And that was the end of milling operations forever. Back in the early 19th century this was rural land out here this was Washington County. It was a separate legal jurisdiction from Washington City which is what we now think of as downtown. Florida avenue was the old boundary street, that was the Northern Boundary of Washington City and this was Washington County. Washington county was sparsely inhabited, less than 10,000 people lived out here, mostly farmers and large land holders and farmers here grew all sorts of crops, a lot of wheat and corn and rye was grown for a local use and for shipping along the east coast. Mills were very important to this Rural Economy and because you had formers that were growing grains, you had to they had to really come up with an efficient way of compacting that material for transportation to markets elsewhere. And essentially thats what the millers job was to turn a crop of harvested grain into flour and meal and pack it into barrels so that it would
That cold war conformity gave rise to new forms of sexual and social order in the first decade or two after the second world war. We talked about how the cold war conformity established a white suburban, middle class heterosexuality as the domestic ideal and norm in america, and how Nuclear Families came to be the kind of central calling card of american normalcy. That, in turn of course, as we have discussed before, left a lot of other people outside that norm, especially those left behind in american cities, including people of color, and those who are choosing not to get married in what was the most marrying generation in American History. Namely lesbians and gay men, but not exclusively so. Those groups, as we talked about before, came to be seen as socially and sexually deviant, as threats to American Family and democracy, and as people who should be excluded from society and the abundance of the postwar economic order. Now we are moving into the late 1960s and early 1970s to look
The battle in 1836 when the mexican army vastly outnumbered forces. The alamo has a 300year history, going back to 1718. It was where it was established in san antonio. It moved a couple of times. What we are talking about today will be very much a part of that history. Xasare talking about the te General Land Office and the a lamo endowment joined forces to do and that is to coming up with a master plan to preserve and reinterpret the alamo site. We will talk about the details of this project. Id like to introduce the three people who are here. On my left immediate left is senator jose menendez. A formerenendez was city councilman in san antonio. Former democratic representative for district 24. During his time as a state representative, he spoke on the appropriations committee. He was on the House Committee for defense. One of the states Largest Mental Health programs. In february of last year, he won the election for state senator for district 26. Andncompasses san antonio one other
Explore the history of this Central Texas town of 129,000 since along the river and is home to Baylor University, the oldest institute of Higher Learning in the state. The institute of texan thatre in san antonio says the second most well known thing from the Texas Rangers was the alamo, and we are talking about 200 years of the history and heritage of upholding values of law, order, and justice. Later we will visit the Dr Pepper Museum as we learn how impact of gettings the local economy. In 1885 when a pharmacist was mixing together ine different concoctions the back of the old corner drugstore. Where the pharmacy was located. It came up where a fragrant smelling mixture that he liked very much was, he probably used it in some medicines but eventually it was sold as a syrup with carbonated water across the Soda Fountain counter. First we travel to Baylor University to find out about its black gospel restoration object, working to archive records to help us learn more about the role i
Writer and historian living in lincoln, massachusetts. She has written about civil war us western history and American Culture for the New York Times the Washington Post Smithsonian Magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the Harvard University from Harvard University and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at Texas Tech University cal state Fullerton Harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and Trembling Earth and were so excited to have her with us today. So before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. If not that link is posted in the chat. So that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. Hi everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you nicole for