Two rival companies, one from dubuque, iowa, and one from st. Paul, minnesota, both set their sights on the sioux river falls is a town site and interestingly, both companies arrived within a few weeks of each other. There was speculation. They claimed land. They plotted off into lots and stuff and waited for settlers headed west to, and by lots in the town. That started in 1857, and really in the 1850s, they got along well with the indians who happened by here on their way to other places. And by 1860, there were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians. What was called the sioux uprising by some started in august of 1862. And the territorial governor ordered that the Big Sioux River valley be evacuated. And about the 27th of august, 1862, all the people who lived here were evacuated and abandoned the site of the falls. The site of sioux falls remained abandoned until may of 1865 when the u. S. Army located a fort here on t
Some ride. Some are wellshod, some are barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Or so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly. It does not matter. Some are born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january, 1959. This road leads to this wall. Red china, september 1960. This road, this wall. Berlin, december 1961. This road, this wall. In the beginning, the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosopher and scholar, karl marx, who maintained only through a system of communism can the worker and farmer avoid starvation and exportation. We declare openly, marx writes, that our ends can only be attained with the forcible seizure and overthrow of social conditions. Thus the road begins. Many who walk the road know its origins well. Many do not. Some must be taught by those who do not travel it. This is
Man we must go back along it, many miles and many years. Watch the entire film sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv. Only on cspan3. Welcome to sioux falls, on American History tv. The falls of the Big Sioux River, is south dakotas largest city, with a population of about 175,000. With help from our Cable Partners, we will explore the citys rich history. Theng up, here about different groups of people who called the Northern Plains home over the past 300 years. Later, find out why sioux falls was abandoned just a few years after it was first settled. Now, we begin our look at the citys history, as we take you to the home of south dakotas first u. S. Senator. We are in the pettigrew home and museum, the home of u. S. Senator Richard Franklin pettigrew, who served in the senate from 1889 until 1901. He actually lived in the home from 1911, until his death in 1926. In 1880 nine, this was one of the most modern homes that you would have found. It had radiators, indoor a
Of the Big Sioux River. It runs through the middle of the city. Learn more about sioux falls all weekend here on American History tv. Man has lived on the site of what sioux falls is off and on for thousands of years. Most recently in the 1850s, two rival town companies, one from dubuque, iowa, and one from st. Paul, minnesota, both set their sights on the sioux river falls as a town site and interestingly, both companies arrived within a few weeks of each other. They established a town site. It was really speculation. They claimed land. They plotted off into lots and stuff and waited for settlers headed west to come and buy lots in this new town that didnt exist yet. That started in 1857, and really in the 1850s, they got along well with the indians who happened by here on their way to other places. And by 1860, there were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians. What was called the sioux uprising by some started in august
Years. Three years is absolutely nothing. It is absolutely remarkable. The truth is from here on in, the germans and italians have no answer to this. It is not a spoiler alert, i dont think, to tell you that the allies did prevail. The path was long and rocky and bloody and bitter, and that is for me to write about in the final volume. I leave you here on the cusp of operation husky in the summer of 1943. Thank you very much. [applause] im afraid weve run out of time. James im sorry about the questions. Its a big subject. Im happy to stay around afterwards. If anyone has anything, i am happy to answer. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] interested in American History tv . Visit our website, www. Cspan. Org history. Atrican history tv www. Cspan. Org history. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Pub