for example, longhorns were the best walking cattle. but they are not the best beef cattle. the railroad had cut to this area -- cut through this area. time, there was more shipping on the rails. by the time kansas city linked that railroad, the cattle market started really booming. we helped each other grow the cattle industry. other aspect is the culture and fashion. finding goods and services that were bringing sophistication back here. cowboys would go shopping. people can understand beyond this area. it is a regional history. we have a newspaper from kansas city. it is dated to the era. were oil26, there discovered in the town. there was a huge influx of investment money. what we have in this image is kansas city newspaper with the wonder city of the texas panhandle. citydea that this amarillo , it is something that today sounds a little old-fashioned. we also have this blueprint above that is by an architect that i think deserves his own study. we have an image of the united states with the city of amarillo larger than any other city and showing the networking of amari

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we are standing inside the longhorn cafÉ, which was built around 1951. in glenn rio.his is where everyone had their first or last meal in texas. it was an exceptionally busy and successful cafÉ because it was conveniently located in the middle of nowhere. people could fill up their bellies, fill up the tanks in their cars, and if they were tired they could get a room at the motel in the back. but either way glenn rio was a , happening town in the 1950's. we had a lot of fun photographing this. i had a lot of fun writing about it. this was truly a busy place along route 66. it is hard to imagine that cars would truly be stacked up five and six at the gas station, in the middle of nowhere like this. especially since it is so quiet today. all we have to do is look at the freeway a quarter-mile north, and that is where everyone is. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to amarillo, texas, to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from amarillo and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every w

rights that you have practically because you have the ability to enforce those property rights so longhorn cattle, pay attention to president lincoln, they're going to come and destroy your crops so this is an example of aninvention that everybody knew was necessary . they just didn't know how to do it. some inventions like the laser famously people created an i wonder what we can do with this. barbed wire we knew we needed barbed wire and two thirds of all applications were coming out of the midwest because of all the globally were coming out of the midwest. for a few years and then a gentleman called jf listen to called illinois, he gets a patent for what is recognizably remarkable. barbed wire and you can still recognize it today. it's a string of wire, they have a shop that wrapped around it and another string of wire and you twist one and and a twist around each other and that stops the barbs moving backwards and forwards and it's that simple and 10 years after he got that patent the us made 240 thousand miles of barbed wire. enough to go around the earth 10 times. because it was, thi

college the university of houston -- i had my first job as a law professor at u of h and that ut, go longhorns. [applause] i begin my: usually vents by talking about how we become a country that works better and better for those of the top and worse for everyone else. forve to talk about plans making this country work for everyone. i've got a plan for that. [applause] sen. warren: but tonight with your permission, i would really like to use our time together a little differently. i would like to skip the usual stories and instead first talk about a crisis that is upon us. camehen i know some of you to hear about other policies so we will take some minutes near the end to talk about things like immigration reform and all-importante important -- we will get to the all-important selfie line. [applause] sen. warren: the crisis that is upon us now, for nearly a year i've expressed concern about the weakness in our economy. i called attention to a manufacturing sector that is tumbling into recession, talked about debt loads that were unsustainable, discussed in economy. "warren"] sen. warren: i want

[applause and cheers] had my first job as a law ut,essor at u o h and then go longhorns. [applause and cheers] now usually i begin my events by talking about how we have become a country that works better and better for those at the top and worse and worse for everyone else. i love to talk about plans for making this country work for everyone. i got a plan for that. [applause and cheers] but tonight with your permission, i would really like time together a little differently. i would like to skip the usual stories and instead first talk about a crisis that is upon us. and then i know some of you came here to hear about other policies, so we will take some minutes you the end to talk about things like immigration reform and climate. and the all-important -- then we will talk to the all-important selfie line. we will get this done. us now.is that is upon for nearly a year, i have expressed concern about the weakness in our economy. i have drawn attention to the manufacturing sector that is tumbling into recession. talked about debt loads that were unsustainable. the economy

we are standing inside the longhorn cafe, built around 1951 in glenrio.his is where everyone had their first or last meal in texas. it was an exceptionally busy, successful cafe, because it was conveniently located in the middle of nowhere. people could fill up their bellies, tanks and cars. if they were tired, they could get a room at the motel in the back. was a way, glenrio happening town in the 1950's. this was definitely in the book. we had a lot of fun photographing this and i had fun writing about it. alongo was a busy place route 66. it is hard to imagine cars would be stacked up five and six deep at the gas pump in the middle of nowhere, especially since it is so quiet today. all we have to do is look to the freeway, 1/4 of a mile north, and that is where everybody is. college football as many are aware is a big deal in the state of texas. familiarpeople are with friday night lights, high school football is a big deal here. texas does not have any monopoly on that. game in yale,as a harvard, princeton, ivy league schools in the 1800s before it sp

i had a pool, gun range, ponds, horses, saloon, and texas longhorn cattle. that's diane. they were there a lot. >> diane was a great hostess. she was the life of the party. >> soon tex and diane decided to make it permanent and a wedding date was set. november 5th, 2005. at the ranch. everyone at the rehearsal could tell this wedding would be over the top. and it was. >> it looked like something out of a disney movie. >> sheriff howard sills was on the guest list. >> there were hundreds of people here. people -- all aspects of society here. >> they'd both been married before and decided this time to keep finances separate. nearly a year later, their lives were blessed with a little boy. sort of. a couple of friends asked tex and diane to be godparents to their baby named austin. diane's assistant, terry brown, says diane would do anything for that little boy. >> he was the sun for her. the moon and the sun, i guess. the stars. he was the whole thing. >> it's all about austin. >> that was never more obvious than at the birthday bashes she and tex threw for austin. an annua

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, the longhorn state. mr. censhaw. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for being here on this important topic. this question goes to -- or the gentleman from new jersey and mississippi, i just want to get your take on the proper roles at the state level and federal level, we hear we're unprepared, we hear we're way unprepared or doing pretty well. it's all relative in the end how well prepared we are. i want to get an idea from you at the state level, what does preparedness look like at a reasonable -- reasonable standard and what is the different function of a local county public health center versus the state level versus the federal level? what is the best way to interact? >> first and foremost, preparedness looks like having the funding and resources needed at all levels of government to adequately respond to what we're seeing day to day. that requires our acute care facilities, hospitals, long-term facilities, health departments having whatever they need immediately to conduct their job, continue providing high quality care t

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, the longhorn state. mr.you crenshaw. >> >> first and foremost, preparedness looks like having the funding and resources feeded at all. doing pretty well here where we hear we're doing pretty well but it is all relative unmanned, how well prepared we. are i want to get an idea of from you at the state level, with this preparedness look like at as reasonable standard? and what is the different function of local counties public health center versus the state level versus the federalig level, what is the best way to interact? >> first and foremost preparedness looks like has bangs the funding and resources needed at all levels of government to adequately respond to what we've seen they. today that requires our acute care facilities, hospitals, long-term facilities health departments having whatevertheyt they need immediately tol, allou conduct their job, continue providing high quality care to those that are ill, allow thee andurces and staffing information needed at the localn health departments tod ensuref

so for example longhorns were the best kind of walking cattle for those drives. but they're not the best beast cattle. by 1887 the railroad had cut through, derver and fort worth, amarillo as a city didn't exist until the railroad came through. by that time, there was more shipping of the cattle on the rails rather than doing the drives anymore. and those kind of cattle could be so by the time they were linked, kansas city's cattle market started really booming based on the cattle being raised in the panhandle. so we helped each other to grow the cattle industry. then the other aspect is the culture and fashion and objects in the museum that tell the story of going to kansas city and finding goods and services at were bringing sophistication back here. even cowboys would go buy spurs and boots. we didn't have local sellers to sell those items to the cowboys. it's a local history and regional and national history. we have a newspaper from cands of that's dated to the era he bam of oil. we have kansas city featuring amarillo as the wonder city of the texas panhandi