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We are inside the Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino. Local historyhe of the valley. This was constructed in 1916. This replace the wooden structure that burned in 1916. Why it was built a lot larger than it was needed was it was decided to house at the Division Headquarters at this location at that time. So it was put in an Industrial Area a cousin of the railroad. There were a number of businesses that supported the railroad, and it had close to 2000 people employed here. In separatewo yours dino, the a San Bernardino, the a yard and the d yard. The upper part of the map shows the office facilities, and the lower part of the map shows the shop facilities. They could rebuild any locomotive and any street car or anything that they needed to maintain the railroad, could be done here. Some of the items down here, and old Santa Fe Lincoln pen. Some measurement devices that they used in the machine shops. Two boiler plates off of locomotives and in the next case, the products that were all r
Because of the railroad there were a number of peripheral businesses that supported the railroad. In its heyday there were close to 2000 people employed here. Later learn how bird eggs at federalum helped with legislation banning the insecticide ddt. Is our Third Largest collection in the United States. Fifthlargest in the world. Ddtere looking at a pretty San Bernardino county museum as a natural place to study the eggs. Just because of the large collection. Because of the fact that it stands many years before ddt was introduced into the environment. The first few the site in San Bernardino close to the regional center, where 14 people were killed and 2015, to hear about plans to build a permanent memorial to honor the victims of the attack. Just behind me here at the intersection, this is a barricaded entry point where the police and sheriff are here. No one can cross this line area this intersection was a natural them to place their tokens of memory and the tragic victims. As you ca
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All weekend long, American History tv is featuring buffalo, new york. During buffalos 1901 world fair, president William Mckinley was assassinated. Theodore roosevelt took the oath of office in buffalo shortly thereafter, becoming the 26th president. Our staffcities t visited many sites exploring the citys rich history. Learn about buffalo all weekend on American History tv. Tom right now, we are at buffalos waterfront, which we waterfront is our the river and lake erie. Lake erie is one of the five great lakes. They provide about 85 of north americas freshwater. The fact we are on the great lake is something significant to us. With our vision to be revitalized waterfront, we have now look at this 21acre parcel on the waters edge and thought how to recreate it. Where we are now is in a position to recreate the waterfront at a point in time. We have a master plan that was put together that tries to recreate the feel of what it would have been like to live back then without taking you to