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Welcome to cheyenne, wyoming, located in the southeastern corner of the state the capital is known as the magic city of the planes due to its rapid growth with becoming a transcontinental railroad. Each summer with more than 100 thousand people visit wyomings biggest city to take part in front here days, the countrys largest rodeo. With the help of our Charter Cable partners, over the next hour we explore cheyennes history, starting with the origins of frontiers days at the old west museum ....
Governors mansion bills in the early 1900s. She is quite famous in wyoming and should be nationally. First claim to fame was she was the first woman to serve as a governor of a state and country. She then went on to become director of the united states. She grew up in a very poor family in missouri and later on she moved to omaha nebraska. She taught kindergarten for a very short time. She went down to tennessee to see some relatives. Met William Bradford ross, a young attorney who lives there. After the marriage they moved to cheyenne. Will was fascinated by politics. He ran for governor in 1918 and then ran again in 1922. Elected as a governor in another state. Late over and laramie in september, giving a talk about the importance of he becomes ill. At first it doesnt seem that serious but then it becomes an acute case of appendicitis. So they perform surgery and things go from bad to worse. Since he died about a month before ....
H. W. Bush administration in the department of justice and the office of white House Counsel before spending 14 years in private practice. During this time, he argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court. It is my pleasure to welcome the honorable john g. Roberts, jr. , chief justice of the United States. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you very much for that very warm welcome. I am very pleased that the American Bar Association has invited me to speak on the occasion of the commencement of its year long celebration of the significance of magna cartas eighth centennial. From now until next august, the association will celebrate the meaning and significance of magna carta, both in the ....
The 13, 14,ded in and 15th amendment. It is not because they did not care about rights. It is because it was not their priority. They were therefore other reasons. This has been shrouded in myth. Is unique about the United States constitution is that there are so many different layers. They have their myths about the constitution. Even people who studied a little bit have their myths about it. And people who studied a lot have myths about it. Think about these russian babushka dolls. This is just an outer cover. It is not the real thing. Take it away and then there is a another beautiful one. Wait a minute. There is something more. You keep taking more and more layers away to try to get at the roping. That is what i want to try to do today, you peel away some of the layers of mythology surrounding the constitution. I will do about 40 minutes on that. Maybe you can help me peel away some more. Wanted to talk about the notion that th ....
Partners, cspans city tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more all weekend here on American History tv. General dodge laid out cheyenne in july of 1867. When the newspapers started they had 300 People Living here. When the railroad arrived they had 3000 people. That is where it got the name magic city. We are currently in the cheyenne depot building. It it was constructed in 1886 and 1887. A portion of the west wing has been converted to a Railroad Museum up. It is a historic structure in cheyenne. It is the crown jewel of cheyenne as a landmark. The railroad act was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. The plan for Pacific Railroad had been on the drawing boards for a ....