On stage, Marlin Fitzwater, one of the longestserving press secretaries in history and one of three who served under two president s. Marlin got his start in journalism like some of you, as an eighth grade Sports Reporter in kansas. He went on a study journalism at kansas state. After graduation, more than went to washington dc with dreams of landing a job at the washington post. A number oftook government positions including jobs in the department of transportation, the environment of protection agency, and the department of the treasury. In 1981, the white house beckoned and marlin was named a special assistant to president reagan and Deputy Press Secretary for domestic affairs. As the, he was tapped press secretary for george bush in two years later, he was named president ial spokesman bears subsequently, martin remained in the west wing as press secretary to president george h. W. Bush, a position he held until bill clinton moved into the oval office in 1993. Lasted than a decade
Showcasing the citys history. Learn more about denver all weekend here on American History tv. People in denver drive past the denver mint all of the time. Its right in dwrount downtown denver. Its on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know very much about its history. And it has a fascinating history and it was a story that needed to be told. Colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 is when denver was founded. It was just a wild west town. It basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bore del lows. The miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloons. And in the saloons, the bartenders would reach their hands into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the miners whiskey. So clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. But a city cant really survive on a pinch of gold dust economy. So denver needed a mint. An
DENVER • Somewhere between your couch cushions or the cupholders of your car, in a piggy bank or a wishing well or on the sidewalk of any street, there’s a