and the blue cheap book award -- ucci book award. prominent figures in american on, including elena kagan, the late thurgood marshall. reel america, ronald reagan and george wallace. watch this weekend on the c-span networks. year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visits to norman, oklahoma. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. afters house was named william s. moore.

mr. moore was a wealthy man. he had a lot of money and the majority of that came from real estate investments and things like that. he was the one that designed this house. this house is a queen and n victorian-style home, so typical features of that style include a big front porch and back porch. we have multicolor facades, lots of little carpenter's lace, and nice little details around the house. william s. moore moved with the lindsay family to norman in 1895, so a few years after the land run, which was basically a race to claim your own little plot of land. april 22, 1889, the day of the land run, there were people living in this area. the population went from 0 to

either 200-500 overnight. it took time to set up the city laws and government, so officially the city was incorporated in 1891. the city's namesake, norman, he was an early land surveyor. the story goes that his team was called norman's camp. they carved the phrase "norman's camp" into a tree in bishops creek, and that is how the area became known as norman. this house is located in what is called old silk stocking road, which is a reference to the wealthy residents of this early neighborhood, meaning they could afford to wear silk stockings. this victorian-style home cost $5,000 to build at the time, 1899, and in the average norman

-- and the average norman home cost around $400-$500, so this was a big showplace of for the for the community. there are articles in the first newspapers, that people were happy about the beautiful home in their community. people would take their sunday walks by the house to see mrs. lindsay's rose garden, or to see the beautiful turret room. so, this is a big showplace, even though it is maybe not as bigger grant at some of the -- big or grand as some of the other east coast homes at the time. for this area and for this time period, this was a beautiful home. this is a space where you wanted to have your best furniture on display. the dark wood furniture, handsewn pieces. this was a space where you wanted to impress your guests. mr. moore and mrs. lindsay were pretty involved in the community through city council, school board and churches, so this was a space where they could have those conversations with other

leaders in the community. this house has seen a lot of history happen through norman. norman had a navy base, the great depression, there was the growth of the university, and this house has been through all of it. we hope that provides that kind of representation to the community. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. learn more about norman and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. next, judge douglas ginsburg of the u.s. court of appeals for

the d.c. circuit judge the history and evolution of the u.s. supreme court. how justices decided several landmark cases and discusses the debate over this lecture't -- is part of a series hosted by the society of arts in palm beach, gay: i known you all agree that this series has had incredible speakers. [applause] : this morning's douglas and judge ginsburg, is a gifted american who has led an exterior life.