Essays Tagged: "Western United States"
The Colorado River
orsparse human settlement. We ask ourselves, did the Colorado River helpor hinder settlement in the Western United States?As settlers began to move westward, the Southwest was consideredto be a place ... anyon beingthe most popular, which is visited by numerous tourists every year, playsa large role in western tourism. The Grand Canyon is in fact one of theWorld's Seven Wonders. The Colorado Basin cov ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
It is a description of a poisonous plant Monkshood, Aconite. It describes the plant and how it poisonous to humans and animals.
through Europe to Great Britain, Aconite is now found wild in a few parts of England, mainly in the western counties and also in South Wales, but can hardly be considered truly indigenous. It was very ... ocabularies of plants from the tenth century downwards, and in Early English medical recipes.In the Western United States, most suspected cases of Aconitum poisoning prove to be due to tall larkspur w ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology
Gordon Biersch Brewery background info and business suggestions for future success
the first Gordon Biersch brewery in Palo Alto, California. One of the most popular breweries in the western United States, Gordon Biersch has microbreweries, or brewpubs, in California, Nevada, Arizon ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck.
is set during the Great Depression when thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed in the mid-western United States. Along their journey west, the Joads encounter many people, some of whom are i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
"The Wild Horse Controversy" in Nevada and the western states.
ls at all but domesticated animals gone feral. Wild horses are non-native animals that populate the Western United States. Wild horses compete for habitat with other wild animal species, such as elk, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
"The Heasrst Castle". In this report i talk about the history of the heasrst castle and talk about all the important events and facts about it.
and I find this amazing that he became so smart.George Hearst owned many important mining claims in western United States. He owned the Comstock Lode in Nevada, the Ontario Silver Mine, the Homestake ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The amulet by Hal Borland (book report)
gh action and the story is really boring. The setting of this book mostly takes place in the western United States.Quincy Scott - A brave young man.Jake - An older man who is very brave. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Abe Lincoln
glas proposed. He believed the principle was false and that slavery wasn't just going to affect the Western United States, but in reality the nation as a whole. He stated that the U.S. government coul ... f the West by signing three important acts in 1862. The Homestead Act offered settlers 160 acres of Western land each. The settlers were required to live on and use the land for five years and pay a s ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Fedex corporation
a business-to-business ground package carrier; Viking Freight, which offers freight services in the western United States; Roberts Express, a shipment company for express deliveries; and FDX Global Lo ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Manifest Destiny, Slavery, and the Breakdown of the Union
ed primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States (the Oregon Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession). Slavery ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Vail Resorts Case Analysis
industry, segmented into the ski destination resorts. They currently hold six major resorts in the western United States. Among them are Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, and Keystone which are locat ... summer sports to reap the benefits of the summer climate in the United States, particularly in the western region.RecommendationAs listed in the strategic alternatives section, all three possible alt ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
The Oregon Trail
s much more than a pathway to the state of Oregon; it was the only practical corridor to the entire western United States. The places we now know as Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and U ... ere Marcus and Narcissa Whitman; who made the trip in 1836. Marcus and Narcissa started the wave of western migration that started in 1843, when about a thousand pioneers made the journey. That 1843 w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Problem Solution: Burns Auto Corporation
Burns Auto Corporation owns 25 car dealerships in the western United States. Tom Burns, a former athlete built the company over a five year period with th ... is.Sensitivity analysis.Time series analysis.Game theory.*Burns has a major presence throughout the western region of the United States.oDifferent market factors.oDifferent dynamics.*"Turn and earn" a ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies
Symbolism in "The Grapes of Wrath"
ind work in California. However, the novel is more than just about the Joads' expedition across the western United States. Symbols play a key part in the meaning of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.One ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
Immorality Of A Collective Conscience
mplies, but more specifically she explains how the concept of morality exists and is applied in the Western United States. The author contends that essentially, beyond a fundamental loyalty to those w ... ner, who was directed by a sense of "moral duty" to stay with a deceased body of a boy in the Western desert, until a coroner arrived. The author does not "distrust" the role of morality i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Ansel Easton Adams is a photographer I truly admire. Asnel
tional Park. He also took many famous shots of the California coast and many other landmarks of the western United States. He is considered unequaled in the respect of his black and white perfectionis ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
Analysis of Citizens Communication Co.
cal exchange carrier (CLEC) services to business customers and other communications carriers in the western United States.Industry ComparisonProfitabilityCitizens' net profit margin, increased from 20 ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Ecosystem Structure- Resource shortage.
the problems that the United States is facing right now is the shortage of water. Many parts of the western United States such as the Colorado River Basin are experiencing severe droughts. This partic ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Chevron: company overview-role of government regulations for oil company and issues and opportunities companies face
ing, the company became an emerging leader. Standard Oil was the major marketer for kerosene in the western United States lighting 96.5% of the western United States. Lacking the savvy of Standard Oil ... for its oil, gas, and coal markets in Africa, Asia-Pacific, South America, North America, Nigeria, Western Australia, New Mexico, Wyoming, Alabama, and Europe among others (Chevron, 2009). According ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Overview, History and Current Structure
f the 1,000-store chain, Thrifty Payless Holdings, Inc, which is the largest drugstore chain in the Western United States, Rite Aid expanded its operation to the West Coast. In 1999, Rite Aid made a m ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers