Service, i hope you guys enjoyed your ride, okay . You did a fine job. Thank you. Youve been watching our weekly seary, american artifacts on cspan3 American History tv. You can view this and all our other programs online at cspan. Org history. Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park service. Tonight we bring you a number of National Park service tours from our american artifacts and real america programs. Some of the sites include Congress Hall in philadelphia. The manakasee battlefield and the appomattox courthouse and that starts on American History tv. 100 years ago president Woodrow Wilson signed a bill creating the National Park service and thursday we look back on the past century of these care takers of americas natural and historic treasures. Beginning at 10 00 eastern and throughout the day we take you to National Park Service Sites throughout the country as recorded by cspan. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern we are live from the National Park services most visited his
Through the various ports that were in between cumberland and georgetown. Used for cooking and goods like that. You would have goods coming from georgetown, as well. Georgetown was the factory town back then so you did have mills that would produce your grains and meats and you would have timber that would come from there. Any type of furniture, textile goods, clothing and all of that would be shipped up north to the various ports in between there. So this was a twoway traffic back then and there was only one tow path that we had that was used for our mules. So the question im sure you guys are all thinking of it, is how are two boats if theyre going in opposite directions going to pass each other . All right. We will all pretend that there is a boat coming downstream right now at us. Theyre loaded up with coal and so if theyre loaded up with coal that means theyre about 120 tons and were about 8 tons maybe. So that means they have the right of way because its a whole lot harder to sta
Narrator the home of the californiacs was the first state park. Back in 1965, the government gave her the yosemite alley. Which was a state park until it went back to uncle sam again in 1890 to become part of Yosemite National park. At the turnofthecentury, she made a second effort, buying 9000 acres of redwood forest and created californias redwoods state park. Redwoods, the tall tapering giants of the tree world, are largely responsible for the fact that the golden state has a state park system, one of the finest in existence. During the world war, and extraordinary organization, the save the redwoods fleet, was brought into existence chiefly to save the Virgin Redwood forests along the coast of the state. Out of the work drove the movement for a series of parks to create liberal samples of the best of californias natural beauty. Three to one, california voted in 1929 to give 6 billion to parks. The bond required that if that 6 million has been spent, california has obtained mountain
Employers to reveal salary information. Her male counterparts can make more with more experience and training. Up until now, discrimination retaliation were common place. Reporter the state senator who wrote the bill says while current laws protect people who discuss their own salaries, they dont protect those who ask about someone elses. And christie admits, she never thought to ask. Are you surprised to hear that women in your field make 67 cents on the dollar . Yes, absolutely. I didnt know not there was that big of a gap, yeah. Reporter does that make you want to go ask your male counterparts how much they make . I want to but i wouldnt. Reporter she says she might discuss salary ranges just not exact dollar amounts and while she doubts theres a disparity at her startup, she thinks the law is long overdue. Especially for women its empowering to know they are protected in asking. Reporter if you find wage inequality and your boss isnt willing to make it right you can report it to th
70 passengers only flights 214 came to deal with the country 22 most after the crash. 3 People Killed nearly 200 hurt. Abc 7 News Reporter lil yap live at the sfo airport with more on the settlement. Lillian . Dan the settlement compensates passengers on 2 levels. The physical injuries and the Emotional Trauma they endured. It has been a little more than a year and a half since asian flight 214 crash landed at sfo but 72 passengers among the lets injured have reached a settlement. The settlement amount is confidential. But frank peter who represents 10 of the 72 passengers says the client are satisfied. You can never provide somebody with enough money to compensate what they went through. So, you mow, they agreed that it was fair and reason and they want to move on reason and they want to move on. Put it behind them. Of the 72, 26 are u. S. Citizens. The accident of the injuries havent been made public but said to have either made a full recovery or are in a condition where they no lon