At the end of the day, 31 democrats joined all of the republicans in the vote to begin the impeachment inquiry into president clinton. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road, with support from our spectrum cable partners. This weekend we traveled to laramie, wyoming. Coming up in the next hour and 10 minutes, well experience the history of this western city with a population of about 32,000. In about 10 minutes, well learn about senator Allen Simpson through his papers at the American Heritage center. After that, a tour of the wyoming territorial prison, where outlaws of the wild west were held, including Butch Cassidy. And later, we visit the deerwood ranch wild horse ecosanctuary to hear about its relationship with the bureau of Land Management. We begin our special feature with a visit to a mansion to hear about the early days of the city. Were in the mansion that edward ivenson built in 1892, and it is now the h
We appreciate your staff bringing you in. Before i make my opening statement, we all have had an opportunity to look at some of the coolest things here. It is a bit unusual for a Committee Hearing to have a smithsonian artifact here. Everybody will have a chance to take a look at the mall. They are really unbelievable. You have some meteorites here. Sort of makes you think dress part. Think of jurassic park. We have the first artificial heart. A picture of harriet tubman. Somebody took a lot of pride in keeping that picture. Everyone will have a chance to take a look at these artifact. We thought it would be a way to set the stage for what goes on. When i leave here im going to try to get a job at the smithsonian, it is difficult to you today we are holding this hearing to discuss the current priorities of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as challenges and opportunities on the horizon. Congress established the Smithsonian Institution in 18 46 to carry out the will of anger scientis
Tokyo. Tokyo in 1930 and spent three years at Heart Mountain Relocation Center during world war ii. Located near downtown los angeles, little tokyo is one of three remaining in california where as many as 40 japan towns thrived prior to world war ii. Los angeles first started way back in 1781 when 11 settlers came from mexico to get land for the king of spain in 1843. The first recorded japanese landed in fair haven, massachusetts. Haminoske. He was a shipwork sailor from off the coast of hawaii and the whaler ship picked up five japanese men and four of them were left in hawaii but he was brought to fair haven, massachusetts. So he is probably the first recorded japanese to be here. And then in 1850, los angeles was incorporated. At that time, we had about 1,600 people in a square mile of 28 square miles. Today, were about 4 million population and the square mile is about 469. But california was the site of the immigrants from japan. Port of entry was san francisco, and the first colo
Tokyo. Tokyo in 1930 and spent three years at Heart Mountain Relocation Center during world war ii. Located near downtown los angeles, little tokyo is one of three remaining in california where as many as 40 japan towns thrived prior to world war ii. Los angeles first started way back in 1781 when 11 settlers came from mexico to get land for the king of spain in 1843. The first recorded japanese landed in fair haven, massachusetts. Haminoske. He was a shipwork sailor from off the coast of hawaii and the whaler ship picked up five japanese men and four of them were left in hawaii but he was brought to fair haven, massachusetts. So he is probably the first recorded japanese to be here. And then in 1850, los angeles was incorporated. At that time, we had about 1,600 people in a square mile of 28 square miles. Today, were about 4 million population and the square mile is about 469. But california was the site of the immigrants from japan. Port of entry was san francisco, and the first colo
Tokyo. Tokyo in 1930 and spent three years at Heart Mountain Relocation Center during world war ii. Located near downtown los angeles, little tokyo is one of three remaining in california where as many as 40 japan towns thrived prior to world war ii. Los angeles first started way back in 1781 when 11 settlers came from mexico to get land for the king of spain in 1843. The first recorded japanese landed in fair haven, massachusetts. Haminoske. He was a shipwork sailor from off the coast of hawaii and the whaler ship picked up five japanese men and four of them were left in hawaii but he was brought to fair haven, massachusetts. So he is probably the first recorded japanese to be here. And then in 1850, los angeles was incorporated. At that time, we had about 1,600 people in a square mile of 28 square miles. Today, were about 4 million population and the square mile is about 469. But california was the site of the immigrants from japan. Port of entry was san francisco, and the first colo