A hint of being a criminal himself, which is a pretty predominant theme. Had it not been for one such harpers monthly magazine, no one would have known who wild bill was and no one wouldve cared. Months after the conclusion of the civil war, in july, 1865, James Butler Hickok shot and killed a former confederate soldier in springfield, missouri on the town square. The shooting was written about an harpers monthly magazine and painted hickok as a remit as a romantic figure. While in springfield we visited the Greene County archives and looked at Court Documents from the trial. Onlyring the war was the county in southwest missouri whose population went up. That had to do with the soldiers who were here, as well as the refugees that were coming in from all over southwest missouri, indian territory, arkansas, southern kansas, prior to the outbreak of the war it was a couple thousand people. It was the biggest it was the only urban center in southwest missouri. By the end of the war, there
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here with us. I want to thank Governor Abbott and his team for hosting president trump, the first lady and members of the cabinet, yesterday and our visit to Corpus Christi and austin texas austin, texas. Responsefirsthand the of the First Responders and the volunteers that are helping in the texas area. We met with state and local officials to continue coordinating our response in identifying opportunities for closer cooperation. This was an important first visit to the area. I want to reinforce the president s message from our trip, yesterday. We expect a mini year recovery in texas and the federal government is in this for the long haul. We will continue to support the people of texas as long as it is necessary. The president reiterated this, again, both publicly and behind closed doors. The initial word we got, people first is continuing with our response. While we are continuing to monitor the storm, we remain concerned about houston, wh
In texas. Mark fema administrator brock long says the agency is focused harveysn the wake of Second Coming is on search and rescue. He gave an update today on the situation on the ground. More than 50that counties across texas had been impacted by the storm. He added that fema is ready to support efforts in louisiana, which he said still is not in the clear. After dumping a record amount of rain in houston, harvey has a landfall again, this time in leicester louisiana west in louisiana. At least 22 people have died in the storm and we expect that number to go higher. E than to any thousand the 200,000 people are in shelters. Meanwhile, 21 of the nations oil refining output is offline. Officials say it is too soon to know that the thousands of houston area homes can be rebuilt. Some homes have been flooded with as much a six feet of water. The counties flood Officials Say these homes could be flooded again after controlled water releases from two reservoirs. There has been plenty of dev
Cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. Now we will take to you st. Louis, missouri where we take a look at courthouse where the dred scott case first started. A lot of times i asked myself why is it important to preserve a historic structure in a lot of times you can read about the history. You get a moment where you think, wow, thats amazing that this event happened right where im standing. And to me thats what value of a historic structure is. You can get that connection between people just Walking Around today and maybe thinking of their own thoughts and lives and suddenly they can jump back into the past and have a connection with the people of the past. We are in a courthouse that is no longer used for courts today. Hasnt been since 1930. But it a very Historic Building thats been preserved, tried to tell a little bit about st. Louiss history. This courthouse is probably best known as the courthouse where dred and Harriet Scott, two enslaved people, here in st. Louis, sued for their f
Cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. Now we will take to you st. Louis, missouri where we take a look at courthouse where the dred scott case first started. A lot of times i asked myself why is it important to preserve a historic structure in a lot of times you can read about the history. You get a moment where you think, wow, thats amazing that this event happened right where im standing. And to me thats what value of a historic structure is. You can get that connection between people just Walking Around today and maybe thinking of their own thoughts and lives and suddenly they can jump back into the past and have a connection with the people of the past. We are in a courthouse that is no longer used for courts today. Hasnt been since 1930. But it a very Historic Building thats been preserved, tried to tell a little bit about st. Louiss history. This courthouse is probably best known as the courthouse where dred and Harriet Scott, two enslaved people, here in st. Louis, sued for their f