The Frontier Thesis is a theory constructed by Frederick Jackson Turner, summarizing the importance of the open frontier to America. His theory is popularized and continually referenced in history classes …
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Jordyn Gallegos
The Economic Frontier
With an open frontier came a vast amount of land to be inhabited, all with different opportunities and resources to capitalize on. Very different from most of the land that …
Cowboys
The stereotypical cowboy image is a young adult male, usually white. This is because of the portrayal of cowboys in popular media — however, one in four cowboys were Black. …
The Safety Valve
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The Woman that Redefined The Gunslinger
On television, a character with a gun performs an impossible trick to save a life or impress a crowd. They set their gun on their shoulder, look in a mirror, …
Pleasance – 2023 Upperclassmen Fiction Runner-Up
Huck Johanberg moved into Pleasance two months ago. Pleasance, overall, wasthe wrong thing to name this town, in Huck’s opinion — if you considered muddy, crocodile-infested marshland pleasant, then Pleasance …
1800’s Slang That Should be Brought Back
The Wild West was full of new opportunities, fabled stories of robbers and lawmen, and more gunslingers than you could count. What is most notably different from now, however, was …
eggs
even a pigeon will sit on a chicken egg, nurse a foreign thing to life. why can’t love be shown limitlessly, generously, fully? why must there always be a difference …
The Dark Origins Behind Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is traditionally celebrated in America with teddy bears, sweets, and love. However, it wasn’t always celebrated this way. In Ancient Rome, this holiday was celebrated for three days, …
Chrysalis
the world is cruel to the caterpillar, as it grows up on the ground. it is cruel even as it cocoons, as it grows and lives and eats because it …