Colorado, we were talking once and he said, you know, historians only ask one question. And i said, yeah . Whats going on here . So i nodded and said, okay, thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard a smart man say. But hes actually right. Its really the only question you ask, you go back to this earlier time, the past is a foreign country, we go back to this time in the past and we look around and say, whats going on . Whats happening here . Whats going on with the California Gold rush . Lots of stuff. I hope youre getting that so far. But one thing thats happening is, the place itself the environment itself, the fundamentally transformed, we made. This is an episode in the american westward expansion, we start here on the Atlantic Coast and move across the country. A very Dramatic Development in 1845 to 1848 with the acquisition of texas and the oregon territory in the mexican secession. So by the 1848, with the purchase down here, we have to continuous 48 states. America expanded acros
Had a good day yesterday. I certainly did. We can talk about it later. Today, we look at the Environmental Impact of the California Gold rush. , he said, you know, the story only asks one question. Whats going on here. He is absolutely right. Thing we have. We go back and say, whats going on. Lots of stuff. I hope you are getting that idea so far. The environment itself was being fundamentally changed, remade. Was an episode of expansion. S a very dramatic with the gadsden purchase. We have the contiguous 48 states. But whatis part of it, i want to begin, the california the rush will and all of California Gold rush and silver rushes were fundamentally different as western expansion into ways. First of all, they transform the environment in radically new ways, different ways. The bulk of the presentation will deal with that. We will go back to our hypothetical frontier Family Moving from North Carolina into tennessee. They were changing the environment, cutting down trees, bringing Dome
I hope everyone had a good day yesterday. I certainly did. Today, we will look at the Environmental Impact of the California Gold rush. I would like to begin, as i said, by trying to think larger than we normally do. What is going on . My advisor, university of colorado he said, historians only ask one question, what is going on here . I nodded and thought, that is about the dumbest thing i have heard a smart man say. It is the only question we have to go back to an earlier time. The past as a foreign country, this time in the past and we look around and say, what is going on . What is going on . Lots of stuff. I hope you are getting that idea so far. One of the things is the place itself, the environment itself is being fundamentally transformed, remade. This is an episode in american westward expansion, expansion that starts here on the Atlantic Coast and moves across the country, a dramatic develop and come 1845 to 1888, acquisition of texas and the northern territory, so in 1853, w
And she used to work near si si han in the tollbooth. She was the light of the bridge, rain or shine she always had a beautiful smile on her face. I called her my china doll because she was so beautiful. 46yearold hahn was killed saturday morning when a box truck crashed into her tollbooth. Coworkers say the accident happened just 10 minutes after she started her 5 am shift and they were devastated by her death. She was very friendly. She made it a better shift. She made it better moments at work and i will always remember that about her and her wisdom and her sincere friendship and her warmth. Chb later arrested the box truck driver, dirty twoyear old daniel burke of foster city, for driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter the governor ordered flags flown at half staff and memorial to hahn, and her friend that she also came to check in on her former coworkers after the tragic loss. To bring offerings to the family and to the bay bridge family as well and my former cowor
A couple of moments ago we did see the family of si si han and talk to her husband but declined to give comments about his wife on camera, coworkers here are coming back to work today and they are grieving this tragic loss of one of their own. It has been one year since she returned to this type or side of the bridge and she used to work near si si han on the tollbooth. She was the light of the bridge and rain or shine she had a beautiful smile on her face and i called her my china doll because she was so beautiful. Hahn was killed saturday morning when a box truck crashed into her tollbooth and coworkers say the accident happened just 10 minutes after she started her 5 am shift, they were devastated by her death. She is very friendly. She made it a better shift and she made it better moments at work for us and i will always remember that about her and her wisdom. Her sincere friendship. Her warmth. California Highway Patrol later arrested the box truck driver, 32yearold daniel burke o