Rachel Saint

 

• She was born on January 2, 1914 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania to Lawrence and Katherine Saint.
• Her brother was the pilot missionary Nate Saint.
• Her first missionary assignment was to the Piro and Sharpa Indian tribes in Peru, but she felt like God was calling her to the Waorani.
• In February 1955 she and Catherine Peeke went to a missionary station near Waorani territory.
• Rachel started learning the Waorani language with the help of Dayuma, a Waorani woman who had left her people after a dispute and was sheltered by missionaries.
• In January 1956, five missionaries in the area were killed by Waorani people, including her brother Nate Saint. As a result, she considered herself spiritually bonded to the tribe.
•  In 1957 she went on a tour of the United States together with Dayuma, appearing with Billy Graham at Madison Square Garden and on Ralph Edwards' television show This Is Your Life.
• In the summer of 1958 Rachel Saint returned to the Waorani in Ecuador with Elisabeth Elliot, the wife of Jim Elliot who was killed by the Waorani.
• In February 1959 they were able to move into a Waorani settlement. Where the five American men had failed to gain entrance into the Waorani society, these two unarmed women (as well as Elliot's little daughter) were not perceived as a threat.
• Rachel lived there for over ten years.
• She died on November 11, 1994 in Quito, Ecuador from cancer.(1994-11-11) in       in

San Antonio Trip Part 2

 My mom suggested that I tell you guys some history of the Alamo and Custer's Last Stand so everyone understands it more. The Alamo was a war against the Mexicans and the Americans. The leader of the Mexicans was Antonio López de Santa Anna and he had 1,800 men. The leaders of the Americans were William Travis and James Bowie and they had 189 men. The battle begun on February 23, 1836 and ended on March 6, 1836. The Mexicans won the battle and only had about 600 killed or wounded. All the American fighters were killed. For Custer's Last Stand or The Battle at Little Big Horn was a fight against the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Calvary Regiment of the Untied States. The leaders for the Indian tribes were Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Gall, and Lame White Man and they had around 900 to 2,500 men. The leaders for the Regiment were George A. Custer, Marcus Reno, Frederick Benteen, Myles Keogh, James Calhoun, and Bloody Knife and they had 647 men. The fight was from June 25 to 26, 1876. The Indian tribes won the battle.
Here are the rest of the pictures of day 2!

The second day we went to the Buckhorn Saloon and museum.  

 

Here is some history of the Buckhorn. Seventeen-year-old Albert Friedrich was a bartender at the Southern Hotel on Main Plaza in downtown San Antonio when he decided to open his own saloon across the street in 1881. He learned that many folks travelling off the dusty trail didn't have much money in their pockets. Albert had the brilliant idea to accept horns and antlers in exchange for a free beer or whiskey from his saloon. Albert’s wife, Emile got into the family business as well. She began to accept jars of rattlesnake rattles in exchange for a drink. She would use these to create works of art that can, to this day, be seen on display at the Buckhorn.

Albert made Teddy Roosevelt a chair out of horns. This is a wax figure of Teddy with his chair.

 

This is Buffalo Bill's actual gun. I love seeing the actual things that belonged to people in history!

 

In the museum there were a bunch of Texas Ranger artifacts and write ups about some of the famous ones.

 

They also had a bunch of things set up like this to make a little town. This I guess must be the newspaper office. I didn't see this one which I am really mad about because it looks really cool!

 

This is a telegraph office. You could hear the clicking of the telegraph machine from the outside which was really neat.

 

Sorry this one is blurry! It is the replica of Bonnie and Clyde's car that the Texas Rangers shot down. Yes that's me pretending to shoot it down.

 

This is the sheriff's office which I thought was the best part of the town! All the old reward signs were just to cool!

 

In the sheriff's office there was a jail sell you could go into. The door couldn't lock but I wish it could...

 

There was this bed in the cell even. It wasn't comfortable attall!

 

After the Buckhorn we went back the the River Walk to go on a boat tour.

 

On the boat tour the guy driving it told us all the history of the old buildings and churches. I didn't take a pen and paper with me to write down all what he was saying, but I should have. All the churches were really pretty.

The next day we left San Antonio on the airplane. It was my first time ever on a airplane so I was really nervous. But I got used to it and it was fun! So that was the trip to San Antonio.

God bless you guys!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

The Pony Express

 

• It started on April 3, 1860.
• It was founded by William Waddell, William Russel, and Alexander Majors.
• They started it to deliver messages, newspapers, mail, even small packages from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California.
• Each trip took about 8 to 10 days.
• There were stations along the way for the riders to get fresh horses.
• An estimated 400 horses in total were used by the Pony Express to deliver the mail.
• A Pony Express rider would change horses 8 to 10 times.
• Either Johnny Fry or Billy Richardson are believed to be the first rider for the Pony Express.
• Three of the most famous riders for the Pony Express were William Cody (Buffalo Bill), Robert Haslam, and Jack Keetley.
• The Pony Express ended in October 1861. Telegraphs ended the need for the Pony Express.

San Antonio Trip

So in November of 2013, right around the American Thanksgiving, my dad and I went to San Antonio, Texas. My dad delivers trucks all across the States and it just so happened he had one for Texas which I have always wanted to go to. It was even better because he was going to San Antonio which has the Alamo! I LOVE the history of the Alamo and some of the people who died there, like Davy Crockett. It was my first time going to the States, that I can remember that is. Here are the pictures of the trip.



The first high light of our trip was going to the Custer Battlefield Museum in Garryowen, Montana. The museum was right on Sitting Bull's camp which I found really cool! We weren't allowed to take pictures inside of the museum, but we were allowed to take pictures of the outside.

 

This is the map of the Little Bighorn Battlefield. Well I guess Sitting Bull's Camp...

 

This is a grave of one of the men in the battle. He was unknown.

 

This is a statue of Geogre Custer.

 

And this is Sitting Bull.

 

This was inside the gift shop. I just had to have a picture with these guys together!

 

Now lets jump a few days right into the first day in San Antonio, Texas. There weren't to many other interesting pictures in between Garryowen and San Antonio.



This is outside of the Alamo. It is a statue of the famous men who fought at the Alamo and their names.

 

I had to have a picture of Davy Crockett up close!

 

Yep that's me in the bright blue facing the camera. This is the front of the Alamo. Again we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the Alamo.

 

Another picture of the Alamo. I was SO excited to finally be there!

 

This is a part of the Alamo. The Alamo was 4 acres so there was a lot of pieces of it here and there.

 

This building, a library, was a part of the Alamo. We were going to go inside but we had to make a appointment first and the doors were locked. The outside was pretty though.

 

Another part of the Alamo.

 

More ruins of the Alamo.

 

We decided to just see what the River Walk in San Antonio was like the first day and then the next day we would check it out more. Because it was really cold the first day to be walking outside. But anyways this is Crockett ST. on the River Walk.

 

I think I am going to have to post the second day in San Antonio tomorrow because I don't think Blogger likes all these pictures on one post. So tomorrow come back and read about day 2!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Amy Carmichael

 

• She was born on December 16, 1867 in Millisle, County Down, Ireland.
• She was the founder of the Welcome Evangelical Church in Belfast which started in mid-1880's
• She suffered neuralgia, a disease of the nerves that made her whole body weak and achy and often put her in bed for weeks on end.
• She was ready to sail for Asia at one point, when it was determined that her health made her unfit for the work. She postponed her missionary career with the CIM and decided later to join the Church Missionary Society.
• She traveled to Japan for fifteen months, but after a brief period of service in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), she found her lifelong vocation in India.
• In 1932, she was badly injured in a fall, which left her bedridden much of the time until her death.
• She died on January 18, 1951 in Dohnavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
• She never married.
• One of her quotes in her biography says "One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving."

Harriet Tubman

 

• She was born in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland to Ben and Harriet Ross. Her real name was Araminta Ross.
• As a child she was a slave for James Cook and she had to check the muskrat traps.
• As she got older and stronger, she was assigned to field and forest work, driving oxen, plowing and hauling logs.
• She married John Tubman in 1844-1851, he died then she married Nelson Davies 1869-1888, he died.
• They (Nelson) adopted one child, Gertie in 1874.
• She and her brothers escaped from slavery on September 17, 1849.
• For 11 years she returned repeatedly to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, rescuing some 300 slaves in about 19 expeditions. She also provided specific instructions for about 50 to 60 other fugitives who escaped to the north
• She was a Union Spy in the Civil War.
• She died on March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York.

George Custer

 

• He was born on December 5, 1839 in New Rumly, Ohio to Emanuel and Marie Custer.
• He attended the Hopedale Normal College in Hopedale, Ohio. After Hopedale he attended the United States Military Academy.
• He taught a school in Cadiz, Ohio.
• He married Elizabeth Bacon on February 9, 1864.
• His service/branch was the United States Army and the Union Army.
• His rank was a Major General.
• His years of service was from 1861-76.
• His commands he held was 3rd Cavalry Division, 2nd Cavalry Division, and 7th U.S. Cavalry.
• His last and well known war was the Battle at Little Bighorn.
• He died on June 25, 1876 in Little Bighorn, Montana.

Clara Barton

 

• She was born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts to Capt. Stephen and Sarah Barton.
• She became a teacher in 1838.
• When the Civil War broke out she wanted to go to the front lines to help the wounded. In August of 1862, she was given permission to go to the front lines.
• In 1864 she was appointed by Union General Benjamin Butler as the "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the Army of the James.
• She ran the Office of Missing Soldiers after the war in Northwest, Washington, D.C.
• She was introduced to the Red Cross in Switzerland while she was there and wanted to bring it to America. And she did on August 22, 1882. She was the first president of the American Red Cross.
• She never got married.
• She died on April 12, 1912 in Glen Echo, Maryland.

Mary Slessor

• She was born on December 2, 1848 in Aberdeen, Scotland to Robert and Mary Slessor
• She had to start working at the age of 11 at a mill part time. The mill company provided school for the children workers so she spent half of her day at school and the other half working. At the age of 14 her father died so she had to work even harder from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• When she heard the news that David Livingstone had died she wanted to follow in his footsteps to Africa.
• In September of 1876 she arrived to West Africa.
• She stayed in Africa for 3 years but when she got malaria she was forced to go back to Scotland to recover. She stayed in Scotland for 16 months then went back to Africa.
• Her religion was Presbyterian.
• She died on January 13, 1915.

George Muller

 

• Born on September 27, 1805 in Kroppenstaedt, Germany to Johann and Sophie Muller
• As a boy he was a thief, a liar and a gambler. At the age of 10 he was stealing government money from his dad, and while his mom was dying, at the age of 14, was playing cards and drinking with friends.
• He went to the University of Halle to studied Divinity
• He started going to these prayer meetings and after a while was convinced that he needed salvation. So when he went home from a meeting one night, got down on his knees and asked God to forgive him. 
• He married Mary Groves on October 7, 1830-1870 she died, then he married Susannah Sanger in 1871
• They (Mary and him) had 2 children, Lydia, born on September 17, 1832 and Elijah, born on March 19, 1834. They also had 2 still-born children.
• His first orphanage was built in 1849 at Ashley Down, Bristol.
• On March 26, 1875 he and his wife Susannah started a 17 year period of missionary travel to 16 different places.
• He died on March 10, 1898 in Bristol, England.

Isaac Brock

• Born on October 6, 1769 in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey to John and Elizabeth Brock
• He never got married
• He served in the British Army from 1785-1812
• His rank in the army was a major-general
• He fought in the French Revolutionary War and the War of 1812
• He was also a Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (Ontario) from 1811-1812
• He died on  October 13, 1812 in Queenston, Upper Canada
• He was voted #28 on the television show The Greatest Canadian
• Brockville and Brock in Ontario, Brock in Saskatchewan, General Isaac Brock Parkway on Highway 405 and Brock University in St. Catharines in Ontario are named after him. Schools named after him are in Winnipeg (Manitoba), Toronto, London, Windsor, Hamilton, and Guelph Ontario.

Lawrence Sullivan Ross



 

• Born on September 27, 1838 in Bentonsport, Iowa to Shapley and Catherine Ross. He was the 4th child.
• He married Elizabeth Tinsley on May 28, 1861
• They had 8 children Mervin 1866, Lawrence JR. 1868, Florine 1870, Harvey 1873, Frank 1875, Elizabeth 1878, James 1880, and Neville 1882
• He was a sheriff from 1873-1875 in McLennan County, Texas
• He joined the Texas Rangers in 1860, first serving as a lieutenant and later a captain
• Him and his company of rangers rescued Cynthia Ann Parker from the Comanches 24 years after she was captured
• He was the Governor of Texas from 1887-1891. His lieutenant was Thomas Wheeler. He was preceded by John Ireland and succeeded by Jim Hogg
• He died on January 3, 1898 in Brazos County, Texas



 

  

Jay Gould

Jay Gould

• Born on May 27, 1836 to John Gould and Mary More in Roxbury, New York
• His occupations were a financier and railroad developer
• He married Helen Miller 1863
• They had six children George, Edwin, Helen, Howard, Anna and Frank
• He was known for being the 9th richest American in history
• He died on December 2, 1892 in Manhattan, New York

God bless you,

Samuel de Champlain

• Born on August 13, 1574 in Antoine Champlain and Marguerite Le Roy in Aunis, France
• Died December 25, 1635 in Quebec, Canada
• Married Helene Bolulle in 1610
• They had 3 children Faith, Hope and Charity
• His occupations were navigator, cartographer, soldier, explorer, and a administrator and chronicler of New France
• He is known for the exploration of New France, foundation of Quebec City, Canada, and being called The Father of New France
• He has a quote that says "The advice I give to all adventurers is to seek a place where they may sleep in safety."  

Jacques Cartier

• Born on December 31, 1491 in St. Malo, France
• Died September 1, 1557 in St. Malo, France
• Married Mary Catherine des Granches in 1520
• Known for being the first European to travel inland to North America and he claimed Canada for France
• He has a quote that says "I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain"
• The Jacques Cartier Bridge is named after him that crosses from Montreal, Quebec to Longueuil, Quebec

Abraham Lincoln

• Born on February 12, 1809 to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in Hardin County, Kentucky
• Died April 15, 1865 in Peterson House, Washington, D.C
• Married Mary Todd November 4, 1842
• They had 4 son Robert, Edward, William and Thomas
• He was a captain for the Illinois Militia in 1832 for the Black Hawk War
• He was the 16th President of the United States from March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865
• He is known for doing the Emancipation Proclamation that was issued on September 22, 1862 and was put into effect on January 1, 1863

Stephen F. Austin

• Born on November 3, 1793 to Moses and Mary Austin in Wythe County, Virginia
• Died December 27, 1836 in West Columbia, Texas
• He never married
• He started the Texas Rangers in 1823 but it was actually formed on October 17, 1835
• Austin, Texas is named after him
• He is known for bringing the second, but first legal and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States.

George Washington

George Washington

• Born February 22, 1732 to Augustine and Mary Washington in Westmoreland, Virginia
• Occupations were planter, military officer and surveyor
• Married Martha Custis on January 6, 1759
• He had 2 step-children John and Martha
• Most famous for being the first President of the USA
• He ran 2 years as president from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797
• Died on December 12, 1799 in Mount Veron, Virginia

Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell

 

• Born on December 4, 1865
• She was a nurse
• Never married
• She helped 200 French and English soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium
• On August 3, 1915 she was arrested for helping soldiers
• On October 12, 1915 she was shot by a firing squad
• Her last words were: "Standing as I do, in view of God and Eternity, I realize that patriotism is not enough; I must have no hatred or bitterness toward anyone."

Lincoln And Kennedy

 Now this is a little creppy and cool all at the same time. Sorry it is really hard to read, I can't make the picture any bigger.