Continue beyond 9 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. Soto, for five minutes. Mr. Soto thank you, mr. Speaker. Rise today in support of egislation we just passed, the commission on the status of black men and boys, that was my fellow y floridian, congresswoman wilson. Lasted for over 246 ears in america from 1619 to 1865. Ts one of americas original sins. People think of the civil war as ncient history, but theres actually still even children of slaves alive today. 80s, y be in their late early 90s, but it makes you realize it wasnt that long ago. 13th through the great endments, we saw change prohibiting slavery, creating citizenship, due vote s, and the right to for africanamericans. And then you have the era. Struction started out with a promising potential. Federal troops helped ensure votes throughout the nation. Africanamericans to the house and senate. Nd according to shermans promise, everyone would get 40 acres and a mule. Down, though,ming starting w
Brothel. Extreme history is a nonprofit that is located here in bozeman. We bring history to the public in fun, engaging and relevant ways. We do historic walking tours throughout the summer. We do a lecture series in the winter and we do workshops and other events around history. We try to get people to engage in history. What better way then in a historic brothel . In the 1980s, there was a real push to uncover more of the social history. In doing that, there is more to history than just wars and generals and all of those things that we have been studying as historians for many years. We started looking at womens history. We started looking at Minority Community history. We really discovered that there is so much more to tell within these narratives that we constructed over the years. That is really how the extreme history project was formed. A colleague of mine started thinking about all of the stories that you were not hearing about the people who founded this town like Marion Rich
Thats 90 miles from Yellowstone National park, drawing many tourists to the city. We will learn about the history and the surrounding region. When i first moved, there were so many named story. A story streets, story motors, story distributing. Lot written on him. There was a historian who said bozeman is misnamed. Personally i think bozeman has a better ring to it than any of those other options. I was curious about nelsons story, since his name was plastered all over the place. Has not been a fulllength biography ever written about him. Over the years i put it together. Nelson story was one of the more successful western capitalists in the history of the American West. If you take a step back and try and name others, you come up with Leland Stanford in california. Im sure that name rings a bell area you would have John Creighton from nebraska. John e live from northern colorado, and all of those people were very good. They started the most part and goldmining. After making some headw
As we visit with crystal, with the extreme history project as she looked to the over the history of the city. Crystal we are here in the extreme history project offices which used to be a historic brothel. Extreme history is a nonprofit that is located here in bozeman. We bring history to the public in fund engaging and relevant ways. We do historic walking tours throughout the summer. We do a lecture series in the winter and we do workshops and other events around history. We try to get people to engage in history. What better way then in a historic brothel . In the 1980s, there was a real push to uncover more of the social history. In doing that, there is more to history than just wars and generals and all of those things that we have been studying as historians for many years. We started looking at womens history. We started looking at Minority Community history. We really discovered that there is so much more to tell within these narratives that we constructed over the years. That
Our look at bozeman continues. Crystal we are here in the extreme history project offices which used to be a historic brothel. Extreme history is a nonprofit that is located here in bozeman. We bring history to the public in fund engaging and relevant ways. Tourshistoric walking throughout the summer. We do a lecture series in the winter and we do workshops and other events around history. We try to get people to engage in history. What better way then in a historic brothel . In the 1980s, there was a real push to uncover more of the social history. In doing that, there is more to history than just wars and generals and all of those things that we have been studying as historians for many years. We started looking at womens history. We started looking at Minority Community history. We really discovered that there is so much more to tell within these narratives that we constructed over the years. That is really how the extreme history project was formed. A colleague of mine started thin