Cable partner traveling to toledo, ohio are coming up in the next hour we will speak with local authors about the citys history and learn how it came to be known as the glass capital of the world and in about 15 minutes the story of general mad Anthony Wayne and his role in the western expansion into ohio and later that toledo crash of 1931 we begin our special feature with the citys mayor. I think places like toledo are taken for granted and that this shame because there is such a wonderful history here. Over the years people of toledo have built things, known as the glass city because the first big break that this region got was when the glass pioneers moved from the east coast primarily boston to toledo in 1800s drawn by natural gas and also sand, edwin drummer baby brought his new England Glass Company to toledo and opened a plants on at street north toledo and its on the exact same site today p or that was 1988 and Owens Corning here downtown toledo a fortune 500 company invented
That professor aaron mason recently informed me that he will not be here and making a presentation, and, therefore, you should expect to hear three presentations instead of four. I trust that this may make sure that we have enough time for audience questions and participation at the end, which is a minor benefit from not getting to hear professor masons presentation. So well still try to use our 90 minutes effectively. All of the presenters have had to cut their presentations in order to fit our session. All of the presentations represent work in progress, which is exciting. Our speakers will present in the order in which they appear on your program, beginning with Michael Gunther. Professor Michael Gunther hails from historic lake george, new york. He earned his ph. D. In history in 2010. He is current professor of history at georgia gwinnett college, a fouryear institution in the suburbs of atlanta. Dr. Gunther recently published a journal article on the bordering of quebec in the 17
Welcome to lexington, kentucky on American History tv. Located in the heart of the states bluegrass region, it is known as the Horse Capital of the world. With the help of our Time Warner Cable partners, over the next 90 minutes, we will look at famous kentuckians with ties to lexington, including the family of first lady, Mary Todd Lincoln. This has got to be one of the most evocative plots of all i can think of in america. The family of the first lady of the United States, and yet all these memorials here are to her half siblings who were either confederate soldiers or married to confederate soldiers. Later, we will learn about the history and economic history of thoroughbred his thoroughbred racing in the region. It fits into being the thoroughbred racing capital of the world in a number of ways. We are not only a great race course with pastoral settings and a wonderful spot in the middle of the country, but we are the Worlds Largest urban marketplace from a Sales Marketing standpoi
Palace gate way. From his palace, shah abbas ruled a reborn, expanding persia. He built roads and bridges. But even his empire finally crumbled. Centuries later reza shaw group to power. Land reforms change of old patterns and bring hope to the people. His palace is typical of the architecture of modern tehran. Former rulers lived in the rose garden palace. In its mirrored throne room is one of the worlds most fabulous objects, the peacock throne. This golden seat of state was designed so the occupant sat cross legged with his back against a bolster crusted with pearls and rubies in gold settings. It was brought persia 200 years ago. Above is the jeweled peacock. Tehran is the capital of iran located in the north. Tehran is a modern city with roots in the past. The great muslim religious college is one of the intellectual centers of the islamic world. These young men are studying to become mullahs religious leaders. A woman wearing the enveloping shroud is a reminder that, even here in
Africanamericans. Hard to be worse than the treatment of arvfricanamerican so then better. So Laura Michael and brooke at the beginning talk about, i think, sort of overall southern white perceptions of race. And brooke makes the argument both of them make the argument that this is an accurate depick of the way that whites perceived the way things went or slavery persisted. So again to it aagaagain not ba capturing that moment in time. They have a right to critique th that. Scarlet scarlets parents how historically accurate do you think they were. He was irish. Really irish. Knew to the south. The ieshiearish, especially in north were being seen as the lowest of the low just above africanamericans. How likely would it have been for him to own this huge plantation. Hes too rich but there are a number of scotts and irish immigrants who go to the upcountry part of the south, the back country south and are able to get land and in some cases are table table to attain slave i thought i rread