Traveled to california, the physical geography of the area and evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning everybody. The topic of our lecture is the history of the gold rush and i will talk mainly about california in the years following 1848. But gold played a very, very Important Role in American History. Think back to the conquistadors, one of the things they were fascinating about was the quest for gold. An unquenchable desire for Precious Metals, gold above all, but also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold wa
But also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold would make them wealthy quickly. Until then this had been an area really beyond the line of settlement. But suddenly now the White Settlement catches up very quickly. Here is the governor, george gilmore, describing what it was like meeting the georgia miners in 1829. Many thousands of idle people flocked into georgia from every point of the compass whose pe
Good evening, everyone and welcome. We are delighted to have you with us to share thoughts on the uses and abuses of the englishlanguage. The right words will be the subject of the conversation between mr. Buckley and his longtime editor. After the program, he will be happy to take a few questions and sign copies of your book. Hes edited 22 of his books. He worked many years as public editor and currently editor at large at random house inc. And he will now introduce start buckley. Thank you. [laughter] the book is called buckley, the right word. After i read the subtitle, the evening is over called about uses of language and about vocabulary, uses, style and speaking, fiction, diction and dictionaries, reviews of interviews, electric on online eloquence and journalism and more. He should have been edited. [laughter] any lengthy information about buckley will be unnecessary and dumb. If you dont know who he is, i dont know why youre here. Violating the iron rule of those who introduce
Pop stars and musicians from continent to continent. Countless artworks and installations are flown around the world for market fairs and exhibitions. And architects use huge amounts of resources for their constructions the Culture Industries c o 2 footprint is a myth that has to change and thats our topic today starting off with a look at the whole picture the Climate Crisis has become a hot topic worldwide largely due to the Younger Generation whove been very vocal in demanding solutions they want to see Decisive Action now. Changes with quiet still nowhere in sight. Meanwhile politicians are still debating the issue and have a hard time agreeing on a course of action. For 25 years we have been trying to solve the Climate Crisis through Market Mechanisms and emissions have gone up year after year after year you know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for different results globalization critic and environmental activist naomi klein warns
Im street firms not only dont want to hear is always a factor we just hope that the sea will have mercy on us and let us make it through. Its more than just a rock in the sea i mean it is that in illinois with tourists its the everest of say. Receives a visit to speak to people sometimes call this cape fear. If you theres a lot of history in the mountains that you can see behind me that if it starts to change. This is a concern taba in southern denmark. Adventure and expedition leader are good folks is having his historic wooden sailing ship the dock morrow and overhauled and repaired here ahead of his next big voyage folks and his crew are going to sail to antarctica. Their journey will take them around the southern tip of south america and the dreaded cape horn. Its a dangerous trip that will place huge demands on the crew. Sealing the joints with tar and pitch to make sure the ship is c. With the. In the lake 980 s. Folks had the dogma on rebuilt and sailed it through the northwest