Shelburne museum, cspan is learning more about the history. Join us as we take a look at the rail history of vermont. Chip here we are at the train station at the shelburne museum, built in 1890 five dr. William a Rutland Railroad, and service with the Central Vermont Railway as well. It was essentially built to help out with Passenger Rail service for this region, but perhaps more importantly for the webbs to be of the able to travel as they wish, to go to their summer home, the down to new york city mayor to other areas around the country. It was billed for shelburne, however, and is served Passenger Rail service up until 1953. Point,at stopped at that Passenger Rail service in this region. It was then given to the posteritysseum for s sake, to allow people to be able to see it, and with much of the Railroad Memorabilia that is seen in these stations. Moved overland from shelburne here to the museum, which is not far away. It is probably a little less than a mile, one of the shortest
Companies, one from dubuque, iowa, and one from minnesota both set their sights on the sioux river falls is a town site and interestingly, both arrived within a few weeks of each other. There was speculation. They claimed land. Plotted off into lots and stuff and waited for settlers headed west to, and by lots in the town. 1857, and really in the 1850s, they got along well with the indians who happened by their on the way to places. And by 1860, there were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians and what was called the sioux uprising by some started in august of 1862. And the territorial governor ordered that the Big Sioux River valley be evacuated. And about the 27th of august, 1862, all the people who lived here were evacuated and abandoned the site of the falls. The site of sioux falls remained abandoned until may of 1865 when the u. S. Army located a fort here on the site of the falls. The fort at sioux falls was called
Only on cspan3. Next, lori lyn price of tufts school of medicine talks about graded ande remedies used by 17thcentury new england house was. The partnership of his stored old New England Church cohosted. Introducelighted to the immediate and by immediate i think a week, past president of Boston Society who is an old friend who will be introducing our speaker for tonight. [applause] good evening. Welcome to this wonderful program. , all of you, no, each year the partnership has a after series of events september 7. September 7 is the day on which boston, georgetown, and watertown were named and we always commemorate date. We have a series of events each year. This years theme is that medicine and mortality. Im here to tell you it is the most successful charter day we have ever had. Tell me if you have been to other events this year . Would you raise your hand . That is what i thought. This is a wonderful. Excellent. In addition to our fall activities, we have lectures, Reading Group dis
Found. It had radiators, indoor plumbing, gas and electric lights, even telephones, which is really interesting because just a few miles away from here, out on the farm in the county, people were living without windows and doors. So, this home was topnotch for sioux falls and the dakota territory at the time. Richard pettigrew was born in ludlow, vermont in 1848. His parents moved to south wisconsin in 1852. He eventually attends Lloyd College and reeds law at the university of wisconsin and at a law firm in madison. Law at theds university of wisconsin. In 1869, he finds himself looking for a summer job and he comes west as part of a government surveying party. When he passes through the city in may 1869, it is actually an army called for dakota and it was garrisoned by a Single Company of the 22nd u. S. Infantry. He spent the summer working as a surveyor, learning the surveyor business, and in september they passed back through what would be sioux falls on their way to wisconsin. And
In boston with some lighter showers there and beverly dry at pix, nashua dry at 46, worcester dry at 54 , so we have a grab bag forecast, 9 00 a. M. Comes along and still have heavy rain impacting cape and islands, south shore, up to about boston and even some of the showers reaching the north shore and the sea coast of New Hampshire through about noon time today. Then into the afternoon expect breaks in the clouds, temps actually that rise into the 70s again today, 68 to 74 but it is not all sunshine. I will time out the next round of rain coming up. Now lets get you over to Julie Grauert live drive time traffic. Julie, how are accidents doing now. Accident on 93 northbound and that road is still closed in this section in windham, New Hampshire right near 111. As we shift south waiting for this accident to clear route 3 southbound right at 495 in lowell and then as we work our way down to 93 south right here we have an exit ramp partially blocked right at 128. Speeds of about 11 Miles