professor sweet: hip hip. >> huzzah. professor sweet: company dismissed. >> watch lectures in history every weekend on american history tv. we go inside college classrooms to talk about everything from the american revolution to 9/11, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern on c-span3. >> this weekend american history tv joins our comcast cable case the to show history of palo alto, california. to watch video, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue our relook at the history of palo alto. are at the leland stanford stock farm that he purchased in 1876. you could spend your whole time

at stanford and never get out here. this is why he purchased the land. he had been living in san francisco, needed a place to sire and race horses. they bought this property in 1876. he also bought then the world's most famous horse, election eer. he was the secretariat of his day. he also had trotting horses, and he was curious, he debated with a photographer whether or not a trotter's all four legs got off the ground at the same time. so in 1876, edward my bridge set -- edwards of cameras mybridge set up a series of cameras and sure enough, they found that all four legs were off the ground at the same time. and those pictures were assembled into the first motion picture shown in the stanford house.

actually pictures were developed here on the stanford, palo alto stock farm. today it is still in use. people rent out stables, there is anting rings, and it area that has been saved from development like the rest of campus, which is going gangbusters. this area remains pretty much the same as it was in 1876, with the construction of the large barn and other outbuildings, as it wasn't stanford's day before the university was started. if it had not been for the death of his assad, the university would never have been started. leland junior would have grown up. he was born very late in life, he was the only child, he would have wound up growing up and owning this property. but his death in 1884 after a visit to asia minor and europe caused leland and his wife to dedicate their property and their fortune to the education

andalifornia's children, the education of students from all over. staff cities tour traveled to palo alto, california to learn about its rich history. to watch video from palo alto and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. ♪ the c-span bus is stopping at middle and high schools across the country to meet and toward the winners of our student cam video competition. we were in providence, rhode island done met with high school east second prize winners raymond but kari, raymond santos and another student from trinity academy for the performing arts. of hours inlot

editing, contacting, it was a long journey. so we are very excited and very happy. we look forward to participating again next year. >> it is something we couldn't believe that we are looking forward because next year we are coming for the win, for sure. it's crazy to think it is just our first year entering something. >> we just entered to see how far we could go. and to think we got second place on our first try, it just blows my mind. >> to watch all the winning entries from this year's student cam contest, go to studentcam.org. 150 years ago, may 10, 1869, railroad tycoon leland stanford hammered in a symbolic gold spike linking the central pacific railroad from the west and the union pacific railroad from the east at promontory summit, utah territory. to mark the 150th territory --

150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the stanford historical size -- stanford historical decide he hosted a daylong symposium. resident laura jones gives an illustrated talk on how railroad profits were used to build the stanford university, and how the railroad changed the community. ms. jones: the stanford historical society provides access to the stanford story, preserving its legacy and celebrating the treasures of stanford history, trying to be objective about showing the whole story. tom exclusives campus access lectures and special events, membership is open to anyone, whether you are affiliated with stanford as an alumnus, faculty member, staff member, or just live in the area or outside the area, and are interested in