Santa Fe Trail tale on a moving train
An aged conductor meets John Cooper on a Santa Fe train and shares the history of the Santa Fe Trail. Captain WB recounts Becknell’s 1821 blaze from Missouri toward Santa Fe with mules and later wagon trains while noting routes, dangers, and early towns like Independence and Dodge City.
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Independence
Santa Fe
John Cooper
Captain WB
Cooper d
Sirree
William Becknell
New Mexico
Missouri
Becknell
Rocky Mountains
Dodge City
Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad
William—Beenell
Mr. Cooper
John
East Aiken Elementary Honors Good Citizens List
East Aiken Elementary names students as Good Citizens for class participation. A spaghetti dinner at Aiken High School cafeteria precedes the basketball game on Friday Feb 28 from 5 to 7 pm, cost $5, call 641-2500 for tickets. Mead Hall names Headmaster's List for second nine weeks with straight A's across grades three to fifth.
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East Aiken
Good Citizens
Johnnie Lamar Ables
Candice M. Bradley
Casey Elizabeth Busbee
Antonio Copeland
Austin Douglas Davis
Amanda Renee English
Brittany Nichole English
Margcruz Noemi Figueroa
Eugene Frazier, Jr
Frank Gantt, Jr
John Preston Gay
Margaret Anna Hankinson
Allison Monique Harley
Tremel Shiquiam Holley
Jarrett Jamal Jackson
Jason
Aiken High School
AHS
Mead Hall
Emily Bush
Matt Campbell
Katie Jarriel
Ben Kirby
Will Richardson
Geoff Taylor
Becky Bookstaver
Scott Sampson
Scott Blalock
Fletcher Dickert
Jennifer Green
Adrian Outen
Paul Knox
Thomas Campbell
Richard Kight
Matthew Newman
Kelly Reidy
North Augusta Middle
Sara McRee
Benton Russo
Paull Knox
Scott Katz
Katie Myers
Ashley Charm
Brianna Smith
Andrea Mikel
Joshua Murph
Aiken
Michelle Corthalina
Kristen Machado
Whitney Simons
Elizabeth Carr
North Aiken
Christopher Hyder
Millbrook
Kennedy
Joshua Lio
Melissa Jolley
Asia Bush
New Ellenton Middle
Meredith Cross
St. Mary
Collin Bromley
Marine Science Careers Guide for Ocean Jobs Released
A new career guide titled Opportunities offers secondary students insight into marine related careers. Published as Marine Science Careers A Sea Grant Guide to Ocean Opportunities, it can be ordered for 530 dollars from the S C Sea Grant Consortium at 287 Meeting St Charleston 29401.
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S.C. Sea Grant Consortium
Meeting St
Charleston
DAR Winners Highlight Westward Trails Essay Contest
Daughters of the American Revolution announced state winning essays on Trails West. North Augusta students Ryan Craven and Jeffrey Young led with Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail topics, earning first in their age groups and medals for a March 8 Myrtle Beach ceremony.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Aiken County
Cumberland Gap
Ryan Craven
North Augusta
North Augusta Group
Sara Mikel
Ashley Cupp
Jenna Hobbs
Hammond Hill
Jeffrey Bodner
Lauren Miller
Dylan Stankus
Paul Knox
Paryn Hadden
Brandon Kimm
The Oregon Trail Diary Letters From 1843
A trio of diary entries from Ryan to his mother document the perilous first weeks of the Oregon Trail. They describe leaving Independence Missouri, the 2000 mile trek via Fort Kearny Fort Laramie Fort Hall and Fort Vancouver, river crossings, wagon tippages, scarce resources, and the constant threat of illness including cholera as the party travels across plains and mountains toward the Willamette Valley.
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Oregon Territory
Pacific Northwest
South Carolina
Jesse Applegate
Rocky
Nebraska
Platte River
Fort Laramie
North Platte
Barren Country
Sweetwater River
South Pass
Rocky Mountains
Fort Bridger
Grande Ronde Valley
Blue Mountains
Marcus Whitman
Columbia River
Fort Vancouver
Willamette Valley
Ryan
Big Blue River
Toohey
Mr. Applegate
Fort Hall
Independence Rock
Jail Rock
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Arthur Ashe
AR Herndon
Bo Jackson
Garret Morgan
Harriet Tubman
Madame C.J. Walker
Morehouse College
Myrtle Beach
Brandon Stooksby
Top Left
Rachel Whitten
Shelley Corthall
Stephanie Barron
Bottom Left
Janele Hamon
Justin W
Liz Viet
Bil Bengtson
Chris Waldrop
Left
Madeline Harlan
Jeffrey Young
Oregon Trail
Empie
Dante’ Peak
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