8TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS - 1ST
Traveling West
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Mackenzie Fletcher Denver, Colorado
Location: Denver, Colorado is located west of the United States. U.S. Map with Denver Marked
Weather: The weather in Denver is usually warm year round and there usually isn’t a lot of snow in the winter time. So if you like warm weather, Denver is the right place for you.
History: Denver was founded in 1858. Denver is known for a
lot of gold findings so if you want to get you some gold, com on over to Denver!
Gold Findings Subway train in Denver
Transportation: If you need to get around town then you can take the subway, ride your horse, or take your own vehicle. But if you wanted to travel somewhere else in the country you could fly on a plane at the Denver International Airport. 19
Ballet in Denver
Entertainment: If you like to have a big great time with your family and friends, you need to come to Denver. There is so many things to do from pageants to sports to opera! Sports: If your a sports fan, Denver is sports filled! Sports including basketball, swimming, football, and more are a great way to have fun! Denver’s own football team, The Denver Broncos, just won the 2014 Super Bowl. Sights to see: There are so many amazing, jaw dropping things to see in Denver. You can come look at the Red Rocks and Amphitheater, The Denver Art Museum, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, The Denver zoo, and more.
Denver Broncos
Schools/Universities: The schools and Universities in Denver include the great and amazing college, Denver University. Mayor/City OďŹƒcials: Michael B. Hancock is the mayor of Denver and he does a great job of protecting and helping his city. Current issues: Current issues in Denver include: Global Warming, Wind Power, and Dirty Air. Most cities have these issues though so I think the whole country itself is trying to solve these issues.
Denver University Michael B. Hancock
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San Francisco
Location
The location is San Francisco, California.
Weather
The weather is very windy and
cold. The temperature is an average of 40 to 60 degrees year around. In one year the precipitation for a yearly average is 3 in.
History
Just before the San Francisco
49ers history began, the United Stated made one of its luckiest acquisitions. On July 9, 1846, a small outpost of wood shacks was founded by an eager Mormon priest, Samuel Brannan, and became an oďŹƒcial part of the United States. Three years later in 1849, James Marshall discovered gold dust in a Sierra saw mill and San Francisco became the entrance port to the famed "El Dorado," the legendary land of gold in the West. Brannan publicized the new gold
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discovery and soon San Francisco (later renamed San Francisco after the
Bay) was overrun with "Gold Fever." In less than a year, over 50,000 people came to San Francisco looking for fortune. An outlandish circus of discovery and building, San Francisco grew up lawless and exuberant. Goods and investment poured in from the East; the history of San Francisco 49ers is the beginning of San Francisco's modern history.
Transportation
San Francisco has a ton of dierent choices for transportation. They
Industry/Economy
Since the days of
the Gold Rush, San Francisco has been an important financial center. Located halfway between
have trains, taxi’s, buses, and mostly you ride in your own automobile.
London and Tokyo as well
Another large one is the cable car, known there as the San Francisco
as between Seattle and San Diego, San Francisco is at the center
Municipal Railway. In 2006, it served 46.7 square miles with an operating
of global business. Because of its natural, landlocked harbor, San
budget of about $700 million. In ridership Muni, the name of the transit, is
Francisco has thrived on trade and shipping since its early days.
the seventh largest transit system in the United States, with 210,848,310
Today, through its main port in Oakland, eight smaller ports, and
rides in 2006[6] and the second largest in California behind Metro in Los Angeles.
three key airports, the Bay area handles nearly 30 percent of West Coast trade. The port system is augmented by San Francisco International Airport, the country's ninth largest and the world's fourteenth largest airport.
Entertainment
In San Francisco there are a lot of types of entertainment.
There are shows, dances, sports, and exploration. One of the most popular is the Golden Gate Bridge, probably the most famous bridge. Other types of entertainment is football, baseball, basketball. 32
Sports
Schools/Universities
There are 5 different types of sports in San Francisco. There
There are a ton of schools and colleges in San Francisco. A
are two teams in Football, San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland
lot are related to law and arts. The main college is San Francisco
Raiders. In Baseball there are also two teams, Oakland Athletics
State University. One of the largest community colleges in the world is the City College of San Francisco.
and the San Francisco Giants. Their Basketball team is the Golden Gate
Warriors, Hockey is the San Jose Sharks, and the soccer team is the San Jose Earthquakes. So there are a lot of sport teams in San Francisco.
Mayor/City Officials
Sights to See
The Mayor of San Francisco is Ed Lee. He has the duty
to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or
One of the most obvious sights is
veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of
the Golden Gate Bridge. The Bridge
Supervisors, the legislative branch. The mayor serves a
connects San Francisco to California's northern counties. With its
four-year term and is limited to two successive terms.
tremendous 746-foot tall towers, sweeping main cables, is is an extreme sight to see. The next sight is Chinatown. Chinatown is a great place for people to travel to if they don’t want to go all the way around the world. It shows the ancient culture of China in a way the is understandable to any person of age. Other sights to see are the sports team. It is never to bad to go and catch a game while visiting San Francisco.
Current Issues
One of the largest issues is
crime. In a San Francisco newscast, Marty Castleberg noticed that he had dialed 911 more than almost any other number. Little
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Francisco is not due to being in between the main trade and money routes.
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