Im jamie colby, and today im out in west texas, about 50 miles southwest of abilene. Im here to hunt down two strange inheritances submitted by viewers whose stories converge into a single tale, a tale born straight out of the wild, wild west. My name is garland richards. In 1998, my dad passed away, left me and my siblings a large cattle ranch and a giant part of history. Well, i got your letter, and im dying to learn more about your inheritance. What is this place . This is the richards ranch, and this is Fort Chadbourne. We will be glad to show you around. Im ready. Garland tells me Fort Chadbourne was built in 1852, during the Great Western expansion. [ gunfire, horses neighing ] the area had become a hotspot for violence between the pioneers and native indian tribes. The u. S. Military came in here and set up Fort Chadbourne as a buffer zone. And unmistakably, i do see bullet holes. There was a comanche warrior that was killed in this officers quarters, and thats part of the histo
Im jamie colby, and, today, im in encino, california. Will rogers once said, if there are no dogs in heaven, then when i die, i want to go where they go. But when the owners go first, especially the rich or eccentric ones, it can make for one strange inheritance. My name is tyson kilmer. Im an animal trainer. When one of my clients, sam simon, passed away in march of 2015, i inherited his dog, who is not exactly lassie, marmaduke, or any other lovably harmless pet youve seen on tv. Hi, kilmers. Im jamie. Im tyson kilmer. This is my wife, alison. Aliyah and tyler. How are you . Im great i heard your family has a living, breathing inheritance . Indeed, we do. We have a cane corso that used to belong to the late, great sam simon. Sam simon even if you dont recognize the name, you surely know his work as codeveloper, with Matt Groening, of that iconic and longrunning tv show, the simpsons. Sam was born in 1955 and grew up in beverly hills, just down the street from groucho marx. After grad
Im jamie colby, and im in the berkshire mountains on my way to great barrington, massachusetts. Im meeting a woman whose ancestor played on one of the great teams in the early days of baseball. His picture is on her strange inheritance, which may just be the worlds oldest Baseball Card. My name is Florence Sasso. My greatgreatuncle Archibald Mcmahon was a member of the 1860s atlantic nine Baseball Team. I inherited this card from my mother when she passed away. Hi. Im jamie. Hi. Im florence. Heard you have a great story and a very strange inheritance. Also heard youre a new york girl. Yes. Im from queens. Im a brooklyn girl. Uhoh. 75yearold flo lives alone and runs an electrolysis business from her house. What a lovely home. She explains that fate has handed her a very unusual inheritance in the form of a 2 1 2by4inch antique Baseball Card. Oh, my goodness. Is this what i think it is, florence . May i touch it . Sure. Look at the players. 1860. Before the civil war. And a relative of y
Worked against those trying to escape europe certainly in the 1930s and during the war. , but like so much, we talk about the immigration system and how systems Work Together in other countries. It may depend on whether people come from. Where the people come from. Certainly those people in germany who were trying to get german exitject to requirements and at times germany might require you to have so much money to leave. Or you couldnt take as much money out of the country i think is a better way to put it. You could not take a certain amount out. U. S. Law required you to not be a public and required you to show so much money to qualify for a visa. Someone might be caught between a rock and a hard place when the one rule disqualifies a visa and beyond that the quota only allowed so many people care yearend if the quota is exhausted, then there is no more lisas until the next month or the next year. Host of your wants to know do we address the economy part of this guest we didnt reall
Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the National Archives and how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with