Of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, well feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin outside of cleveland. Well learn how the canal plays a major role in western expansion. The ohio canal is part of a twocanal system that was put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832. And basically its a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river which is part of a large idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated along the atlantic seaboard. And our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle. The appalachian mountains. Our first president , george washington, happened to be a canal engineer, had an idea. That idea was to create a transcontinental water
Introduce myself first. So you know not who to complain to later. My name is gregg barrios. Former book editor of the express news, worked for many years and los angeles for the Los Angeles Times. Ive written for the new york times, currently i write for the los angeles review of books. I am on the board of directors for the National Book critics circle. Im also the author of the book of poetry that deals with cute its called look house. This time i would like to introduce iowa miriam pawel. She is the former Pulitzer Prize winner and spent 25 years working at news day and the Los Angeles Times. Her book, the crusades of Caesar Chavez, a biography is the First Comprehensive biography of the iconic leader. She is also written the union of their dreams, a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of Caesar Chavez united form workers move. She recently received the National Endowment for the fellowship to support her work in the chavez biography. Please welcome miriam pawel. applause thank you
Week and every weekend on cspan three. There are more than 400 National Parks across america, covering over 85 million acres of land, with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited the state sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, we will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland, situated along the cayuga river, we will learn how the canal system here plays a major role in our nations westward expansion in the 18 thirties and forties. The ohio and eerie canal is part of a two canal system that was put in place in the early years of america. Built between 1825 and 1832. Its basically a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river. It was part of a larger idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we n
Covering over 85,000,000 acres of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited the site last year. Over the next 90 minutes we feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland at Cuyahoga Valley National park. Situated along the Cuyahoga River we will learn how the canal system plays a a major re in our nations westward expansion during the 1830s and 40s. [background sounds] [background sounds] the ohio and erie canal as part of a two canal system that was put in place in the early years of america built between 1825 18251832, and basically its a water transportation route the connected lake erie with the ohio river which is part of a larger idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america we had 13 colonies all situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Our leaders at the time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. Howeve
Announcer there are more than 400 National Parks across america, covering 85 million acres of land with locations in every state. People 325 million visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, we will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks across the country. We began outside cleveland at the cuyahoga National Park. Situated along the river, we will learn how the canal system in ourayed a major role nations westward expansion during the 1840s. The ohio and erie canal is part of a system that was put in place in the early years of america, between 1825 and 1832. It is a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america we had colonies situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Our leaders at that time so i problem. The problem was, we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle. The appala