you are right near lake erie, the southernmost of the great lakes. we are sitting alongside the river, which is the largest river that drains into the great lakes. i will tell you, the redevelopment along our riverfront would not have been possible without tens of millions of dollars of federal money coming in here, to clean up damaged sites. federal dollars were essential in preparing the private sector for reinvestment in the heart of the city. refugesoint to wildlife that have brought tens of thousands of visitors here for our birding areas, among the most precious on the continent. we helped clean up lake erie once, and now we are doing it again. the construction of shipyards on the riverfront region would not have been possible without federal funds. the interconnected, multimodal transportation not possible without the federal government. the federal government has to be a partner for enterprise, at a time in our country when private enterprise so often chooses to locate abroad, rather than reinvest in this country. >> our cities tour staff rec

in september 1813, the battle of lake erie takes place. this was a big moment because the lake had been controlled by the british up to that point, and that was under american control, so after the americans gained control of lake erie, the british moved out of the area and there really was not a threat here anymore. because there was not such a huge threat, they decided to downgrade fort meigs to a one square acre fort, so they used this quarter here and just abandoned it. the city of harrisburg was founded a year later. we know a family by the name of hayes had a farm on this land. they knew what the earthworks were and what fort meigs was, so they only graze cattle in this area. we like to say they were the first to preserve fort meigs because without them, this would not be here. in the 1970's, the ohio history connection was able to reconstruct fort to look as it would have in the spring and summer of 1813. we really hope that when visitors come to fort meigs, they take a minute to pause and think about what happened here at the fort.

because lake erie, michigan and ohio shared shoreline on the western end of lake erie. where does the boundary go when it hits the late? does it go straight across the lake or the curve? well, as they eventually decided and it took the supreme court to do it in 1973, decided it actually curves so there's a little tiny island called turtle island in lake erie which for many years had been half of michigan and half of ohio. after the court ruling and 73, it all became part of ohio. probably people in michigan that would dispute that, but that's the story anyway. >> for my anise, was built in 1794 by british troops in what was then considered the northwest territory. it with you we spoke with mayor stockwell about general anthony wayne and his march 2 drive the british forces out of us territory. >> when people hear the name anthony wayne in this area there is a combination of well, we know him, his name is everywhere and we ride his big highway into the city, but knowing specifically who use if you taught people-- asked people who he was, the only thing they can probably s

won't be here at without lake erie and the rest of the great lakes to support it. museum we developed the here, we started by looking at the great lakes as powerful forces. a life force. it helps give life and bring life here. it is a shaping force. it really shapes how this area as developed as peopled moved in here and -- as people moved in here. force.also a deadly the weather has created of reds, if not thousands disasters across the great lakes. and this is what is pushing through the museum in the concept. forces so we're here in the shipwrecks gallery of the national museum of the great lakes looking the a one of our artifacts which is an from the edmond fitzgerald. he was a freighter, 729 feet long, built in 1958. hen she was built, she was the queen of the lakes. meaning she was the largest ship on the great lakes. terrible storm in 1925. massive tragedy across the great lakes shipping community and so from that we not 100% sure what may or may not have happened that night. but part of the investigation included anything that was floating on the surface, w

her main purpose was to deliver iron ore from lake superior down to lake erie to places like ohio where it was unloaded and put in railroad cars and taken to pittsburgh for a company to support its business. at its time, it was the largest carrier. it could carry more bulk material than any other from 1911 to 1927. which was a very long time when every year a new boat came out that was a little bit longer. because this boat was built so wide, it could carry more cargo for 16 years than any other boat constructed between that time. we are now in the pilothouse. often called the wheelhouse. it is where command's decisions were made to operate a commercial vessel. a captain, a first mate would be in here. as well as some other junior officers who would assist the captain with navigation, steering, communication with respect to how fast they wanted the boat to go. here we have your standard wheel , which will steer the boat. the schoonmaker has two wheels. a compass. basic navigation required. as technology improved, sometimes the old technology was kept. so not only will you have a simple

our district skirts the entire southern rim of lake erie. toledo is the glass city.e have companies that range from normal glass

very close to lake erie. this area is sort of represents the maritime aspects of the city and fire all intensive purposes to relieve the oldest industry in toledo. the city started as a port city. the first settlers and pioneers. and the shipping industry grew from there. this was a significant waterway and when the first settlers came into this area they realized not only was this a good waterway but there were plenty of trees here. they set up sawmills and they started to make lumber and they started to build ships here. it could also become a major point for shipbuilding. it was a dream to be able to open up the lakeport to ocean traders. eventually that happened. they were able to finally by 1959 develop the saint lawrence freeway. it allowed them to come in. toledo at this time is still a major port city. we have a cargo terminals along the area. we have overseas terminals here. there is a lot that happens on this river in toledo ohio as a shipping port that many people aren't even aware of. even people

>> it's smooth. >> imagine there is still a place in the planet where there's a lake the size of lake eriet have gotten such a kick putting your cup in there, right out of the lake. don't do that in the hudson river. >> i think you make a good point with that. >> you can you just shouldn't. >> you know what, it's a really interesting provocative issue. >> and this has been going on for a long time. they have been talking about this for more than a decade. during the obama epa administration, they said, they almost put a stake in the heart of the mines, a couple of big mining corporations have already backed out of it there's a new regime, it's now going to be up to the corps of engineers, they'll decide sometime in the next year or so if they're going to say okay. >> so it's not done yet. >> it's so not done yet. >> thank you harry. >> thank you so much >> stick around for pop start. >> me? >> okay. >> one day we should have harry smith do pop start. >> why not. >> i think that would be good. >> i think so. >> he's ready for his close up right now. >> pop culture, be ready >>> let's take a

this is lake erie. washington, d.c. is down here. philadelphia is about here. and new york city is here. hermann tarnower live just outside of new york city near the connecticut border. let's talk about the back story. they did a great job of telling you some of it. here is a little bit more. we will start with jean harris story before she met her husband. she was born in 1923 to a wealthy family. she grew up in the suburbs of cleveland, in a particularly wealthy suburb known as shaker heights. i got this information from a combination of sources. i read a whole bunch of articles about the trial, and i read a biography by about jean harris by a woman named shauna alexandra. to be clearly candid, this biography is not unbiased. the opening sentence basically alexander says jean harris could have been her. so, not unbiased at all. in that biography, which was based on just tons of letters and interviews while she was in prison, alexander argues that harris' problem with her mental health and her problems with men begin as a child. it is the 1920's, her father is

they designated detroit as the capital, but they were fearful detroit could easily be attacked by lake erieand they should move the capital inward, but they could not decide where. they put in the constitution that the first session of the legislature of 1848 should be held in the new capital, which should be inland. so, they had 10 years to decide. they waited until they had 10 months left. statelittle town in the wanted it to be by them, because it would mean a great boon for their community. nobody could decide. finally, the people thinking about this area, in putting a -- they decided they would try to attract the legislature to this area. led that. his friends seymour, , who made a map, put a dot here and said, look, if we put it here, it will be this many miles. it passed the legislature. some people were quite surprised, because they had been voting on it so long, they did not think it was the last time, but it was. that is how they decided on lansing. james came from western new york. he became a land agent. he started working for a man who had a star in jackson. they said over 1000

states and they established a border that started at the bottom of lake michigan and ran east to lake eriethe strip of land that was formed was called the toledo strip and it was formed by two different surveys. wedgeifference is like a shaped strip that was five miles wide at what we know as the indiana border and eight miles wide by the time it reached lake erie. wedge that ohio and michigan started to wrangle over. the whole point that both ohio and michigan were focused on was what back then was referred to as the port of miami, miami being the indian term for the .iver both michigan and ohio wanted to be part of that. on top of that you have the eerie canal opening in 1825, people flooding down across new york and lake erie into this area. people really recognized the value of the canal system. now you have the miami-eerie canal being built. by the 1830's, people see that as a reality and understand a terminus must be built in this area and both michigan and ohio wanted that. host: toledo, ohio, our c-span.org cities tour continues that weekend -- this weekend on c-span3's american hi

northwest corner of the state, it has a population of about 300,000 and its waterways connect to lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio as a shipping port that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. announcer: join us this saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv as the c-span cities tour takes you to toledo, ohio as we explore the american story. ♪ >> the house will be in order. announcer: for 40 years, c-span has provided america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.c. and around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span has been brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. announcer: house leaders paid tribute to maryland congressman elijah cummings, who died early thursday morning. house majority whip steny hoyer led the memorial, followed by speaker nancy pelosi and minority leader kevin mccarthy. this is 20 m

both states saw it as a valuable port on lake erie and on the river that would help with transportation. it took about two years. they call it the toledo war. michigan finally agreed with the country would let it become a state, they would let toledo become part of ohio and as a consolation prize, michigan got the western half of the upper peninsula and i think everyone definitely michigan got the better deal, because that is what they found iron and copper ore deposits that were a rich natural resource that helped michigan become leaf manufacturing state it did in the 20th century. the peninsula was rich with native forests. douglas --urveyor went up to the peninsula and discovered iron ore and copper. the 19th century in michigan can largely be considered extraction of natural resources. in the last half of the 19th century, most of the lumber in the lower part of the peninsula was cut down and harvested. full-scale mining efforts began in the upper peninsula for copper and iron. as you can see, when you are extracting copper and iron, it rarely comes out perfect. this is copper or th

its waterways connect to lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio, as a shipping port that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. >> join us this saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. as the c-span cities tour takes you toledo -- toledo ohio as we explore the american story. >>> up next, drug policy experts talk about the trends in fatal overdoses in the u.s. and the rise of synthetic opioids as well as the challenges policymakers are facing while working to decrease the number of fentanyl and synthetic opioid related deaths. this is about 35 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. so yes, my name is bryce. i would also like to acknowledge two additional coauthors in the room, who both collaborated very much on several parts of this very comprehensive report. in addition to that, we'd also like to acknowledge the fact that we dedicated this work to one of the major kind of mentors in drug policy who shaped a lot of our ideas about innovative in future challenges when it comes to d

they established a border that started at the bottom of lake michigan, and ran east to lake erie.nd that was formed was called the to

. >> there's -- lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio, as a shippingport that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. >> join us today at 9:30 a.m. on booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on americanly tv as the c-span cities tour take you to toledo, ohio, as we explore the american story. >> the new c-span online

city trotting around lake erie. city paralyzed from moving. city with depression. city examining the streets. city of the long road that i walk down. city with my family. city of angry people fighting to live. city of my grandma's macaroni. a city of my life. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, logan. that was beautiful. finally, i would like to welcome some special guests who are here with us tonight. it would not be ainsfield-wolf without poet, former poet laureate of the united states and an akron native and national treasure with her wonderful husband, welcome, rita and fred. [applaus [applause]. and last, but certainly not least, our esteemed and treasured long time emcee for the evening, dr. henry lewis gates, jr. as you all know, skip gates is the founding direction of the hutchens center for african-american research at harvard university and chair of the ainsfield-wolf awards jury and a hundred of things i could say about skip and all that he does, but you know him. we're blessed to have skip as our host once again this evening and we're grateful to him for

which is the rail rood ins stree it has a population of about 300,000 and its waterways connect to lake eriein toledo, ohio as a shipping port that people aren't even aware of, even people who live here. >> join thus saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on book tv and sunday on american history tv as the c-span cities tour takes you to toledo, ohio? looks back at policies on managing immigration. >> i would argue that the current wave of fativism and xenophobia is not different from when we've seen in the past and while it seems to us to be peppered with acts of violence and perverocity and there have n other anti-immigrant riots before the civil war and anti-immigrant riots in the 1880 aets, there have been a lot of moments in american history when the anti-immigrant sentiment has been translated into true ugliness. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >> general davidberg err, the commandant of the marine corps dius

the shores of lake erie are always welcome every single person.visited national park states.nited >> thank you for your time sir. >> we also want to thank our in erie,tner spectrum pennsylvania, for hosting us today. if you want to learn more about pus, particularly as it goes state, go tond c-span.org/community. today.it for our program another edition comes at 7:00 tomorrow. we'll see you then. ♪ ♪ >> the house will be in order. c-span has been providing coverage of the white house, the supreme court and fromc policy events washington, d.c. and around the country. so you can make up your own mind. in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> house speaker pelosi sent out a statement late yesterday after said the house administration will not comply with house committee subpoenas that are part of the impeachment inquiry. here's a portion of the speaker's statement saying the white house should be warned hidecontinued efforts to the truth of the president's abuse of pow

richter: that is the erie triangle and they discovered, whoops, we have no access to the great lakes. but the real key is 1784-1785, when one third of what is today pennsylvania was acquired. is the rule defined on making sure the land goes to these people who fought before? if they don't give them that land, they are back into another revolution? mr. richter: yes, thinking through who should rule at home, what does this mean? and what does it mean that this land mostly rent -- mostly ended up in the hands of rich speculators? they sold their certificate to a speculator at some point, so i guess they got something. that thispoint there, whole thing goes back to the question of who should rule at home and who is going to control distribution of these lands, who's going to profit from making the state's profit off the land? one way to think about this comes from new york and the work of alan taylor. this is what we continue to call tribal territory, this massive expropriation of their required iroquois -- of territory after the war is important. treated most of this land, it made some s

they made an adjustment and moved the line northward as they reached lake erie. and that went into the 1803 astehood application approved by congress. there was a committee that said we should look at that. by the 1830's michigan territory is getting read to apply for their statehood. they want to settle for this. eriee same time the miami canal would be a huge economic development project for that time. it was starting to come to fruition and people wanted to make sure that was inside their state territory. this all lead up to april of 1835 and the battle of phillips corner. that's when the michigan militia came down and confronted the surveyors who were trying 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. this could turn into a civil war. it is the last thing we need. we just need to get the whole thing settled. so they started mediating trying to figure out a solution, but neither party was willing to agree to. but by late 1835 jackson brings in seve

they established a border that started at the bottom of lake michigan, and ran east to lake erie. the strip of land that was formed was called the toledo strip. the toledo strip was actually formed by two different surveys. and the differences a wedge shaped strip that was five miles wide at the indiana border and eight miles wide by the time it reached lake erie. so it's a pie shaped 450 square mile wedge which became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan really started to wrangle over. the whole point that ohio and michigan were focused on would be what was referred to as the port of miami, miami being the indian term from the mommy -- mommy river. everybody knew it would eventually become an important port. michigan and ohio wanted to be a part of that. on top of that you have the eerie canal opening in 1825, people start flooding down across lake erie into this area. people recognize the value of the canal system. and by the 1830's, people see that as a reality, and they realize that a terminus has to be built in this area. michigan and ohio wanted that. what's legend is tha

lake erie is the most abundant of the great lakes. we help to clean her up ones, and now we have to do that again . construction of shipyards up region the riverfront would not have been possible without federal funds. the interconnect from the mobile transportation here, not possible without the federal government. the federal government has to be a partner for enterprise at a time in our country when private enterprise, so often, chooses to locate abroad rather than reinvest in this country. announcer: our cities tour staff travel to toledo, ohio to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from toledo and other stops on the tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. announcer: next, on "reel america," from 1948, "operation vittles." this u.s. air force short film nominated for an academy award tells the story of the berlin airlift. ♪

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

it is that connection to the river basin and lake erie. everyone knew eventually that would become a very important port. both michigan and ohio wanted to be part of that. theerie canal opened in 1925. people recognized the value of the canal system. now you have the miami-erie canal being built. they realized it had to be built somewhere in this area. both michigan and ohio wanted that. what a legend is a fur trapper familiar with the area came down with the legislature and reminded them if they drew that line, they were going to lose the toledo area that we know today. so they made an adjustment and moved the line northward as they reached lake erie. that went into the 1803 statehood application. there was a committee that said hey, we should take a look at that, but no one really stopped it. so by the 1830's, the michigan territory is getting ready to apply for their statehood. they want to settle this. at the same time the miami-erie canal which i referred to this today's terminology would be a huge project at that time. it was startin

. >> there's -- lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio, as a shipping port that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. >> join us today at 9:30 a.m. on booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on americanly tv as the c-span cities tour take you to toledo, ohio, as we explore the american story. >> the new c-span online store now has booktv products. go to c-span store.org to check them out. see what's new for booktv and all the c-span products. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill and asked democratic congresswoman dina titus of nevada about her reading list. >> well, mostly, unfortunately, i have to read news analysis and policy-like papers and academic journals. but when i read for entertainment and pleasure, it's usually when i travel. i just have come back from greece, and so i was reading books either by greek authors or about greece. i've done that a number of times in the past and have been through kind of the usual suspects, durrell, chiarelli, mandolin, nicholas gage. so i looked for something a little bit different. this t