with live interviews on washington journal. for the next hour, and exclusiven. a for six years, we have traveled to u.s. cities, bringing that literary scenes and historic sites to our viewers. /citiestour.span.org on our visit to souix falls, south dakota, we spoke with senator john thune. we asked the senator about constituent work, the economy, and what events in the state s history most interest him. raised were you born and where were you born and raised? a small town on interstate 90, a stopping place for people headed to the black hills, mount rushmore, yellowstone, points beyond, so a lot of motels, restaurants, filling stations, and all of my siblings, and my parents for that matter worked in one of those types of establishments ready much every summer. what was it like growing up in south dakota? a greatthune: background. i love this day. it is very beautiful to me. i love prairie. i like white-open spaces. part of that is because of where i was raised. i
jon will drive us around the city of sioux falls and talk about its history. jon, white dome to introduce yourself? mr. lauck: i live in sioux falls. i am proud to call sioux falls home. it is a beautiful place. a booming city on the prairie. i am happy to be with you, debbie, on this tour. we are glad to have you. where are we right now? mr. lauck: we are in the heart of old sioux falls. just toin the 1850 s, the north of us is the famous falls on the big sioux river from which the city takes its name. right now, we are on one of the main thoroughfares of sioux falls, south dakota. along some of the older buildings of sioux falls, where you get a good feel of what would be considered the main street of sioux falls. this is part of the sculpture walk in downtown sioux falls. this is the federal courthouse. you can see it is built out of this pink, sioux falls quartzite. it is one of the reasons settlers chose this area. it is implantable supply it is in plentiful supply.
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 c-span3. welcome to sioux falls, on american history tv. the falls of the big sioux river, is south dakota s largest city, with a population of about 175,000. with help from our cable partners, we will explore the city s 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 city s history, as we take you to the home of south dakota s 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
john thune. his father was honored as a member of the best of a hall of fame. we asked him about constituent work, the economy and what events in the states history most interest him. where were you born and raised? a little town west of here. it was named after a scottish cattle rancher called merle mckenzie. it was very much a step in place forpeople staffing place people who are heading to the black hills. a lot of motels, restaurants, filling stations and all of my siblings and my parents worked in one of those types of establishments every summer. what was it like growing up here in south dakota? a great background. i love this day, it is very beautiful to me. i love the prairie, i like wide open spaces and i think that is because of where i was raised. outdoors person, i love hunting and fishing and being outdoors, biking, running, particularly through the different seasons of the year. small townup in a and going to is moscow we have opportunities to do a l
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