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Traveled to california, the physical geography of the area and evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning everybody. The topic of our lecture is the history of the gold rush and i will talk mainly about california in the years following 1848. But gold played a very, very Important Role in American History. Think back to the conquistadors, one of the things they were fascinating about was the quest for gold. An unquenchable desire for Precious Metals, gold above all, but also silver. Whe...

Museum director, gives us a tour showcasing the forts history, through the colonial area to its completion in 1834. And its role in the civil war. Welcome to fort mineral, located here on the very Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort, actually we call it old Point Comfort, and thats been that way for a long long time. It was here that over 400 years ago, 400 years of history have occurred. Some would say even thousands of years. Right outside the museum, happily named because youre actually the ...

But also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happene...

19 years, fears thing, fears now, im neil cavuto, lets get the very latest on the significance on this day, not on anyone who are alive and remember quite well those who lived on the new york metropolitan area and washington, d. C. Orienting still pennsylvania, hillary bond with the later on some very special visits today. Neil the president says 19 years ago today when the men and women on board united flight 93 charged the cockpit causing the plane to nosedive into a field here in shanksville ...

Good evening. Welcome to the august 12 meeting of the Police Commission. Please call the roll. [roll call] i a quorum. Chief William Scott is here and chief of staff is here with us tonight. Thank you very much. For members of the public who wish to make a comment on any of the items on the agenda the phone number is 408 4189388 access 146 1876545. The board of supervisors meeting is still happening right now. This is viewable on sfgovtv. Org. For anyone who would like to watch it live, it is st...

That will tell you when to speak. I will start your minutes when you begin talking. I will say 30 seconds when you have 30 seconds remaining. When your time is up, i will say thank you next caller please. At that point the moderator will put the speaker back on mute. I will reinettes instructions i will repeat the instructions. Chair borden one more piece of communication, item number seven on the agenda theres no action taken on that item. I want to note that item number six, resolution about t...

Admiral why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral . [laughter] what a great question. You can choose to hear a particular course you will lose ultimately in a different direction. And then to be in charge of all activity and with the commander of us Pacific Command position for senior admiral. My boss, a wonderful boss, secretary gates called to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato i bk the first and only admiral to be the supreme allied commander and it was an acci...

Social media. Follow us at cspan history. The largest stone fort announcer the largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near hampton, virginia. Up next, Fort Monroe Casemate Museum director robin reed gives us a tour, showcasing the forts history, from the colonial era, through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Mr. Reed welcome to fort monroe, located here on the very Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. We actually call it old Point Co...

Youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the fir...

Particular course, but the sea will come, the wind will come, youll lose, ultimately youll move, ultimately, in a differentic direction. More prosaically, it comes from a period in my career when i was a fourstar admiral. I was finishing up down in u. S. Southern command, peter, and i was in charge of all military activity south of the United States. Andi i was very hopeful of going to the pacific next as the end of u. S. Pacific command which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral....