The centennial of the National Park service, American History tv is featuring natural and his stork sites across the country as recorded by cspans cities tour staff. We continue with a look at the history of the National Parks. The National Monument was authorized back in 1934 basically to preserve these prehistoric mounds. Thats all they thought was here when the park was first authorized. Back in the 1930s before the park was even established, while the locals were still working with the legislature trying to get this park authorized and established, the locals also realized that this might be an ideal location for a new deal works project, and so once again, working with the legislature, they managed to get this designated as a wpa work site, and working at the smithsonian, they actually sat down two smithsonian archaeologists, and those two men ended up overseeing a work force 800 men. So pretty difficult for two archaeologists to oversee that large of a work force, but they basica
Prehistory of the southeast. The mounds were built by a group that the archaeologists called mississippian people. Mississippian culture is a very widespread culture. It is actually hub is near st. Louis in a place called cahokia. That mound building religion or whatever it was spread throughout the eastern half of the United States. Ocmulgee is considered the hub of the mississippian culture here in the southeast, like a subcapital through the main capital there at cahokia, and the society, the mississippians existed on this site for over 300 years. Now, after that period of time, some reason, they left this site. We have no idea why, what happened, if it was, you know, a change in climate, a change in, you know, religious beliefs, or, you know, or what. Maybe it might have been warfare, who knows . But this site was abandoned, and then about 100 years later, the park service has a site just about a mile and a half south of here, along the Ocmulgee River called lamar. A little differe
Rocky mountain news closed, that was a sad day for everybody. There went a number of jobs in journalism that were never to be recovered and as the denver post continue to shrink, thats when things began to get real tough specially for the press club and other competing places where they use today meet, the University Club or the pencil code club and others that have felt the effect but thats when things really changed here. We have a local come in that was going to take a look at some things, maybe offer some advise and he said in a way, made a very good point, because these days while i look at it much per positively than he did, this is a great museum and for people who arent typically going to experience the essence of prize and be able to come and be around that for an event, yeah, it makes it a good museum. Its as important as it can be at any point in time if you if you truly honor the past and you want the future to be as positive as it possibly could be. For the different press
[inaudible] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. Everyone can hear us . Came back everyone can hear us . Well keep at it until you can, i promise. I saw it coming. Everyone here . Everyone ready . Just got so hard to get things everyone have a chair, mostly . I never felt like i needed to i dont think it is on. Do we have microphones. Sound . All right. Do we have seats . Sound good . All right. Welcome, everyone. Im chris good win with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Well begin with the final panel in the Old Supreme Court chamber. Thank the state legislature for letting us use once again this beautiful State Capitol for this book festival. And we thank tag art, rimes and graham the panel for this president ial year. Here to say a few things about that panel, andy taggart, jerry nash, festival organizer, mississippi politics. Considerably dated. It is privilege for my partners and i have the opportunity to participate in this way. I thank you you a
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