. >> we continue the c-span city's tour with a visit of the helen hunt jackson exhibit. she was a novelist who wrote most in colorado springs. >> helen hunt jackson was one of the earliest residents of colorado springs. they came in 1873 as a prescription for on going health troubles she was suffering. but by the time she arrived here she was already a famous author. so she made quite a splash in colorado springs. her first book of poems versus was published in 1870. she published in addition to writing books she published in magazines like the century atlantic monthly. this is her writing room, her study. it's her personal study. we have some of her books throughout the three rooms of the home. what we love about having her house in the museum is that we can interpret her life based on these objects. you can see that helen loved beautiful things. she is a victorian woman of her era. and so she has these beautiful water color paintings done by alice stewart hill who was a friend of hers here in colorado springs and has her own cabinet of curiosity if you will. she has pu

if this room looks familiar to you, "what women want" with helen hunt and mel gibson was shot in heren malkovich," "out to sea," "the aviator," "adaptations" with nicholas cage. recently a film "he's just not that into you" with jennifer aniston and ben affleck. we're standing here on the bow of the queen mary. behind me here is an antiaircraft machine gun. in 1946, after the war, she went -- everything was taking off of her in order to get her back into shape to go into passenger service once again. this is not an actual gun that has been sitting here since world war ii. i wish i could say it was, but it is not. it is an example of the type of artillery she did carry, however. the only damage done to the queen mary during world war ii happened on october 2, 1942. she was in the waters off of northern ireland about 2:00 in the afternoon. one of her escort cruisers was approaching starboard side forward end. it was not aware of the exact patterning the queen mary was steering and she attempted to cut in front just as the queen mary was turning into the direction of the curacao. the for

to accommodate all the children, these three rooms a ained intact almost as museum with all of helen hunt jackson's original possessions in place. so it almost remained as a shrine. in the 1960's when the house was razed the family coloradoth the city of springs to bring these three rooms into the museum where they are today. she is seen as a remarkable 19th century woman pushed boundaries of what was acceptable and ramona remains in print to this day. still remains one of the most wildly published books in the world. >> the press at colorado college toa printing press dedicated making limited edition books. serves as a 78 and classroom for students interested in book arts. up next on the city's tour we visit the press at colorado college. everyone. you here. i'm technical a painter and he got into accidently. but then he got completely fascinated and taken with it and asically taught himself how to do it. and then built it up over the years sort of on his own kind of tucked away at the college. amassed all this equipment and all the tape and all the sorts and over about 20 years, built i