Traveling the west

Be part of the past

Ilwaco, WashingtonCape Disappointment State Park

• William Clark and members of the Corps of Discovery explored this area as their final push to Pacific Ocean. Here Lewis and Clark ended their expedition. The party spent their winter here before going back to St. Louise. Here the members of the expedition carved their names and the date- November 18, 1805- in a tree.

• Cape Disappointment State Park is a 1,882-acre camping park on the Long Beach peninsula fronted by the pacific ocean. This park gives a beautiful 2 miles of ocean beach, 2 lighthouses, an interpretive center and hiking trails.

San Antonio, TexasThe Alamo

• The Alamo is very important to Texas Revolution. The Mexican President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led Mexican troops towards the Alamo. The Mexican troops took siege of the Alamo for 13 days. On march 6, 1836 early morning a battle took place that is called “The Battle of the Alamo.” there over 180-250 Texans died and 400-600 Mexicans were killed or wounded. This time it was Mexico's victory but America was one step closer to Texas Independence.

The Alamo is a 4.2 acre complex. Most people come to see where the little band of Texans held out for 13 days against Santa. The death of the Alamo defenders is a symbol of courage and sacrifice of the cause of Liberty. The Alamo has a gist museum, Long Barrack Museum and the Shrine.

Mexico City, Mexico

U.S. wanted to expend across North America continent to the Pacific. This caused many conflicts between U.S.A. and near by countries. U.S. asked for California from Mexico for $5 million and $25 million but Mexico didn’t want to sell half of it’s land to their most dangerous neighbor. U.S. wouldn’t take a no for an answer so the went into war with Mexico to get the land they wanted. After a series of battles that cost both sides a lot of lives, on September 14, 1847, American troops entered Mexico city. By mid-October U.S. had a full control of the city. On February 2, 1848 a treaty was signed and U.S received the northern portion of Mexico and Mexico got the rest back.

Coloma, California

• In 19th century John Sutter owned a sawmill. One day he found some gold flacks on his ditch. He wanted to keep it a secret so he could keep his mill privet but the word got out. For the next 7 years over 300,000 people came to California in search of gold and a better future. This was the Gold rush.

Fairbury, NebraskaRock Creek Station State Historical

Park• Rock Creek Station

was made along the Oregon- California trail in 1858 to sell supplies to emigrants moving out west. Rock Creek Station was also a campground for emigrants.

Adams, TennesseePort Royal State Park

• Port royal was the site of the earlier colonial communities and trading posts. It was first settled in early 1780’s. in the years 1838 and 1839 the town of port royal served as a stopover and resupply station for the Cherokee Indian's along the march to Oklahoma on the trail of tears.

• Port royal has some old roadbeds, with some dating back to trail of tears. This park is 26 acres that contain bridges, remains of the foundations of stores, homes, and work houses with some dating back to the 18th century.

Jackson, MississippiChoctaw Indians

The area which is now Jackson was originally part of the Choctaw Nation. Under pressure from the US government, the Choctaw Native Americans agreed to removal from all lands east of the Mississippi River under the terms of the Treaty of dancing Rabbit creek in 1830. Although many Choctaws then moved to present-day Oklahoma, a great number chose to stay in their homeland. Today, most Choctaws, who are part of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian’s live on several Indian Communities located throughout the state. The largest community is located in Choctaw, MS, 100 mi (160 km) northeast of the city.

Presentation:Masha O’Bryan

Period 4/5

March 26, 2010

Mr. Zoll