cspan.org/citiestour. in 1974.4 took place smoke and was off it s most place in the world tab or hosted world s fair. it was the first environmental world s fair, the first to use an environment. or wasve it s 1972 the first birthday. was a great consciousness around the world about environmentalism. it became arguably the accession obsession of what drove people to create a world fair and a series of behaviors that corresponded to a better consciousness of the environment. right now, we are in the archives section of the northwest museum of arts and culture in spokane. quite a few of the records from 1974 here, what we re looking at map, now, is a very large this was goingor ironically before people went up in airplanes. they had these maps that put you in your imagination above the city. they very carefully worked out to show the buildings in the city. what you can see here is the spokane river. would be thehis east, idaho. is 1890.ane, this you can see mills
the answer for me is it is possible. we believe if we persist and yes if we persist what we can imagine about development and moving forward with architecture and collaboration with its occasions like you, developers and all the others institutions that i mentioned. the unimaginable is possible. thank you very much for your time. [applause] interested in american history tv? schedule, preview upcoming programs and watch archival films and more. american history tv at www.c-span.org/history. all we can, american history tv is featuring spokane, washington. staff recently visited many sites showcasing its history. located in the eastern part of the state, about 280 miles from seattle, the city is home to .bout 200,000 people onrn more every weekend here american history tv. expo 74 took place, believe it or not, and 1974, and it is time the was at that smallest city in the world ever to host a world s fair. the first fair to use the environment as a team. 1962, thed close
firing. this is a static firing. the rocket is bolted to the launchpad and they fire the rockets to make sure everything is working fine. we are tracking it in the newsroom. transportation just trickling in. as more comes in, we ll keep you updated. thank you, james. intraffic is the big problem at the moment. let s talk about the hot spots. two hot spots. the bay bridge and highway 17. i have two traffic alerts to talk about. one has been going on since the 4:00 hour and that is the closure of the treasure island off-ramp from 80 east, lower deck. a mudslide popped up there at the off-ramp so brim crews have been on scene trying to clean it up for hours now. it is not causing a major delay but a traffic alert remains in place and you cannot get off there. you have to get off, turn around and head west and deal with the heavy traffic here. my second problem, a crash on highway 17 heading into the santa cruz mountains. a motorcycle of the went down. they only have two la
interactions between european colonial powers and native american tribes on the great plains during the 1700s. he describes the importance of owning horses and guns, and how the tribes had the upper hand on trade and more. let s go into this lecture about the great plains. unlike some of the classic american history courses, we have a more expansive view. that includes the great plains. i think we will enjoy this. we have a couple of starting anecdotes. the year is 1720, the spanish in new mexico are hearing more about french activity coming out of louisiana and canada. they hear these rumors that french traders are moving west. that they are aligned with the indians on the great plains. 1720, the governor of new mexico sends an expedition to investigate. 45 spaniards and 60 pueblo indians go out. everything is uncertain, but they probably get into what is now western nebraska, and they encounter a large group of indians who were probably parties pawnees. they attacked th
is sunday, david brooks, on writing an article for the times, and the award she gives out. they are given for the best essay of the year. we can be in journals or literary magazines. they can lead in journals or literary magazine. we take a week to step back and the even and not even read newspaper articles read something deeper and longer and celebrate the longer pieces. i do believe that magazines changes 300 the news republic, the magazine s change things. the new republic sunday night at eastern and pacific 8:00 eastern and pacific. each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture. you can watch the classes here every saturday. next, william and mary professor paul mapp talks about the interactions between european colonial powers and native american tribes on the great plains during the 1700s. he describes the importance of owning horses and guns, and how the tribes had the upper hand on trade and more. this class is about one hour and 10 minutes.