[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, thrilled to be on my latest adventure, here in San Francisco. The woman at the heart of this story also loved to travel and took home the smallest of souvenirs from every place she visited. Those tiny keepsakes could add up to abigpayday for her heirs. My name is lise mousel. For over half a century, my glamorous aunt naomi traveled the world in style. She always had a surprise for us, but the biggest one came after she passed away. [ knock on door ] i want to know more about those surprises, so i meet lise and her mother, carol, at the condo where aunt naomi lived for more than 30 years. Lise now calls the place home. Oh, i love the way its decorated minimalist. It wasnt always true, when naomi was here. Really . Yes, there was stuff everywhere. There was furniture and there were antiquities, and then there were the beads. Beads everywhere. Beads . Beads. Naomi lindstroms story begins in a tiny logging town in british columbia, canada, where shes born in
Pulling into le mars, iowa. Its a short distance from sioux city. Im about to meet a family thats farmed this land for generations and learn about a very strange inheritance. My name is roma lancaster. After my dad passed away, we knew that there would be a lot of things that would have to be sorted out and gone through on the farm. Romas father, dave hawkins, has deep roots in this part of iowa, going back more than a century. My fathers ancestors immigrated to the United States in late 1800s. They moved westward with the expansion of the railroad, and my grandfather, my dads father, albert hawkins, farmed just south of here, about a mile. Dave hawkins grew up hearing stories of his ancestors plowing this land behind a team of horses. As a young farmer in the 1950s, just out of school, dave spots a tractor rusting in the weeds. It sparks his imagination. The 1920 9d is the tractor that belonged to my grandfather. Thats what got my dad into the collecting again was when he restored tha
Pamela she was very outgoing warm. In some ways, they were opposites, and yet, they had similarities, as well. Both had a fondness of riding horses and and reading. She was a very likable person. You get that not only from contemporaries of hers, but from her own memoirs, as well. Susan would it be fair to say she was the better politician of the two . Pamela she could be very politically astute in in some of her dealings with cabinet members and their wives and the public, but she would most often defer to her husband for political realm. Susan do you have any thoughts on on her and her personality . William she seems to have been very protective, i think, of her husband, too. And she was not hesitant to give her opinion on things. She seems to be a woman who knew who cut her claws, as they used to say, exactly where she wanted. Susan what does that mean . William she knew what she wanted to do, what she wanted to accomplish, and the rest of the stuff could be arranged. Susan and she
Its a short distance from sioux city. Im about to meet a family thats farmed this land for generations and learn about a very strange inheritance. My name is roma lancaster. After my dad passed away, we knew that there would be a lot of things that would have to be sorted out and gone through on the farm. Romas father, dave hawkins, has deep roots in this part of iowa, going back more than a century. My fathers ancestors immigrated to the United States in late 1800s. They moved westward with the expansion of the railroad, and my grandfather, my dads father, albert hawkins, farmed just south of here, about a mile. Dave hawkins grew up hearing stories of his ancestors plowing this land behind a team of horses. As a young farmer in the 1950s, just out of school, dave spots a tractor rusting in the weeds. It sparks his imagination. The 1920 9d is the tractor that belonged to my grandfather. Thats what got my dad into the collecting again was when he restored that tractor that had originall
Bringing those things back to public memory is something fascinating. Ive spent the last eight years living in canada. Every time i took the plane backandforth, one day i said i will do that and go by boat. I never imagined i would do that on a tall ship. I had everything to learn. I learned absolutely everything on that boat. It is amazing how much we have learned and accomplished in such a short amount of time. American history tv is featuring cspans american original series, first ladies. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical association. Through conversations with experts, video tours of his door excites, and question from cspans audience. We tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, julia grant, on first ladies, influence and image. This is about an hour and a half. Susan swain serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, by all accounts, julia grant relished the role, once commenting that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orc