At the end of the day, 31 democrats joined all of the republicans in the vote to begin the impeachment inquiry into president clinton. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road, with support from our spectrum cable partners. This weekend we traveled to laramie, wyoming. Coming up in the next hour and 10 minutes, well experience the history of this western city with a population of about 32,000. In about 10 minutes, well learn about senator Allen Simpson through his papers at the American Heritage center. After that, a tour of the wyoming territorial prison, where outlaws of the wild west were held, including Butch Cassidy. And later, we visit the deerwood ranch wild horse ecosanctuary to hear about its relationship with the bureau of Land Management. We begin our special feature with a visit to a mansion to hear about the early days of the city. Were in the mansion that edward ivenson built in 1892, and it is now the h
American history tv. Union pacific has been working on this for years. Seeing it arrived here in cheyenne today is nothing but phenomenal. Cheyenne, this big boy is home this big boy is home a for many years, generation of people have asked the question, will a big boy operate . When will the Union Pacific restore a big boy locomotive . Now that the time has come, they cant believe it. Many people in our travels, when we went to las vegas, salt lake city, california, while we were at the l a county fair, we were working on it. We wanted people to come up. We wanted to engage them while we were working on the locomotive. What are you doing . We are going to restore this. Many of them, their jaws dropped. That is why it is exciting. A big boy will run again. Known as is what is the Worlds Largest Steam Locomotive. When i say that, im inviting people to say, wait a minute, this locomotive was bigger or heavier or could burn more coal and produce more power. This locomotive weighed more on
Governors mansion bills in the early 1900s. She is quite famous in wyoming and should be nationally. First claim to fame was she was the first woman to serve as a governor of a state and country. She then went on to become director of the united states. She grew up in a very poor family in missouri and later on she moved to omaha nebraska. She taught kindergarten for a very short time. She went down to tennessee to see some relatives. Met William Bradford ross, a young attorney who lives there. After the marriage they moved to cheyenne. Will was fascinated by politics. He ran for governor in 1918 and then ran again in 1922. Elected as a governor in another state. Late over and laramie in september, giving a talk about the importance of he becomes ill. At first it doesnt seem that serious but then it becomes an acute case of appendicitis. So they perform surgery and things go from bad to worse. Since he died about a month before the next general election the rule was somebody would have
Partners, cspans city tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more all weekend here on American History tv. General dodge laid out cheyenne in july of 1867. When the newspapers started they had 300 People Living here. When the railroad arrived they had 3000 people. That is where it got the name magic city. We are currently in the cheyenne depot building. It it was constructed in 1886 and 1887. A portion of the west wing has been converted to a Railroad Museum up. It is a historic structure in cheyenne. It is the crown jewel of cheyenne as a landmark. The railroad act was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. The plan for Pacific Railroad had been on the drawing boards for a number of years prior to that. The civil war came about. That delayed instruction of the railroad. There was a lot of political pressure where the southern congressmen one of the route to go along the south and the northern congressmen wanted to go north. Abraham lincoln decided the c
Today in High Prairie: January 5, 2024 - southpeacenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from southpeacenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.