Immigrant, probably poor, it was her way into the middle class. Ward,o find yourself in colorado, a small mountain town, bigger than boulder in those days. It had never had a school teacher. She was brought here by a guy who owned the mine and realize that the workers that he had were starting to have children and they were not getting any education. The story goes, she taught in a saloon. During the day they cleared out all the evidence of the revelry in the night and then after school was over things would be moved back in. She taught in ward a couple of years and then moved to boulder and was one of the first teachers in the school district. It is hard to speculate about hannah and her motivations. But you cannot help but imagine what it mustve been like to travel across the country, from iowa to boulder, shortly after the civil war. The train was a year from being completed to denver. By probably did not come train, which meant horses, some kind of stagecoach. A pretty darn big adventure. Husband andfuture they married when she was in her early 30s. Lived a fairly traditional life. She stopped teaching. He had a daughter from a previous marriage. They lived in this house. And then he died after less than 10 years of marriage. She was left a widow at age 39. Then an amazing thing happened, she became one of boulders first philanthropists. She was on the board of what was then the biggest enck in town. She bank. Town. K in and became a property owner. She had a lot of financial activity. We are not quite sure where it all came from. An irish immigrant here in boulder, young widow, middleaged widow. She was active with womens groups in town. Everything from the Womens Christian Temperance Union to a group which got together every to researchder topics and speak to each other about things that would broaden their understanding of the world at large. The story of Hannah Barker is relevant today as it reminds us that when you tell the story of a place, it is important to realize that its not just the story brought to you by the men in the population. I think hannahs story was not well known up until the time that her house was landmarked. She was forgotten. We certainly have early pioneers , men pioneers, who were much more frequently mentioned. It is one of the great gifts the it is a way ton, talk to our Larger Community about a womans role than. I think that reflects on womens roles today in boulder. We are on the front page of the house that Hannah Barker lived in for 40 years. What was previously the town of highland lawn, which anna barker planted in the late 1800s. We will be completely rehabilitating the exterior of the house and, as i said, we structurallyt up and doing some of the interior work as well. We hope to find a good longterm steward and turn it back into a singlefamily home as it was , used historically. The main goal is to bring it to tellwe can continue the story of Hannah Barker, who lived here for over 40 years. Hannah barker, to me as a woman in the community in particular, is such an important person to study and learn about. In a way there is this whole legacy in boulder of active and engaged women citizenry who really made a difference in our town. In a way to me it is a bit of a legacy that she has left. Find out where cspans local content vehicles are going next online at www. Cspan. Org localcontent. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. At 8 00 p. M. Eastern, Iowa State University professor Timothy Walters talks about colonial america and king georges war, fought during the 1740s in north america between european colonial powers. The fighting was ultimately inconclusive, but it did help establish regional identities for the colonies and gave american colonists of valuable experience for their own revolution in the coming years. That is on lectures in history, our Weekly Program that takes you inside College Classrooms across the country for lectures ranging from the American Revolution to 9 11. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Next, on the civil war, Virginia Tech history professor Peter Wallenstein discusses the reconvening of congress after the civil war. This is a portion of the 2014 civil war symposium, hosted by the u. S. Capitol Historical Society. It is about 45 minutes. I am paul finkelman, the visiting professor of law at the fsu law school, the law center. It is my honor to be the director of this symposium. Hand i have been with the u. S. Capitol Historical Society for the past decade. This afternoon, we will begin with a paper by Peter Wallenstein. Peter is a professor of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and state university, known to the rest of the world as Virginia Tech. He has written a number of books on the history of the south, starting with his first book, from slaves south to new south Public Policy in 19thcentury georgia. And he has writt