what circumstances would you go through to better and provide for your family? Would you embark on these six deadly sins above to just get a simple loaf of bread on the table? There is no solid blame or black and white definite answer throughout this novel, The Devil’s Highway. The author Luis Alberto Urrea takes his readers to different perspectives and offers different points of view whether you appear to be a walker, coyote, or the border control on the topic of illegal

  • Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act Analysis

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    On April 23, 2010, Arizona Governor Janice K. Brewer signed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SOLESNA), or Arizona Senate Bill 1070 (S.B. 1070, as it is popularly known). The purpose of the act is “... to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States” (Senate Bill 1070, 2010). Arizona Senate Bill 1070 is considered one of the harshest anti-immigration law due to it’s enforcements. Nevertheless

  • Water Conservation and Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin

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    According to Webster’s dictionary, agriculture is defined as the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products. Essentially, agriculture is a key element to a thriving and sustainable community for the seven billion habitants of our planet Earth. A key resource in providing life to necessary agriculture is the Colorado River. From its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the

  • Carlsbad Caverns Diary Essay

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    Dear Diary, Today is my first day at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. We have rented an RV for this trip which we had to license just to camp here in the Chihuahuan desert in Southern New Mexico. We have drove for seven hours from Arizona because of the amazing reviews. My dad and I have already taken a tour through the natural entrance which was beyond belief, but the hike down was spectacular! The history behind the caves is so monumental. There are over one hundred limestone caves in

  • The Rocky Mountains In Colorado

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    The Rocky Mountains are one of the earth’s most remarkable landscapes, providing an abundance of biological resources to Colorado and other surrounding states. The Rocky Mountains in Colorado create headwaters that provide 4 regional watersheds, Colorado, Rio Grande, Arkansas, and Missouri (South Platte). These watersheds help supply water to nineteen Western states. In addition to water, the Rocky Mountains are a source of mineral deposits, oil shale, forests, and recreational attractions that

  • An Essay On Utah's Geography

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    was also the first European to enter Utah. Early Settlers were determined to inhabit Utah. In five-hundred, Ancestral Puebloan arrives in Southern Utah.

  • Paramedic Job Shadowing

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    Indeed, a paramedic is a difficult job to obtain but it can be done if someone is passionate enough. Now, if I follow through with obtaining a future career with a paramedic, I intend to study at Grand Canyon University, University of Southern California, and Arizona State University. Each of the schools has great programs and all are close to home. Each has great diversity and a decent graduation rate. All schools have great accreditations and offer excellent ways to achieve my possible desired degree

  • The Arizona Constitution

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    Arizona Statehood and Constitution Arizona’s Constitution was written sometime in 1910; amended, ratified, and approved by Congress in 1911. Then Arizona became the 48th state and the last adjoining state to be welcomed in the Union; on February 14, 1912. Since then the citizens of Arizona has amended their Constitution many times. The Constitution consists of thirty articles. There were quite a lot of events that impacted the process of Arizona becoming its own state. The first section will examine

  • Navajo Water Rights

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    discuss cases, compacts, and acts that effect the integrity of Navajo Nation water rights for past, present, and future claims. Background The Navajo Nation is located in the southwest spanning across the Northwest corner of New Mexico, Northern Arizona, and the Southeast corner of Utah. It is over 27,000 sq. miles, roughly the s... ... middle of paper ... ...ajo Nation." Navajo Area Office. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. . (tags: none | edit tags) Navajo Nation Economic Development . "Where

  • The Gunslinger Hero

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    Somewhere out in the Old West wind kicks up dust off a lone road through a lawless town, a road once dominated by men with gun belts attached at the hip, boots upon their feet and spurs that clanged as they traversed the dusty road. The gunslinger hero, a man with a violent past and present, a man who eventually would succumb to the progress of the frontier, he is the embodiment of the values of freedom and the land the he defends with his gun. Inseparable is the iconography of the West in the imagination