the second point is that jim bridger is someone you would want to meet. in fact people of his day they often remembered when it was that they first met bridger and they described him and they told about you know, what they thought of him what they had heard of him and what he said to them and they said to him he was a very noticed celebrity students in school were well aware of fort bridger was in their school books in the 1840s. and then when sometimes when they came out for the 1849 1850 gold rush they said oh this is the fort we read about in our history books or our geography books. i'm going to turn on to go to some slides here and show you some of the images. i'm going to go to get that here in just a minute here. okay, so you should be seeing the images in this particular image is preparing for a buffalo hunt. that the painting is by alfred jacob miller who came west in 1837. um and the next image is not moving for me. let's see. there we go. the next image is hunting elk. and so they were not only trapping beaver, but they were actually, you know,

this was jim bridger, the leader of the beaver hunting parties. he had a thorough acquaintance with the whole melton range from the russian settlements to the californias and every note by hooded hidden lake and frequented stream. bridger had a complete and absolute understanding of the indian character based on his own large experience. his bravery was unquestionable, his horsemanship equally so, and as to his skill with a rifle, he has been known to kill 20 buffaloes by the same number of consecutive shots. so he was a distinctive person and people wrote about them almost always when they saw him. they described him as tall, six feet at least, muscular. he might have served as a model for a sculptor or painter. his cheekbones were high, his nose hoped, the expression of his eye mild and thoughtful an expression of his face grave, almost to solemnity. this is an image of fort bridger that jim bridger established with the we bask as. in 1841, he established fort bridger with henry freyd, who died that year. bridger took on a new partner, the we bas

the second point is jim bridger is somebody you would want to meet. people of his day, they often remembered when it was they first met him and they described him and told about what they thought of him, what they heard of him and what they said to him. and what he said to them. he was a very noticed celebrity, students were well aware, of the schoolbooks in the 1840's. sometimes when they came out for the gold rush, they said this is the fort we read about in our history books. >> learn more tonight at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific here on american history tv. >> the c-span cities tour travels the country exploring the american story. since 2011, we have been some more than 200 communities across the nation area like many americans, our staff ascend close to home due to the coronavirus area next, look at one of our visits. >> the toledo war goes back to 1787 in the northwest ordinance. it established the area that eventually became five states. they established a border that started at the bottom of lake michigan and ran east to lake erie. the strip of

next on american history tv jerry enzler discusses his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west bridger was a traitor and guide who traveled across much of the western wilderness from the 1820s to 1868 the kansas city public library hosted this event and provided the video. i'm jeremy drouin manager of the missouri valley special collections. the library's local history department in archives. thank you for joining us for another online installment of our signature sunday series. we look forward to the day when we can once again hold the vents inside our auditorium, but until that time we will continue to offer a variety of online programming. if you missed one of our recent events, you'll find them archived on the library's

a great rest of your evening. >> next on american history tv, jerry enzler discusses his book, "jim bridger trailblazer of the american west." bridger was a traitor and guide who traveled across t

eastern, and author on his book "jim bridger." saturday at 8:00 p.m.astern, a brown university professor talks about real warfare -- guerrilla warfare. sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, journalists and law professors compare the definitions of free speech in france and the u.s. and explore whether france's model would work in the u.s. and sunday, on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with an author, and the white house historical association president. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> house majority whip james clyburn and minority whip steve scalise discussed the upcoming house agenda. this is 25 minutes. >> madam speaker, i ask to speak out of order, unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring the floor schedule for next week to the house majority whip. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: thanks, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: with that i yiel

they provided the video in one hour jerry enzler discusses his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west bridger was a trainer and guide who traveled across much of the western wilderness from the 1820s to 1868. the kansas city public library hosted this event and provided the video and two hours brown university professor. kate nelson teaches a class about guerrilla warfare in the american civil war so without further ado, please let me introduce our speakers. our first speaker today will be nl tucker author of newest born of nations european national movements. nationalist movements and the creation of the confederacy. she uses an historian of the us south and civil war in an international perspective. she is an assistant professor of history at the university of north georgia. thank you anne forei

the second point is jim bridger is somebody you would want to meet. people of his day, they often remembered when it was they first met him and they described him and told about what they thought of him, what they heard of him and what they said to him. and what he said to them. he was a very noticed celebrity, students were well aware, of the schoolbooks in the 1840's. sometimes when they came out for the gold rush, they said this is the fort we read about in our history books. >> learn more tonight at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific here on american history tv. >> the c-span cities tour travels the country exploring the american story. since

jerry enzler on his book "jim bridger. "saturday on lectures in history, meghan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on the confederate and union sides during the civil war, whose tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting troops and towns, sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the definitions are compared of free speech in france and the united states and exploring whether france's model would work in the u.s. and sunday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy, with "washington post" columnist karen tumulty author of "the triumph nancy reagan" and exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> 40 years ago on march 30th, 1981, johnlinkry jr. fired shots at ronald reagan, including one that ricochetted off the presidential limousine and struck the president. next on american history tv, former staffers and secret service agents who were there that day talk with dell quinton wilbur author of "rawhide down: the near assassination o

eastern, author jerry endler on his book, jim bridger, trailblazer of the american west. tonight on lectures in history, brown university professor megan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on both the confederate and union sides during the civil war, whose tactics included surprise raids on unsuspecting troops in town. on sunday, journalist and law professors compare the definitions of free speech in france and the united states and explore whether the french model would work in the u.s. sunday, at 8 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with the author of the triumph of nancy reagan. exploring the american story -- watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> american history tv is on social media. follow us at c-span history. >> in 1873, congress commissioned frederick olmsted to design the large grounds of the u.s. capitol. next, the u.s. historical capital -- takes you on a virtual

in one hour, jerry eissler discusses his book, jim bridger, trailblazer of the american west. bridger was a trainer and guide who traveled across the western wilderness from the 1820's to 1868. in two hours, a colorful hour-long west german documentary from the cold war era covers president kennedy's june, 19 63 visit to several cities, culminating in the historic, ich bin ein berliner speech. chris: i am the museum director and tonight we will be talking about billy mitchell and

eastern, author jerry endsler on his back jim bridger, trail blazer of the american west.urday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on lectures in history brown university professor meghan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on the confederate and union side whose tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting towns during the civil war. sunday at 7:00 eastern, explore whether france's model would work in the u.s. >>> on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with karen -- author of the triumph of nancy reagan and stewart mclaurin. exploring the american story. watch american history tv. this weekend on c-span3. >>> in his latest book "drunk", edward slingerland looks at the roll alcohol has played in history. >> alcohol makes it harder to lie. you paralyze the prefontal cortex it is harder to lie. and also, it makes us better at detecting lies. humans when we are focusing on detecting lies we don't do a good job it. but when we relax and take in a variety of cues we do a better job. i am arguing alcohol in the same wa

saturday at 7pm eastern author jerry enzler on his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west saturday at 8pm eastern on lectures in history brown university professor megan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on both the confederate and union sides during the civil war who's tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting troops in towns sunday at 7pm easter journalists and law professors compare the definitions of free speech in france and the united states and explore whether france's model would work in the us and sunday at 8pm eastern on the presidency a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with washington post columnist, karen tumulty author of the triumph of nancy reagan and white historical association president stewart mclaurin exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 next on the presidency, washington post columnist karen tumulty talks with white house historical association president stewart mclaurin about reconsidering nancy reagan's legacy. miss tumulty's the author of the triumph of nancy reagan this con

eastern, author jerryensler on his book, jim bridger, trail blazer of the american west. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, brown university professor megan kate nelson talks about guerilla warfare on the confederate and union sides in the civil war, whose tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting troops in towns. sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, journalist and law professors compare the definitions of free speech in france and the united states, and explore whether france's model would work in the u.s. and sunday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy, with washington post columnist karen tumulty, and stewer mclaurin, exploring the american story. off american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse to see what's new. your purchase will support our nonprofit operations, and you still have time to order the congressional directly with contact information for members of congress and

eastern, author jerry ensler on his book, jim bridger. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history. brown university professor megan kate nelson talks about gerry he will. sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. journalists and law professors compare free speech in france and explore whether france's model would work in the u.s. and sun, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with "washington post" columnist karen tumulty. and the white house historical association president, exploring the american story. watch american history tv. this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span landmark cases explores significant supreme court decisions. sunday 9:45 p.m. eastern. watch gideon v. wainwright. he was denied a court-appointed lawyer. under the sixth amendment, he must be provided a lawyer if he can't afford one or the opportunity to defend themselves. watch landmark cases, sunday night at 9:45 eastern on c-span. or listen on the c-span radio app. >>> on capitol hill for a hearing on the president's 2022 budget request. he testified on how additional funding would be used to a

eastern, an author on his book jim bridger, trailblazer of the american west, saturday at 8:00 p.m.n lectures in history brown university professor kate nelson talks about the guerrilla warfare on the confederate and union side during the civil war whose tactics included ambushes and surprised raids on unsuspecting troops and towns. at 7:00 a.m. eastern, -- 70 5 p.m. eastern, a law professor on the definitions of free speech in france and the united states and if france's model would work in the u.s.. sunday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a discussant about nancy reagan's legacy with a columnist, and the white house historical association president, expiring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: it is our open form here on "washington journal." we hear on issues of public policy and politics including the things we talked about this morning on the rising crime in the u.s., and even if you didn't get through the medicaid section, the rise in the number of medicaid enrollees, we have a comment on that.