south dakota. south dakota developed in two ways. it started as dakota territory 1899 to do one, and in north and south dakota became six. eastern south dakota had been settled for a number of years. iowa andame from places from the midwest. the development of western south east inagged behind the every considerable respect. culture that grew up in western south dakota happened far later than the farming culture of eastern south dakota. it was essential to the weight south dakota developed as a state. the book i wrote is called "controlled recklessness," about culture that grew up in western souththe developm. ed lemmon is a foundational figure in the history of south dakota, a cowboy with 865,000 acre range in south dakota in the early 1900s. in the expansion of the railroad into south dakota, also at the same time in the early 1900s. he was one of the figures that was essential to the growth and development of western south dakota. a lot of people think of south dakota as corn and beans farming kind of state. certainly south dakota is more than that. about 800,000 people we've got in the state right now. we've almost got almos

south dakota. the state of south dakota developed in two ways. north dakota started as dakota territory in 1851 and in 1889 south dakota and north dakota became states but eastern south dakota had been settled for a number of years, farmers came from minnesota, iowa, other places in the midwest. western half was an indian reservation so the development of western south dakota lagged behind each and every respect and so the ranching culture that grow up in western south dakota happened far later than the farming culture of eastern south dakota and it was central to the way in which south dakota developed as a state. the book is called controlled recklessness, a story about an lemon and the development of western south dakota, he's a figure that was a cowboy, a cattle man, he had 865,000 acre ranch in western south dakota in the early 1900s. he was involved in the expansion of the railroad and also at the same time in the early 1900s and was one of the figures was essential to the growthand development of western south dakota. a lot of people think of south dakota as a farming state . certainly south dakota is more than that. 800,000 people that we got in the sta

south dakota was a great sue indian reservation. it really lagged behind east in every respect so the wrenching culture came later than the farming culture of eastern south dakota and was essential to the way south dakota developed as a state. controlled recklessness is the story of ed lemmon and it element of western south dakota and it is a foundational figure, he was a cowboy. a cattleman, 850,000 acre ranch in the early 1900s, involved in the expansion of the railroad at the same time in the 1900s and one of the figures that was essential to the growth and development of western south dakota. people think of south dakota as a corn and beans farming state. it was more than that, 800,000 people in the state right now, 4 million head of cattle for every single man, woman and child in the state. involved in the expansion of that cattle ranching industry in western south dakota which was essential along with mining and expansion of the railroad and growth of our state in the 20th century. ed lemmon came to western south dakota in the glory days of cattle ranching, not much to speak of for law enforcement so they made their own way. he came with the

south dakota. the state of south dakota really developed in two ways so it started as dakota territory and in 1889 south korda, north dakota both became states. at the time of statehood, eastern south dakota have been settled for a number of years. farmers camer

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tv and american history tv to south dakota with our mid- cable partners, we will explore the rich history and literary life of the state capital city. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author nathan sanderson talks about pioneer cowboy in his book controlled recklessness. >> add lemon was involved in the expansion of that cattle ranching industry primarily in western south dakota which was essential into the growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. >> nancy explores the memoir of laura inglis wilder. >> the project is a research and publishing program of the historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura inglis wilder pioneer girl which is her autobiography. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, we will tour the south dakota state capital. >> if you look up, there are also four corner areas with flags, obviously the south dakota flag, a flight from dakota territory and a flag for the united states. there's also flags for spain and france because they control the territory at different times. each corner has a flag and those are the native american colors that symbolize. >> here about lewis and cla

day, join us at 7:00 -- we explore the rich history and literary life of the south dakota capital city. today at noon eastern on book tv, author nathan sanderson talks about a pioneer cowboy in his book "controlled recklessness." he was involved in the ranching industry in western south dakota, which was essential to the growth of our state in the early 20th century. also, laura ingalls wilder . program of the sepracor state historical society that is designed to study and published a comprehensive edition of laura's "pioneer girl," which is her autobiography. >> a tour of the south dakota state capital. up, there are also four corner areas with flags. the south dakota flag, there is a flag from the dakota territory, there are also flex for spain and france because they controlled this territory at different times. and one quarter has a white flag, one red, one black, and one yellow. and those are the native american colors that symbolize the four directions of the compass. learn about lewis and clark's encounter with members of the lakota sioux on the missouri river, and why that was so important the area.

and american history tv to south dakota with our cable partners, we will explore the rich history and literary life of the state capital system intensity. saturday at noon eastern, nathan sanderson talks about pioneer cowboy at 11 in his book controlled recklessness. >> add lemon was involved in the expansion of the cattle industry in western south dakota which was essential, along with mining and the expansion of the railroad to the growth of our state in the earliest 20th century. >> director of pioneer girl project, nancy explores the memoir of laura engels wilder. >> it's a research and publishing program of the state historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura inglis wilder, pioneer girl, which is her autobiography. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, we will tour the south dakota state capitol. >> if you look up, there are also four corner areas with flags. obviously the south dakota flag, there's the flag from dakota territory, there's a flight for the united states, and there's also flags for spain and france because they control this territory at different times. each corner, one has a white flag, one red, o

eastern. tour kicks history the tour to pr, south dakota, exploring the rich history and literary life the city. saturday on book tv, author nathan's anderson talks about a pioneer cowboy in his book, "controlled recklessness." >> he was involved in the expansion of the cattle ranching industry in south dakota, essential along with mining and the railroad in the growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. >> director of the pioneer girl project explores the memoirs and inspiration of laura ingalls wilder. >> the pioneer girl project is our research and publishing program of the south dakota state historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura girl," wilder's "pioneer which is her autobiography. >> sunday on american history tv come we will tour the south dakota state capital. at the fourok corner areas with flags can obviously, the south dakota flag. there is the flag from dakota territory. there is the flag from the united states. there are flags from spain and france, because they control to this territory at different times. each corn

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south dakota with our cable partners. we'll explore the rich history and literary life of the state's capital city. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. author nathan sanderson talks about pioneer cowboy ed lemen in his book, "controlled recklessness." tpwhreffs involved in the expansion of that cattle ranching industry primarily in western south dakota. which was essential along with mining and the expansion of the railroad into the growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. >> and director of the pioneer girl project, explores the memoirs and inspiration of laura engels wilder. >> the pioneer girl project is a research and publishing program of the historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive addition of laura engels wilder's pioneer girl. which is her auto biography. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll tour the south dakota state capital. >> if you look up, there are also four corner areas with flags. obviously the south dakota flag . there is a flag from daca territory, there's a flag for the united states, of course. there are also flags for spain

make sure to watch c-span's >> c-span cities tour goes to mid south dakota. easternnternoon sanderson talks about pioneer cowboys in " controlled recklessness. >> the expansion of the industry was essential along with mining and the expansion of the railroad. >> the director of the pioneer about laura talks ingalls wilder. >> we have a research and publishing program that is publish ato comprehensive edition of wilder's pioneer girl, her autobiography. >> on sunday on american history television, we will tour the south coast state capital. flax.re are areas with -- with flags. a flag from dakota territory and for the united states. and for spain and france because they controlled this territory at different times. one corner has a white flag, one red, one black, one yellow. those are native american colors that some allies before directions of the compass. here about close encounters with members of the dakota sioux. watch the c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern, and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with cable affiliates and visiti

watch c-span cities tour of pierre, south dakota today noon eastern on c-span 2's book t.v., and sunday 2 p.m. on american history t.v. on c-span 3. working n cities tour, with our cable affiliates and isits cities across the country. >> "washington journal" continues. >> president of the committee for responsible federal budget, joining us this morning after house passed 2018 budget resolution and explain where the budget goes from here and why this is important to the republican tax reform effort. from here and why this is important to the public and tax reform effort. guest: it is very important to the tax reform effort. hassinger budget is important for running a country and it should be noted to anybody that we have passing the budget now after the fiscal year has begun. this is late in the process and i think that speaks to the problem that we often miss these deadlines. people hear this more than they would want to, but if you want to use the term reconciliation, that's a process that allows the senate to pass something with 51 votes instead of 60. in order to have reconciliation

eastern on c-span. c-span cities tour takes booktv and american history tv to pierre, south dakota with our cable partnerswill explore the rich history and literary life of the states capital city. saturday at noon eastern on booktv, nathan sandison talks about pioneer cowboys add lemon. >> he was involved in the expansion of that cattle ranching industry primarily in western south dakota which was essential along with mine and expansion of the railroad and the growth of our state in the early part of the 20 century. >> director of the pioneer girl project explores the memoirs and aspirations of laura ingalls wilder. >> the pioneer girl project is a research and publishing program of the south dakota state historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive addition of laura ingalls wilder pioneer girl, which is her autobiography. >> on sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv we will tour the south dakota state capital. >> if you look up there are also four corner areas with flags. obviously the south dakota flag, there's a flight from dakota territory, a flight from the unite

eastern. >>> c-span's cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to pierre, south dakota. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we talk about -- >> it was essential along with mining and the expansion of the railroad into the growth of our state in the early 20th century. >> the director of the pioneer project explores the memory and inspiration of laura 'ingles wilder. >> the pioneer project is a research and publishing program of the south dakota historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura engles wilders pioneer girl, which is her autobiography. >> at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll tour the south dakota state capitol. >> if you look up, there are also four corner areas with flags. obviously the south dakota flag. there is a flag from the dakota territory, flag fla flags from the united states, and also flags from spain and france because they controlled this territory at different timemis. and then each corner one has a white flag, one black, one red and one yellow. >> and hear about lewis and clark's encounter

in american history tv to pierce south dakota with our cable partners will explore the rich history and literary life of the state's capital city. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author nathan sanderson talked about pioneer cowboy in his book, controlled recklessness. >> is primarily in western south dakota which was essential along with mining in the rebel to the growth of our state into the early earliest part of the 20th century. the wall explore the memoirs and worship laura ingalls wilder. >> the pioneer project is a research and publishing program of the historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive addition of laura ingalls wilder pioneer girl which is her autobiography. >> at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we will tour the south dakota state capital. >> if you look up there are four corner areas with legs. obviously the south dakota flight, the flake from the dakota territory, the flake for the united states of flakes for spain and france because they control the territory at different times. one corner has a white flag, one black and one yellow. those are the native american colors. >> here about lewis

american history tv to pierre, south dakota, with our mid co cable partners, we'll explore the rich history and literary life of the state's capital city. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author nathan sanderson talks about pioneer cowboy, ed lemon, in his book, "controlled recklessness." >> he was in the cattle ranching industry in southwestern south dakota with the mining and expansion of the railroad and the growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. >> and director of the pioneer girl project explores the memoirs and inspiration of laura ingalls wilder. >> it's a research and publishing program of the south dakota state historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura ingalls wilder's pioneer girl, which is her autobiography. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll tour the south dakota state capitol. >> if you look up, there are also four corner areas with flags. obviously, the south dakota flag. there is a flag from dakota territory. there is a flag for the united states, of course, there are also flags for spain and france, because they controlled this territory at diffe

eastern on american history tv we will tour the south dakota state capital. >> if you look up there are also four corner areas with flags. obviously the south dakota flag, there's a flight from dakota territory, a flight from the united states of course and there are also flags from spain and france because they controlled this territory at different times. each corner has in one corner has whitefly, a red flag, a black and one yellow and those are the native american colors that symbolize the four directions of the compass. >> if you don't loose in clark's encounter with members of lakota sioux along the missouri river and why that meeting was so important to the area. watch saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv, and send the 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> and a look inside the white house briefing room as reporters gathered and waiting for tabriz expected to start any time now scheduled to be in a few minutes ago. we will have live coverage when it does here on c-span

eastern a."-span's "q and toc-span's cities tour goes south dakota. weevil explore the rich history and literary life -- we will explore the rich history and literary life of the city. ed lemon was involved in the expansion of the cattle ranching industry. >> the director of the pioneer girl project explores the memoirs of laura ingalls wilder. project is a research and publishing program of the his torical society designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura ingalls wilder's autobiography. at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv. people -- we will tour the south dakota state capital. there are four areas of flags. the south dakota flag, one from the code of territory, from the united states. there are ones from spain and france because they controlled territories from here at different times. red, yellow, a black, and white flag. those native american colors symbolize the four directions of the compass. >> and hear about the lewis and clark encounter with members of the lakota sioux on the misery -- miissouri river. sunday at 2 p.m

watch c-span city tour of south dakota saturday at noon eastern on c-span to book tv. sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. the c-span city store, working with cable affiliat ciliates and that visiting cities across the country. >> the chicago council recently surveyed public attitudes about policy in the trumpet ministration. it includes wilson senator director jane harman. they talked about the differences in opinion and the issues of importance between those who support the president and those who don't. this is one hour. someon >> good morning. you all get a gold star for supervening security in this building and being on time. we appreciate it. i am jane harman, the president and ceo of the wilsonid center. i have to say it's hard to some hopeful about the subject we will address after the past week. hundreds were gunned down last night in las vegas. i don't think we know yet what the gunman's motives were. two women were stabbed to death in front of a train station in marseille france by an asus sympathizer, and there seems to be an unpreced

south dakota in charge of the telecommunications industry that most of us take for granted. denny has served as general manager of sioux valley in south dakota. went on to become the eastern region manager and served as ceo since 2008. got a bachelor's degree in science and journalism which means he's very conflicted when it comes to the football season. but i want to thank him for appearing before this committee and for sharing your recommendations on how this committee through the next farm bill can help you and your company improve access to broad band and rural areas. i thank you for that indulgence and appreciate having him here today. >> thank you, senator. i know you're very busy and urge you to keep working on tax reform as a very important member of the finance committee. especially on behalf of the roberts amendment as it's known in south dakota or in -- today, miss ann serves as substantiate to the secretary for rural development. an indiana native. ann has worked on agriculture and rural issues for over 15 years. she was the director of agriculture for her home state. she was an adviser to the governor at that time. she is a graduate of kansas state university

south dakota state historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive addition of laura ingalls wilder is pioneer girl, which is her autobiography. >> on sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv we will tour the south dakota state capital. >> if you look up, there are also four corner areas with flags argosy the south dakota flag, there is a flag from dakota territory, like the united states of course, there's also flags for spain and france because a controlled this territory at different times. in each corner has come one corner has a white flag, want a red flag, one black and one yellow, and those are the native american colors the similars the four directions of the compass. >> here about lewis and clark and why that meeting was so important to the area. >> watch c-span's city tours up your south dakota saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> a quick look at the jobs report. the u.s. lost 33,000 jobs last month mainly due to hurricanes affecting businesses. the labor department says anna pal

watch the city tour of pierre, south dakota, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> next, two authors talk about their work on the conditions that cause the rise of isis. they look at whether different american policy choices could have thwarted the rise of the so-called islamic state. >>> good. welcome to the america's office for strategic studies. my name is dana allen. i'm a senior fellow at our london office and also editor of the iiss journal, survival, which is the reason that we're here tonight. because i have next to me the coauthors of the lead article in our june/july issue. professor peter fever and professor hal brands. peter fever is professor of political science and public policy at duke university and he also directs the american grand strategy program. from june 2005 to june 2007, peter was on leave as a special adviser for strategic planning and institutional reform on the national security staff staff

watch c-span city's tour of pierre, south dakota, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> now, more from the washington ideas forum, as treasury secretary steve mnuchin talks about the administration's tax reform proposal. then, white house correspondents share their thoughts on the 2016 presidential campaign and the first few months of the trump presidency. >>> we're going to get to tax reform, because that's a very big issue. set in motion by the president yesterday. but i want to talk about a couple of issues that are also related to the treasury department, because they're an important part of what you do and the country is trying to achieve. specifically with north korea. david petraeus was just on the stage a few moments ago saying he and others are discouraged by the recent trade numbers indicating that china is still trading with north korea. new sanctions were applied last week. what is your level of confidenc

eastern on american history tv, we will tour south dakota's state capitol. >> there are also four corneras with flags. obviously the south dakota flag, the flag from dakota territory, the flag from the united states, and flags for spain and france because they controlled this territory at different times. and then each corner has -- one corner has a white flag, one red, one black, and one yellow. those of the native american collars that symbolizes the four directions of the compass. >> in your about lewis and clark's encounter with the dakota sue along the river. tv andpan2's book on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span's city's tour. visiting cities across the country. >> it became clear that my impression of breitbart having an experience on the election was an understatement. according to research, bright part was the driving force on the right side of the political spectrum. writeray night on q&a, will hinton talks about his story down the breitbart whole. >> i think this is what gets to the disparity between -- i have always heard and continue to hear people talk about breitb

south dakota. we'll explore the rich history and literary life of the state's capital city. saturday on noon eastern on book tv, author nathan sanderson. >> ed lemon was involved in the expansion of that cattle ranching industry primarily in western south dakota, which was essential along with mining and the expansion of the railroad into the growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. >> and director of the peen ear girl project explores the memoirs and inspiration of laura inning alice weird. >> the pioneer girl project is a research and publishing program of the south dakota state historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura inning gals wilder's pioneer girl, which is her auto biography. >> we'll tour the south dakota state capitol. >> if you look up, there are also four corner areas with flags. obviously the south dakota flag. there is a flag from da coat that territory. there's a flag for the united states, of course. there are also flags for spain and france because they controlled this territory at different times. and then each corn

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eastern. you can watch it online at cspan.org or listen for free with the cspan radio app. >>> cspan's city tours to pierre, south dakota, with our midco cable departments. we'll explore the rich history of the capital city. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. author nathan sanderson talks about pioneer cowboy. >> which was essentially along with mining and the expansion of the railroad into the growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. >> and director of the pioneer girl project, explores the memoirs and spirgs of laura engles wilder. >> the pioneer girl project is a research publishing program of the south dakota state historical society that is designed to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura engles wilder's pioneer girl which is her auto biography. >> we'll tour south dakota's state capitol. >> if you look up there are also four corner areas with flags, obviously the south dakota flag, there is a flag from dakota territory, there's a flag for the united states, of course, there are also flags for spain and france because they controlled this territory at different times and then each

eastern europe still be around? i don't know, of course. but i would probably strongly argue against people who are saying that and drop off necessarily would have come up with different decisions and what pierre, south dakota under similar circumstances. i'm really struck would look at the historical record how and drop off and another other severely in the early 1980s started feeling that the burden of hegemony in eastern europe was too much for the soviet union to bear, if there were domestic charges and poland is the key issue at this point, that would make the price of -- crisis of intervention to i. andropov said that just before martial law was introduced, that all cleared circumstances in which sold individually not be forthcoming, even if they did not succeed in introducing martial law in poland. one has to think about this systemically. one of the biggest surprises i had in the research was looking at how deep this sense of unease and weakness was in the soviet union in the very early 1980s, which is often not seen in the west at all. at first came to the fore when gorbachev became general secretary. then the last question, global institutions. when you write in the sense that the book doesn't cen

eastern afghanistan army base in two thousand and nine president barack obama organized his release in two thousand and fourteen the united states navy has commissioned the latest virginia class attack submarine the u.s.s. south dakota was officially unveiled on saturday at the shipyard in connecticut argues trinity chavez has the story the navy's newest and most of them knew clear attack submarine made its debut at the electric boat shipyard in growth in connecticut marking the seventeenth virginia class a marine commissioned by the u.s. navy dignitaries from connecticut rhode island and south dakota gathered at the electric boat shipyard where the state of the art vessel was christened by do you need to see the ship sponsor as well as the wife of general martin dempsey the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the construction of the u.s.s. south dakota also known as as a sense of a ninety began back in two thousand and thirteen and her kill was laid in april twenty sixth meanwhile the submarine is expected to be commissioned were service in the second half of twenty eighteen virginia class summaries which cost over two point six billion dollars per unit are built to operate in shallow and open ocean water

south dakota. the state of south dakota really developed in two ways so it started as dakota territory and in 1889 south korda, north dakota both became states. at the time of statehood, eastern south dakota have been settled for a number of years. farmers came over from minnesota, iowa, other places in the midwest. the western half of south dakota was the great sioux indian reservation. the development of western south dakota really lagged behind the easton every considerable respect. the ranching culture that grew up in western south dakota happen far later than the farming culture of south dakota and was absolutely essential to the way in which south dakota developed as a state. the book i wrote is called controlled recklessness. it's a story of the development of western south dakota. he's kind of a foundational figure in the state of south dakota. he was a cowboy, he was cattleman, he had 865,000-acre ranch in the early 1900s. he was involved in the expansion of the railroad into western south dakota, also at that same time and was one of the figures that was really essential to the growth and development of western south dakota. a lot of people think of south dakota as

eastern on c-span2's book tv. sitee monument overlooking." south dakota, c-span is spending time here. brothers were the first europeans to explore the area. that is the intriguing story, it was not founded on till 1915 by schoolchildren and they said, it is lead we can make money from this. they are heading out to the newspaper shop to sell off the lead. they happen to run into a couple of legislators who were in town. as they were showing off what they had found and they realized this is probably something important. side, it isn one describing whon was going to bury it and a simple on the front of it. probably stamped in paris before it came to the united states. on the backside, the names of the brothers who were here, verendrye, and the date. that is what so is excited to and know thate these explorers placed it on the hillside over in fort pierre. the verendrye brothers provides with the first non-idiot artifact -- none indian artifact in south dakota. what we found is the people were largely along the missouri river in what is now south dakota. about the time of the signing of t