of the arapahoe, the native americans who lived here prior to white settlement. this exhibit really tells that story. on the second floor of the "story it is called makers." it is about the early settlers to the boulder area, why they came here, how they made a living, and what life was like in the early years of older. the chief was one of our most notable historic figures in boulder's history. an arapahoewas chief who was here in the mid-1850's at the time when gold was discovered and there was a lot of movement to the west, a lot of whites came out in search of gold and really changed the life of the indians who had been living here. niwot was an interesting man. he spoke english, which he learned from his sister's husband, who was a for trader -- a fur trader. that ended up being important to the arapahoe at the time. white goldgroup of seekers came out and camp at the base of the mountains in boulder. them to leave. this land was given to the indians from the treaty of fort laramie in 1851, so it really was indian land. when niwot saw them come and camp here, he asked them to leave. they said, we are here looking for gold and we will leave after winter. gold andovered they never left. many of them settled this area, created the city of boulder. the arapahoe really lost their land at that time. on display here, we have some clothing and some items that represent what the arapahoe would have worn and would have .sed in the late 1800s there is a dress made out of hide that arapahoe women would have worn. there is a saddle blanket and that they would have put over a course -- horse. a beautiful feathered headdress that the chief would have used and also someies, leggings that would have been worn by arapahoe men. you can see the beautiful beading.- some of these would have been used during ceremonies and rituals more than they would have for everyday life of the arapahoe. niwot tried tirelessly to keep these between the tens of thousands of white men who came out in search of gold and the arapahoe at that time, there were only several thousand of them. ultimately, the arapahoe and the cheyenne, who also lived in the area, ended up in an area in southeastern colorado at sand of them werey brutally massacred in 1864. most of the rest of them ended up on reservations in wyoming and oklahoma. the population of indians of this area was incredibly diminished. we are in the storymakers" "xhibit -- "storymakers exhibit. this is about the early miners that came to boulder. in 1858, gold was discovered in a riverbed near what is today denver. soon after that, the word got out and tens of thousands of people came west in search of gold, looking to seek their fortunes. they came to boulder. there was not gold in the city of boulder. it was in the mountains. the city was founded as a supply town for the gold miners who were in the mountains. what you can see here is some of the equipment that these miners would have carried. a lot of miners had a borough -- burro they would put their pack on with the shovel and pick. there were people who thought they would get rich seeking gold and it did not work out. they came back down and started businesses to supply the miners who were in the mountains. we are looking at a section of the exhibit that really focuses on boulder as a healthy place to be. today, boulder gets on many lists as the fittest city and the most healthy city and things like that. we can really trace that back to our early roots. one of the really interesting things that we found is we found a breakfast menu from 1898. on the menu was granola. they were making granola in boulder in 1898, something that a lot of people actually think came out of the 1970's and the health food movement there. but we can trace the health food movement in boulder back to the early years of our history. if you move over here, this exhibit ties into that with outdoor activities, which again are a huge part of boulder today . people come to boulder to be , toide, to hike, to bike run, to climb. as you can see from the equipment in here, the early years of boulder, that was equally as important to people. we have some great wooden skis that were used in the 1800s, women didhoes, and these outdoor activities as much as men, sometimes groups of women that would go on hiking excursions of high peaks in the mountains. they would hike in these tall .oots and long skirts we have pictures of women climbing long speak, a 14,000-foot mountain west of boulder, in long dresses and these boots. the items in this display focus on education in the boulder community, which has always been a hallmark of boulder, as much in theflat irons mountains, boulder is defined by the university of colorado, which opened in 1877. ,n 1878, they hired mary ripon the third faculty member hired at the university. she was the first woman to be hired at any state university in the country. really quite remarkable at the time. she has a very interesting story. she had a secret life as well. not only did she teach at the university, but she fell in love with one of her students. she ended up marrying him. at the time, a woman could not be married and continue to teach , so she married him secretly. in addition, they had a child, a daughter. she took a sabbatical in europe for a year and had her daughter there. she left her daughter with her husband and her husband raised the daughter. mary came back to colorado and lived the rest of her life in boulder. she did send money to support her daughter and she would go nobody in boulder ever knew that she had been married or that she had a child. she kept this a secret to friends and relatives in the states. it was not until nearly 100 years later that anybody knew that mary ribbon -- mary ripon had been married and had a daughter when her grandson came forward and broke the news that she had this secret life that nobody knew about. boulder's history is so fascinating. so many people that come to boulder and that live here have no idea why boulder is here. they have no idea who lived here prior to the founding of boulder . we are hoping when they come and visit the museum and explore our exhibits, they really get a sense of why the city is here in the first place, why was it founded, and who lived here before boulder was a city. we have a lot of people who are new residents to boulder who don't know that early history and a lot of visitors that come into boulder that really want to .now why is it here we are hoping that through our exhibits, they will get a good sense of the community, not only when it was founded, but also, who lived here prior to the founding. the weekend, american history tv is featuring boulder, colorado. staff recentlyr traveled there to learn more about its history. learn more at c-span.org/l ocalcontent. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. historyweek, american tv costs -- tv's "reel tv." next, a portion of the army navy screen magazine. intended only for servicemen around the globe, the 20 minute reports appeared between 1946 1946, and were supervised by film director and army major francis capra. ♪ >> the experience of our army in africa and europe has emphasized the importance of rail transportation in combat areas and the importance of organizing and training combat battalions for use overseas. all of these officers and most of these enlisted men are with the bno, the delaware hudson, and the other great railroads of america. once they put it on, they start it the beginning again, doing it the real word army way, showing they can strip a railroad under field conditions. these are government owned ships and repair shops at the camp, and after the men learn the nomenclature, there is a 50-mile track to practice on. railroading is a weapon, and the work of shuttling freight cars is work for soldiers. soldiers engineer the locomotive and man the switches and run a regularly scheduled train each day over the 50-mile strip. but this is no milk train. these men are schooled to work under fire and combat areas. they furnish their own security and observation, and when they hit trouble, it is their mission to repair the damage and keep the train running. [airplane sounds] [bombing sounds] ♪ after the damage is estimated, the call for repair crews those goes from the signal man to the operator to the dispatcher, and the crews pull out. some of them traveling overland in trucks, some of them coming up along the rails in hand cars. ♪ bulldozers level the area and others put out new rails. a stretch of track carrying supplies has been a lifeline of an army or campaign come along or campaign. long reaches of track and slow-moving trains vulnerable to sabotage, land mighty, and air attacks. men on this line have already done vital work on the area to maintain supply lines with africa and europe and in reconditioning lines destroyed by the enemy in retreat. the importance of this work increases as the allies cut further into europe and their armies move further inland from their coastal supply depots. railroads tied together the territory we hold and push ammunitions, food, and equipment across yesterday's battlefield's up to the expanding area. -- expanding front. >> you can watch this and all other "reel america" programs on c-span.org. just enter "reel america" into the search engine. >> for 17 years, the uniform or unibombermemade -- the , killingmemade bombs 23 people and injuring many others. fbi agents ander co-authors of the book, "you know bomber -- "u