Hello. I would like to welcome you to Union Station. This is a magnificent building here in washington, d. C. , just a couple of walks from the u. S. Capitol building. At the nonprofit here in washington dc who responsible loyalty is stewardship of this building. This building was built in 1907. It was not only one of the largest buildings in the world, but it was certainly the most magnificent train station that had been built to date. This station has undergone many changes throughout the year. In 1912 andeted service during world war i when the uso took over part of the building. It went through many, many changes from being an actual station to a place where it was not so active and people may have been here sleeping on benches, using the building for shelter and finally, with world war ii, the station became the center of the world again with the servicemen coming back here and serving 200,000 people a day and significant alterations made in this magnificent hall to serve the men
Sort of helping to build the foundation of what chico is today. Standing in front of an altar of a chinese temple housed here at chico museum. They started here as early as 1840. This was part of a movement happening across the United States. They were looking for more opportunities and a lot of them came here. For byassage was paid other chinese merchants and in coming here, they had to work to pay back that expense. The working in andculture and factories working in major houses and whens and the transcontinental railroad. Onward, thered were primarily male workers and there was a lot of friction between them and a lot of other ethnic groups. They were looking to settle in their own communities. They were seen as a competition because they were willing to work for lower wages and seen as moralitydown american because they had settled in groups where there was and theyion, opium use to thensidered a threat racial composition in america. This would iraq into violence and in chico, ther
I would like to welcome you to Union Station. This is a magnificent building here in washington, d. C. , just a couple of blocks from the u. S. Capitol building. President c. E. O. And of the Redevelopment Corporation, a nonprofit in washington, d. C. , is responsibility for stewardship of this building. This building was built in 1907. It was not only one of the largest buildings in the world, but it was certainly the most magnificent train station that had been built to date. This station has undergone many changes throughout the year. It was completed in 1912 and entered into service during world war i when the uso took over part of the building. And then of course, through the 1920s and depression it went through many, many changes from being an active station to a place where it was not so active. People may have been here sleeping on benches, using the building for shelter. And finally, with world war ii, the station became the center of the world again with the servicemen coming
People here in this part of what we now call butte county. These people regard this very place as the particular location where in their cosmology the creator had humans emerge into the world. It is also alumni glenn. As far as the California State University of chico. With the discovery of gold not too far south of here and the inability to keep that discovery secret, the news quickly spread. And the ratio of settlers to native people began to radically shift. Prior to the gold rush, there would have been somewhere on the order of maybe under 5000 settlers in all of california. By 1855, that would have skyrocketed to above 50,000 settlers. And the relations were fraught. Not for every group at every moment, but there was a profound sense of racism towards native peoples. The general epithet used was digger indians. In other words, they were regarded as sub human. Because they did not have the kind of technological accoutrements that European American settlers considered standard. Its
Union station opened in 1907. At the time, it was one of the largest train stations in the world. The facility to learn about its history. We also hear from historical architect john bowie about the original construction and recent restoration. Beverley hello. My name is beverley swaimstaley, and i would like to welcome you to Washington Union station. This is a magnificent building located here in washington, d. C. , just a couple of blocks from the u. S. Capitol building. My job as ceo and president of Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, nonprofit here in washington d c whose responsible , loyalty is stewardship of this building. This building was built in 1907. It was not only one of the largest buildings in the world, but it was certainly the most magnificent train station that had been built to date. This station has undergone many changes throughout the year. Throughout the years. It was completed in 1912, and entered into a busy, busy time, during world war i when the uso t