motor convoy." presidency, on the herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. mostlyer and his team of american volunteers built the crv into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it had its own fleet. it negotiated what you might treaties with some of the warring european powers. enjoyeder, hoover, informal diplomatic immunity and freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv, every on c-span 3. >> this weekend, american our cable is joining partners to showcase the history of lansing, michigan. to watch more video from the on our current tour,

visit c-span.org/cities tour. continue now with our look at the history of lansing. >> while in lansing, we took a drieg tour with lori lanspeary from the greater lansing convention and visitors bureau. >> we're touring around lansing, michigan today. where is lansing? i know there's a certain way to show it on a map. >> yep. so i'm going to hold up my right hand. and i'm going to point right here, because michigan is actually in the shape of a mitten. we call it the mitten state. >> so we're going to be seeing, right here at the bottom of our palm today. >> exactly. you be takingill us? >> i think what we'll do today is hit the downtown area of the capitol. then we'll head up to old town lansing, which is very popular. east to michigan state university. >> perfect! should we get going? >> you bet! go!et's >> on the left you'll see a tall tower called the boji tower now but it was originally the olds

tower. >> of oldsmobile, right? >> exactly. ransom e. olds came to lansing and foundedily oldsmobile. you'll find his name in a lot the car industry -- in a lot of things that you talk about in lansing. >> i think a lot of people industry withcar maybe detroit. but it made its way here as well? here.actually began olds was kind of a friend of henry ford. he actually was the first -- built the first assembly line. and henry ford perfected it. so olds had a lot of great inventions. sold the oldsmobile company and then founded a company called rio car company. then both those car companies in lansing. >> does lansing still have an auto presence? >> we do. g.m., general of motors. we have two state of the art facilities right here in lansing. you can see straight ahead is

the beautiful state capitol of michigan. this building is -- has been to say thei'm going mid-1800's. welcomes capitol thousands of school groups and visitors each year. like to think that lansing is not only the state capitol and a place for government but also a great tourist destination. we'll pass by a lot of government buildings here. we have -- oh, i want to say tens of thousands of government workers that come down monday through friday to work here in lansing. that's our downtown. it really is dedicated to thatich shops and things they can go and grab something to eat or buy, you know, quickly. so this is washington square. fiveshington square is blocks. both businesses and restaurants some shopping.

this building here is pretty spectacular. was the department store at one time and then was closed down, as department stores go. but it was, in its heyday, in was the mostt modern, fabulous building of the midwest. deco or maybet it's a form of art deco. it's something else. and they've kind of rehabbed it a little bit. journal hasing offices in there. and there's apartments on the -- upstairs, you know. the downtowns kind of died there those bigle bit and department stores went away. somehey've come back with wonderful options, housing options. so we're coming into old town here. old town was the original, kind of the original settlement of lansing. the mid-1800's or 1840. bershard was the first white settler actually here in

mid-michigan here. put a dam up on the intersection of the grand river the indian trail, the native american trail. and then businesses, you know, a few wooden houses and businesses started to pop up. and then it became quite an industry. it had its own train station and office.post and businesses were thriving there. the state capitol came and things kind of changed a little bit. the 60's,robably in old town kind of foundered a little bit. then come the 1980's, 90's, it started -- you had some that were interested. and it turned into this wonderful boutique art gallery-filled area. head east now, down michigan avenue. we're heading towards michigan state university. >> ok. so i saw the sign we're going

now.east lansing >> we're going into east lansing. east lansing actually was built around michigan state university. an answer to the university, because what -- when university started, it was originally -- it was the first college in the united states. it was under this act. and it was here, and it was the first university to study agriculture. so it's always been an agricultural school. so it was out here in the middle nowhere. and they had to have housing for faculty. and then the students and all that. so east lansing has actually built up around michigan state university. so this is, on the right-hand coming intokind of campus. it's a huge campus. phenomenal.is so you'll see a lot of green space on here. it's really beautiful.

>> ok. lori, so we've been all around lansing.nd east we've seen the university. we've seen the state capitol. , if somebody lives in nevada. they don't know anything about lansing and michigan, what would knoweally want them to about your city? >> i would like them to know a government just city. and it's not just a car city. not just -- it's a fun place. it's real. and honest. gritty. and genuine. i think that's the biggest word, is genuine. i think it's a genuine city. >> lori, thank you so much for today! us around >> thanks! >> our cities tour staff to lansing,veled michigan to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from lansing our tour --opts on stops on our tour, visit

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