Is the last remaining structure of the pueblo. In the mid1770s, california at that time was settled by the spaniards. And they had two different establishments at the time. You had operated and founded by the military. And then you had the missions that were established by the priests. Up and down the california from san diego up to San Francisco. At the time. Until that time you had no civil basically a city type of establishment. And so during that time you had a lot of native Americans Still running throughout california. And it was the attempt of the spaniards to try and settle and christianize the original settlers the native americans that were established here. At this time also you had the intrusion from the french, british, and russian interest coming into the pacific coast. So the spaniards are looking at a way of settling and kind of controlling the region that we know of california at the time. The difficulty was sea travel going up the coast was against the trade winds. Fr
[applause] so good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the kansas city public library. Robert merry is this is his second presentation in the somewhat hallowed halls of the kansas city public library, fivestar library this week from library journal. Thank you. [applause] hes a graduate of the university of washington. He has a masters degree from Columbia University school of journalism. Hes been a reporter for the observer, the wall street journal, managing editor, executive editor and editorinchief of congressional quarterly, and more recently the editor of the National Interest and the american conservative. The american conservative has, he says its collaborative, but it sounds a lot like robert merry. This is a description of their philosophy. We believe in constitutional government, fiscal prudence, sound Monetary Policy to, clearly delineated borders, protection of civil liberties, authentically free markets and restraint in Foreign Policy mixed with diplomatic acuity. We
Nra nationalthe Sporting Museum at Bass Pro Shops in springfield, missouri. The largest firearms related venue in the country. There are about 1000 firearms on display here at the museum. Overall, the nra museums system has custody and takes care of almost 10,000 firearms. The theme of the museum is hunting, conservation and freedom. Visitors are going to see the evolution of firearms in terms of their use in hunting. They will also learn the story of conservation in america and for that aspect, we focus on our Theodore Roosevelt conservation gallery. Theodore roosevelt was considered the grandfather of the american conservation movement. A very active hunter and sportsmen but also a very vigorous conservationist, responsible for founding the National Park system. And one of the folks who began the concept of conservation of wildlife. A theme throughout the museum and the other nra museums is the role of firearms in American Life from the earliest days up through today. How they have b
Against the contrasting trajectories of the north and south, the growth of the cotton kingdom against the gradual you can watch this and other American History programs on her website where all of our video is archived. Cspan. Org history. Welcome to springfield, missouri on American History tv. Our cspan cities tour producers recently visited springfield to explore its rich history and literary culture. This city is located in the southwest part of missouri in the ozark mountain region. It is the thirdlargest city in the state, with a population of about 167,000. With help from our Cable Partners, in the next hour we will share some of the cities tour three with you. We begin by riding along with john sellers as he explains the citys key connections to the historic route 66. The idea for a good road, for a good, easily traveled and easily identified highway across the country came with the very first motorcars. Burgeoning this building of automobiles in every small town, he was fillin
Juxed to close to 70,000 folks arriv. Eagles hit the pra usidoor facility university of minnesotathd a don aboutlkng to m business and hitting the fiesunday night. If you cant get to the where would you rather be that be in philadelphia. They are hosting a huge sell brings for the birds and gray hall joins us live there and a lot of food a fun happening all day begin friday. Reporter that is right rick a whole lot of people let me you can feel the excitement in the city. Come to the may fair section you will feel it. Look behind me thi u 2 00 and today itut the eagles eagle the easing frenzy continues across the city and the mayor fair section Takes Center Stage way pep rally leading up. And we hope the celebration continues and we are thanking our rest raps and retail and ill see the benefit. And what started out as an Appreciation Day morphed as a Celebration Day and businesses in the area are jumping on the band wagon showing off their eagles pride. People come in. And everybody is