Many highways and streets and especially in this country as well, you know . Phillips 66 has become as familiar to many people out here as a coke bottle. Its that iconic in the minds of many motorists. Well frank got his start in the oil business in a sort of convoluted way. He was actually, he was not from oklahoma. He was actually born on the nebraska frontier out in the loop valley. His father was a civil war veteran, fought in the union army, and his parents moved out into nebraska territory. And thats where he was born in 1874. And they came back short will have a that shortly after that the phillips, to their home country in southwestern iowa. And thats where frank grew up. So he had those basically midwestern roots. Came from a big family, big family, many brothers and sisters. He was the oldest and he was the dominant sibling by far. His ambition was strong but it wasnt necessarily pointed towards the oil business because there was no oil business to speak of when he was a youn
The school. We should learn more about the latest information shortly. Reporting live from the scene, Stephen Tschida abc7 news. Alison we are looking live as we await the press conference from the mayor and the police chief. As soon as it happens we will go to it directly. Meanwhile we go to the breaking news we told you about in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Less than 30 minutes ago a jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death. Leon Horace Holmes is standing by in the newsroom and he has details. What is the latest . Horace the details just coming out now as the reporters are leaving the courtroom. We know that he faces death for six of the 17 count against him. The jury in boston the same jury that found him guilty for his part in the marathon bombing case deliberated for 16 hours in sentencing phase. This means he will likely die of lethal injection. His lawyers reportedly will appeal. That will extend this. But most appeal on criminal cases on a federal level are not overturne
Must be expert riders willing to risk death the daily. Wage is 25 a week, which is a large sum of money for the time period. But of course, risking death daily comes with this type of occupation. The telegraph comes across the prairie and often times the is stretchede across the sagebrush because there were very few trees even to this day across much of the expanse of the planes. With the telegraph laid out across the prairie, annals would run through it. Native americans learned the talking wireman more white people coming down the prairie. They would use it for ornamented accessories or jewelry, etc. The story of the trails ends with the Continental Railroad bringing in mass populations very rapidly through the western United States. It also begins a new chapter with the modern highway that we now have today. I hope visitors take away from the Interpretive Center here in appreciation of the people that settled the american west. They were not large people. They were tough people with
Then the indianhead canyon camp and down to this conjunction. E we are right now is near bend. Milespassing for several over the plains, the trail entered a beautiful pine forest in which we traveled for several hours. And that we descended into a valley of another large band. The street was very swift and eat. Among the timber here, it is over three feet in diameter. We have the side of the rainbow. Sitefremont came upon this on december 4. They had some cattle they are bringing along. Mules. D 104 horses and this time theyre using a teepee. Two American Indian guys. Here on thathrough day in the afternoon at least, you would see them putting up the teepee and several fires Getting Started and taking all of the material and so far out. He was busy writing in his journal and getting his equipment out to hopefully have the weather be such that he could get a lot of readings at night. When he was successful in reading the latitude, he was using a telescope and timing a particular moon go