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The Terrible Fire
Article posted June 1, 2012 at 03:30 PM GMT0 •
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The terrible fire of 1852 in Old Sacramento was very destructive. Only one building survived that day in Old Sacramento. That building was the Lady Adams because the roof was layered with brick, sheet metal, and sand. There were fourteen-engine companies, but three were in Old Sacramento at the time. They all had a motto. Fire engine company number three’s motto was, “Always Ready”. It wasn’t easy, but it didn’t take long to rebuild the city of old Sacramento after the fire. Old Sacramento will never be the original because of the terrible fire.
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Article posted June 1, 2012 at 03:30 PM GMT0 •
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Westminister Woods Blog
Article posted April 24, 2012 at 06:03 PM GMT0 •
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Car Ride
Windy, fast, barfy
Car Ride
Food
Tasty, delicious, nutritious
Food
Liken
Fluffy, green, yummy
Liken
Tide Pools
Rocky, colorful, slippery
Tide Pools
Storm
Wet, loud
Falling, pounding, showering
Explodes as it hits the ground
Cloudburst
Cabin
Crowded, warm
Separating, balancing, playing
Sleeping gently through the night
House
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Article posted April 24, 2012 at 06:03 PM GMT0 •
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The Terrible Wave
Article posted January 27, 2012 at 04:39 PM GMT0 •
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I think Marden Dahistedt’s writing in The Terrible Wave is very interesting because of its well-detailed similes and personification. For example when Megan was floating down the flooded water on a sodden mattress, she saw some crazy things. One of the crazy things Megan saw was, “The trunk of a giant tree came rushing past, its roots waving above the water like a hundred searching fingers.” Marden Dahistedt gave tree roots the human ability of searching with fingers, which I think is very expressive. In another part of the book Megan saw the railroad bridge in flames, “Filtered through the fog, even at that distance, huge tongues of flame eating the sky.” She took what the flames were doing and said they were eating the sky. The description is very well done in the book The Terrible Wave.
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Article posted January 27, 2012 at 04:39 PM GMT0 •
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California History
Article posted December 6, 2011 at 11:37 PM GMT0 •
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I think the most important part of California’s history is the war with Mexico. On the day of May 13, 1846, the war began. The United States wanted to stretch from coast to coast. The war started because the Californios from Mexico and the Americans both claimed Texas. The war began on the border of Texas. They had to fight to figure out who owned the land. On July 7, 1846, the war reached California. On that day the Navy came with 250 soldiers that joined the Americans. The Californios had many weapons, from wooden lances to cannons. The Americans won, so they didn’t disagree with each other anymore. The war with Mexico helped the Americans gain 525,000 square miles of land for $15,000,000. This helped make California the big state it is today.
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Article posted December 6, 2011 at 11:37 PM GMT0 •
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