Expleering the unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. The western terms of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of Washington State and the pacific northwests great inland water. And when the Transcontinental Railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. But really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula. Tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. The tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to notice movement and almost like airplane wing lift in the bridge. So unl
Noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern on book tv on cspan2. Hi, im john farrell, a producer on our cities tour team. This year we visited 24 cities exploring their unique history and literary life. Right now were going to show you several stops from our visit to that coma, washington, a city chosen as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area were standing in right now is in the southern section of puget sound which is the sort of Washington State and the pacific northwest. Its kind of great inland water. When the Transcontinental Railroad aim, there was talk of one day being able to span puget sound but it really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression, northeasterly policemans like the building of the grand cooley dam and stuff, there were big job creating public works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s, there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula.
Hi, im john feral. This year we visited 24 cities expleering the unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. The western terms of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of Washington State and the pacific northwests great inland water. And when the Transcontinental Railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. But really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula. Tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. The tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to notice movement and al
Tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv douglas wrinkly, author of the wilderness warrior recounts Theodore Roosevelts time in the west and how his experience there shaped his presidency. We also hear about roosevelts charge of San Juan Hill in the spanishamerican war and how his conservation efforts led to the protection of over 150 thousand acres 150 million acres of american land. This is about two hours. Doug good evening. It is an honor to be here at the New York Historical society and try to shed some light on one of my heroes, Theodore Roosevelt, and why hes considered a great leader. When the schwartzes wanted to make this series go, they really want us to focus on leadership qualities. And im telling you theres no president quite like t. R. To get to talk about that. I wanted to begin thinking about roosevelt being new york citys president. Being born here in 1858. Because in his household growing up in new york, he had a father who was a dutch
Our cities tour visits tacoma, washington, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For six years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can read more at cspan. Org citiestour. Years before the arrival of the Transcontinental Railroad, tacoma was not dissimilar from most of the other small communities around puget sound, and really in the Pacific Northwest. The population presence was predominantly native american. By the end of the 19th century, coming over the oregon trail and some by sea, small little villages really of europeans had theved, that mostly along shoreline, and that was because the primary purpose here for people settling was cutting timber and milling timber that was then sent down to San Francisco. That prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and small investors and adventurers to come up and begin to build cities. So, seattle, bellingham, wereetown, olympia all ofll, smallish communities 50 to a