She learned the skills that were vital to make her a successful conductor on the underground railroad. She was reading the landscape, foraging for food, reading the stars, being comfortable outdoors by herself. I would like to highlight our Visitor Center. This building is lined in cedar which is a reference to her time in the field with her father. These last three buildings are lined in zinc. The idea is that after you visit our Visitors Center, your ignorance about her retirement life and the underground railroad will fade as well. We have a vegetative roof on the flat surfaces, you can see the one on the far south. It helps us keep the Visitor Center warm in the winter and cool in the summer. We also have rain barrels to collect that excess water and we use it to water our vegetation. We also have photovoltaic light, we turn them off at night to do programs and also we have a concern on light pollution. The light is filtered downwards. So you can enjoy the night sky. And the far en
The grounds and exhibits to learn about the lives of escaped slaves, abolitionist, civil war spy and suffragist, Harriet Tubman. Welcome to Harriet Tubmans underground railroad state park. Here we highlight Harriet Tubmans early years. She was born about three miles east of here in the town of madison and spent a lot of time in this area. It was here in this area where she learned the skills that were vital to make her a successful conductor on the underground railroad. Skills such as reading the landscapes, reading the stars, foraging for food, and being comfortable outdoors by herself. I would like to highlight our Visitor Center. This building is lined in cedar which is a reference to her time in the timber fields spent with her father. These last three buildings are lined in zinc. The idea is that after you visit our Visitors Center, your ignorance about Harriet Tubmans life and the underground railroad will fade, as well. We have a vegetative roof on the flat surfaces, you can see
12th, 2013. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rock fellow plaza. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a thursday im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer with al roker. Lets get to that breaking news. Dangerous and deadly flooding in parts of colorado. Sad news at least two people have been killed and a number of homes destroyed. Vida from our affiliate kusa is live in boulder. Good morning. First of all, give us a sense of where you are and what the risk is at the moment. Yeah. We are in the north portion of boulder right now. Were along a major intersection. It is broadway and iris. This is north of the university of colorado. I want to give you a live look of what we are dealing with. What were dealing with here all night. We arrived here at this location around 1 00 this morning. And you can see over there, that is a pathway. Thats not a creek. We have had continuous flooding coming down that pathway overnight. It is going down a major in
Shropshire Chamber of Commerce is holding a general election hustings event to give businesses a chance to explore the economic policies of the main parties and local candidates.