Covering over 85,000,000 acres of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited the site last year. Over the next 90 minutes we feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland at Cuyahoga Valley National park. Situated along the Cuyahoga River we will learn how the canal system plays a a major re in our nations westward expansion during the 1830s and 40s. [background sounds] [background sounds] the ohio and erie canal as part of a two canal system that was put in place in the early years of america built between 1825 18251832, and basically its a water transportation route the connected lake erie with the ohio river which is part of a larger idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america we had 13 colonies all situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Our leaders at the time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. Howeve
People who lived on the opposite side of the river in louisiana. This is structure was donated to us about ten years ago, by the descendants and the original founders of that congregation. They bought the land in 1870. Two parcels of land, for the express purpose of building a house of worship. In the seal document, which we have in the courthouse, they named their structure, their congregation the anti yoke baptist congregation. That message of being against the yoke or against slavery was something that is important to our story here. And this is a Significant Church for newly freed slaves on the east bank of the river and so its really important here in talking about the lives of people who saw freedom after the end of the civil war. We like to start our tour of the whitney plantation here in this building so that we can kind of see what happens to people, some of the things that they cared about after freedom came. The whitney plantation is the only Plantation Museum in the state o
Of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes well feature a mixture of National Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland situated along the river, well learn how the canal system plays a role in the westward expansion during the 1830s and 40s. The canal is part of a twocanal system that was put in place in the early years of america. Built between 1825 and 1832. Basically its a water transportation route that connected lake eerie with the ohio river which is part of a larger idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated right along the atlantic seaboard. And our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle, the appalachian mountains. Jr George Washington had an idea to create a water transportation route using
Are you prepared to make your presentation . Sorry. I want to share my screen with your power point presentation. Youll have five minutes. Ill let you know when your presentation is up. Can everybody see this . Unfortunately, we cant, stephanie. Okay. If there are members of the public who are interest logos ed inspeaking on this matter s star three. Thank you, stephanie. The slides are up. Im an architect with the department of public works. Weve had had five approvals to date. Specific Design Review concepts through phase three. A review committee back in april. We have a lot of slides. Im going to go fast. This is the original building exterior. A site entry to the left. Next slide. The original reading room is shown here. Thats the main stair that was demolishedemolished. Showing architectural elements for the main stair and main entrance. This is the 1997 floorplan that shows the loss of the features. Buildings on bar bartlett. This is a diagram showing the relationship to the pro
Hi, my name is ashley rogers, im the director of Museum Operations at the whitney plantation and were beginning our today in a historic freedmans church which was built circa 1870 by people who lived on the opposite side of the river in paulina, louisiana. This structure was donated to us by the descendants of the founders of the congregation. They bought the land in 1870. Two parcels of land for the purpose of building a house of worship and in the sale document which we have from the courthouse they named their congregation the antiyoke, or against slavery is important to our story here. And this is a Significant Church for newly freed slaves on the east bank of the river and so it is really important here in talking about the lives of people who saw freedom after the end of the civil war. So we like to start our tour of the whitney plantation here in this building so we could kind of see what happened to people, some of the things that they cared about after the freedom came. Whitne