to decide which one of these guys were going to live and i also --would die, he is a patient but he is gone now. he says he is to have nightmares of people he killed area i said, you save all these lives had >> if -- lives. he said, if i had worked faster i could save more people. how do you doaid, it? he said, i had to. if i didn't do my job people would die. of the amazing things about these guys.

>> the c-span cities tour is in toledo ohio this week, but it could have been toledo michigan. we talk about the battle over who had the right to claim toledo. goes back to 1787 and the northwest ordinance that established the area that eventually became five states. they established the border that started at the bottom of lake .ichigan and ran east the toledo strip is formed by two different surveys and that difference is a wedge shaped strip that was five miles wide at the indiana border and eight miles wide as it reached lake erie. it is a pie shaped wedge that became the toledo strip that

ohio and michigan started to wrangle over. whole point ohio and michigan were focused on was what was back then referred to as the port of miami, being the indian term for the river. it is really that connection at that river and everybody knew that would become an important port. both michigan and ohio wanted to be a part of that. the canal opening in 1825, people flooding down across new york into yeary. yeary --ave the miami miami lake erie canal. both michigan and ohio wanted that area a fur trapper familiar with the area came down to the legislature and reminded them if they drew that line as described

in the ordinance they were going to lose the toledo area we knew today. they made an adjustment and moved the line northward as they reached lake erie. that went into the statehood application as approved by congress. there was a committee that said we should look at that. the 1830's michigan territory is getting read to apply for their statehood. at the same time the miami yeary be a huge economic development project for that time. it was starting to come to fruition and people wanted to make sure permanence for that was inside their state territory. ofs all lead up to april 1835 and the battle of phillips corner. that's when the michigan militia came down and confronted the ohio surveyors that tried to confront the ohio line.

they arrested nine of the survey crew. things in washington start to bubble up because we are saying we have to get involved here. we need to get the whole thing settled. they worked for quite a while trying to figure out a solution that neither party was willing to agree to. late 1835 jackson brings in several of his smarter and more political consultants and they work out a plan in particular with lucas from ohio and approach michigan and say this is what we are going to do. we have to figure out the best way for everyone to get along and keep the state lines where they are now and give michigan the upper peninsula. people it looked like a

real downer in terms of disillusion. in the end it worked out for them because of the copper and iron ore deposits. it is just beautiful territory and a highly regarded tourism area today. all this happened over what i consider to be, at that time it was their version of aol. everybody thought it was the backs -- the next best thing. the railroads really took over the country. it is similar what to what happened with aol and the internet. the next thing was going to be aol and the internet blew up. of 1836 she can -- 1836, michigan

accepts. there was a second convention where they accepted that. they still didn't think it was fair ohio was going to get toledo. then things started to shift because they were in financial straits and realize the federal government was going to get ready to release the money, but only to the states and not territories. by december they have a second convention and they accepted the proposal, and michigan became a state and toledo became part of ohio. the whole toledo war probably still has an effect on how toledo looks at itself today. we sits on the border and a lot of people like to say that toledo is not part of the three c's in ohio, you have cleveland, columbus and cincinnati.

a lot of folks referred to this as the mini detroit. see a part of that michigan culture, then we are sitting inside ohio. >> our tour staff recently traveled to toledo ohio to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from toledo and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span. >> now a session for my revolutionary war symposium. images described the significance of tailors in 18th-century alexandria virginia. examining the account book of william carlin, who is active and 1780 two.

gruber argues men's clothing was important and reflected meaningful moments in citizens lives. emergingence -- revolutionary blog and -- kos hosted -- cohosted this event. >> we saved the best for last. through our symposium i find it prudent to cover a talk that is close here to alexandria. sharing a bachelors in arts and and an maeservation in early american history from the college of william and mary. she has can treated to the developing of permanence galleries at the new revolutionary war museum in yorktown. curatorl exhibition