I want to a trip to a small town in Central Florida. This town is nestled on interstate 4 grew up calling it I Fo', the town sits between of the great cities of Florida. It is the direct center point between Tampa and Orlando many people call this small town Orampa . But I know this small citrus town is Polk City Florida. Polk city was named after one of the United States former president James Polk. This town was the town that I have spent most of my formative years as a child. Some of my earliest memories are here. Some of my worst childhood memories are here. So in many ways I call this small town home. Just like most small towns there is only one main road that runs through this town. On one side live the neighborhood from which we called uptown. Uptown was …show more content…
Just about every road has a nation either on one side or owned one road. The road I live on was Smith's corner, Smith's corner on the left side was predominantly Dominican Americans and on the right side predominantly Cuban Americans. Most of my mother's family lived on Smiths corner. My mother's grandmother a Cuban refugee move to the Dominican Republic and my mother's grandfather being full blood afro Dominican strongman.My family name Maldonado, Guzman, and Barnez ran Smith's corner. The next street over Smiths place was predominantly Puerto Rican and there were certain sprinkle the Jamaican families that lived on Smiths place but predominantly Puerto Rican. The Dyer Garcia and Lopez. Family ran that street. the other Street color place Smith's Row word jumble cahoots Guyanese Jamaicans and Haitians and West Indians butt the other Street Scala place Smiths row were a jumbo Clute of guy a nice Jamaicans and Haitians and West Indians but the Dominicans Cubans and Puerto Rican pretty much ran Fruitland . We had the most children in the community most of the Guyanese West Indian and Haitian people were much older people who have moved to Polk City to retire from South
On the lower Mississippi River on March 19, 1968 around 0340 the SS African collided with the Midwest Cities, a towing vessel, which was transporting two tank barges. The front barge was the Intercity no. 14 and the rear was the Intercity no. 11. Intercity no. 11 was loaded with 19,000 barrels of crude oil. The crude oil’s combustible vapors escaped during the collision and led to a serious shipboard fire on the SS African Star.
Gold doesn’t reside there anymore. Gold doesn't isn’t anywhere near here anymore. The gold left, and a great deal of people followed. I am still here, though, along with a few others. The gold took the lifeless, greedy people with it, and the town is now much more nicer. The entrepreneurs, prospectors, scrooges: all gone.
County governments are so often overlooked. The people spend the majority of their governmental association time with the federal government, only paying attention to what it is the president is up to lately or which laws the legislative branch is trying to push out now. County officials are very much deserving of attention as well. After all, these people are the ones that are dealing with the problems that are so close to home.
A local organization that works to promote and make easier the relationship between the South Carolina coast and Charleston’s natural marine environment. Charleston is the lowcountry, and is usually identified by its maritime history and heritage, which is why it is important to keep all that information alive. The LMS wants to provide the opportunity to experience what the coast has to offer to those who have very limited access to the water. It is important that these people have these experiences, because otherwise the idea of a “coastal community” doesn’t apply.
Thomas Jefferson, America’s third president, dreamed of a nation of small farmers living off the land and believed large cities to be destructive “to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.” However, as the nation grew into the most powerful in the world, its cities followed suit. They became the social, economic, and political centers of their respective areas. Cities such as Boston, New York, and San Francisco became the industrial and marketing strongholds of the country. However, by the 1950s, the American landscape was transformed yet again with the arrival of the new frontier, Suburbia. Americans migrated from the dirty, crowded, and
My father did an amazing thing for this town and all you people can do is be judge mental and disrespectful for me. I hear all the whispers around this place. I am writing this so you guys know the real story. I did not pay the taxes because I could not afford them. However, I felt the money my father gave to this town was more than enough to pay for his taxes and mine. I believed my father was a good man, but he did not know when he crossed his boundaries. He drove every man I brought home. After several times I brought possible suitors, I realized that my father did not think any man was not good enough for me, he was afraid of being alone. So I decided to stay with my father until he died. When my father died, I
Discuss a significant issue in your home country about which you are passionate and describe how you would use the education you obtain at our institution, American University (AU), Washington, DC, to create positive civic and social change once you return home. Please provide specific examples.
Bergen County is a very densely populated county, but I want to look closer, I want to look as a specific town within Bergen County; I want to take a look at the Borough of Fair Lawn. The Borough of Fair Lawn in 2011 estimated to have a population of 32,669 people. According to New York Times, municipal officials estimate that they make up 33 to 40 percent of the population, and of the 21 houses of worship 8 of them are synagogues. But this is not why I am writing this paper, I wanted to look deeper into the community due to the fact that the borough of Fair Lawn has made it a point to accommodate the Jewish community but with the growth of the town has not changed its ways to accommodate all of the other religion that now
One day I was running home. I took three corners to get there. But then there was a strange guy in a mask in front of the home. I was scared that he would take me out. So I ran and ran until I figured out how to get there. Then it came to me. I would run back the three corners and slide under the guy so I would get home. Then he stood there like he was seriously going to get me out. Then a random guy threw a baseball at me and I slide under the guy with the mask and I got home. Then I was safe. I finally won and then those guys couldn’t take other people out when the run home. They got to home
The Project Mw|work’s ‘Little House’ is a family retreat on the Hood Canal in western Washington. The house was built for a Texas family who frequented the area in the summer and wanted a small residence of their own. The design emphasizes simplicity and a subtle transition between the structure and the landscape. Environment and micro-climate The Little House is located on the Hood Canal on the eastern side of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. The Washington Coastal region, especially the Olympic Peninsula area, has notoriously wet winters, with around 70 to 100 inches annually. This level of rainfall creates a very humid environment (80-90% humidity in winter months) and a large family of evergreen plant life. The summers tend to be fairly
An article by Wilcox and Wolfinger, Then comes marriage? Religion, race, and marriage in urban America examine the role that religious participation and the norms and behaviors it promotes plays in encouraging marriage among new parents in Urban America. This is the first study to offer a quantitative analysis of the association between religion and marriage among urban mothers.
Outdoor School - Why? What is the value of having students learn in a natural setting?
The town hall meeting took place on Thursday July 14 in Washington D.C. and was hosted by president Obama. The event was an hour long and broadcasted on ABC networks. It was a national conversation about law enforcement, race, and about how important it is that we all come together during times such as this instead of allowing these terrible acts of violence to create a divide among us. The Town hall meeting consisted of Americans from all over the country in search of answers to their questions from the president. There were discussions covering gun violence and police tactics in the country. The audience of the event was full of family members, police officers, along with mothers, fathers and their children. Many of the families in the room
Even in a small town, there is a variety of art everywhere you look. Some art is more unique and interesting than others, which is one of the many reasons why I love our small town. The art in this community has a special place in my life because I have grown up in this area; Humphrey’s county was and always will be my childhood. Although many things in Humphrey’s County interest me, some tend to fascinate me more than others. The three pieces of art that interest me the most in this community are Paint Rock, Cherry Bottom, and the train at the City Hall.
I grew up in the small town of Blair, Nebraska which is located 20 miles north of Omaha, on the eastern edge of the state. The town covers 5.5 square miles and lies directly on the Missouri river. The population is approximately 8,000 and it continues to grow, as Blair is a very popular town for young and developing families. With the expanding number of kids, the town does the best it can to create enough attractions that will keep them entertained.