Colorado, we were talking once and he said, you know, historians only ask one question. And i said, yeah . Whats going on here . So i nodded and said, okay, thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard a smart man say. But hes actually right. Its really the only question you ask, you go back to this earlier time, the past is a foreign country, we go back to this time in the past and we look around and say, whats going on . Whats happening here . Whats going on with the California Gold rush . Lots of stuff. I hope youre getting that so far. But one thing thats happening is, the place itself the environment itself, the fundamentally transformed, we made. This is an episode in the american westward expansion, we start here on the Atlantic Coast and move across the country. A very Dramatic Development in 1845 to 1848 with the acquisition of texas and the oregon territory in the mexican secession. So by the 1848, with the purchase down here, we have to continuous 48 states. America expanded acros
Had a good day yesterday. I certainly did. We can talk about it later. Today, we look at the Environmental Impact of the California Gold rush. , he said, you know, the story only asks one question. Whats going on here. He is absolutely right. Thing we have. We go back and say, whats going on. Lots of stuff. I hope you are getting that idea so far. The environment itself was being fundamentally changed, remade. Was an episode of expansion. S a very dramatic with the gadsden purchase. We have the contiguous 48 states. But whatis part of it, i want to begin, the california the rush will and all of California Gold rush and silver rushes were fundamentally different as western expansion into ways. First of all, they transform the environment in radically new ways, different ways. The bulk of the presentation will deal with that. We will go back to our hypothetical frontier Family Moving from North Carolina into tennessee. They were changing the environment, cutting down trees, bringing Dome
I hope everyone had a good day yesterday. I certainly did. Today, we will look at the Environmental Impact of the California Gold rush. I would like to begin, as i said, by trying to think larger than we normally do. What is going on . My advisor, university of colorado he said, historians only ask one question, what is going on here . I nodded and thought, that is about the dumbest thing i have heard a smart man say. It is the only question we have to go back to an earlier time. The past as a foreign country, this time in the past and we look around and say, what is going on . What is going on . Lots of stuff. I hope you are getting that idea so far. One of the things is the place itself, the environment itself is being fundamentally transformed, remade. This is an episode in american westward expansion, expansion that starts here on the Atlantic Coast and moves across the country, a dramatic develop and come 1845 to 1888, acquisition of texas and the northern territory, so in 1853, w
The present. He was born in nevada county. He is the son and grandson of hard rock gold miners. The oregon california trails association and National Historical society selected him as the educator of the year. He is the author of distant horizon, documents of the 19th century american west, coeditor of the illuminated landscape, a and theevada anthology, awardwinning sierra stories, tales of schemers, dreamers, which can find in our store tonight. His most recent books he will talk about tonight, which are goldrush stories, which was published this year. It is amazing. Members tonight get 20 off the book, so if you do not have a copy of them, i suggest you grab them, get them signed by gary and the value will skyrocket afterwards. [laughter] if you went a more complete biography and to love more, you can go on his website, garynoy. Com. He is a lovely person. Such a treat. His stories and the way he tells them are compelling. Think of your questions because there will be a q and a por
England and their families are ringing to hope right now. Good evening everyone im mark ockerbloom. Im elizabeth hopkins. We told you missing ship is called el farrow and left its home port in jacksonville, florida on tuesday. Still, no signs of life. Fox 25s ted daniel is here now with new information. Ted . Reporter the ship is based out of jacksonville, florida, elizabeth and mark thats where loved ones are gathered tonight the coast guard briefed them privately on the status of the search. The briefing wrapped up less than an hour ago and many tears. As the search for the el farrow enters its fourth overnight theres fading hope and mounting despair. Whats going through my mind torture. Reporter there were 28 americans on the container ship, including mary massachusetts native. They find the ship. Reporter they have found widespread debris and today a grim discovery in the debris a survival suit containing unidentifiable human remains. Certainly one of the more difficult days. Repor