to get across the north platte river. then, there were not five dams and you did not have a regulated channel. you have all the snow melt coming out of the what -- mountains. the river is as big as it will be all year. we are looking at a river almost 1000 feet across. they built a fairy. prior to that, you forded the the fairy operation became a safer way to cross. found their are a lot of we setnts on the trail up a ferry operation. the first location was here to read it lasts for six years. there is a bridge built downriver. it puts the fairies out of business --ferries out of business. -- bridge built in 1859. . toll bridge purely commercial operation. in 1860, this is a pony express relay station. they had home stations and relay stations. this is a relay station where they would change horses. that lasted 19 months. pony express goes out of business. this is now a telegraph station. the fort is located here because of the transcontinental telegraph. in 1862, early in the civil war, the north is not doing so well but

the planar party are moving west and they get to this location and they need to get across the north platte river. it does not look overly intimidating but that -- but back then, there were not dams upstream and you did not have a regular to channel. when they get here on june 12, you've got a big river that you have to contend with. in june, you've got the snowmelt coming out of the mountains on the river is as big as it will be all year whenever the pioneers are showing up here. we're looking at a river that is almost 1000 feet across. what they had done as they built a ferry operation. prior to that, you just forwarded the river and found the shallow spot and hoped the river was shallow enough to ford it and the ferry operations became a safer way to cross so once they cross their party, they realized there were a lot of immigrants on the trail and we can help others for a small fee. they set up a ferry operation during the migration period each summer in the first location was here. yearsrry lasted for six and there is a bridge built downriver from it. the bridge puts the ferry out of b

> while a child driver is punished by his parents in utah, another one is praised by police in north platte it it's a different story caught on the dash board camera of investigator roth frees, on may 17, 2009. >> call was a subject driving rather erratically. >> a dark pickup weaving toward him in the middle lane. it appears to be leading a parade. >> had several vehicles behind it. one of the vehicles had its flashers on like it was trying to warn other motorists. i noticed the vehicle continued to come towards my lane of travel head-on towards me but it was moving rather slowly. >> this erratic vehicle belongs to restaurant owner philip mains. just a few minutes earlier, he was driving home with his two young sons in the back seat. >> joe passed the mall. it was roughly about 6:15, 6:20 and actually, that was the last thing i remember. >> and then mains, a diabetic, fainted behind the wheel. >> what caused me to pass out is my sugar had dropped. >> when i got close enough to see inside the vehicle, i noticed a male subject with his head laying back. it appeared as though he was unconscio

army military post dating back to 1859 built on the north platte river to protect telegraph lines against race from the lakota and cheyenne nations. together with our cable partners, our staff recently visited to explore the city's history. learn more about casper all weekend long on american history tv. >> i would like to welcome you to the salt creek museum. we have rooms full of wonderful history of the salt creek lateeld going back to the 1880's. 1934 miller schultz in save a pen and a quill from her high school desk. she asked her teacher if she could have it, and her teacher said yes. why would you want that pauline? she said, someday, i want to have a museum. she saved things and save things her entire life. her husband walter was a very large man. she was short and kind of feisty. he said, pauline, why are you saving this old stuff? was, because, walter, someday it is going to be important. there is evidence there in the corner of pauline's reward when she went to washington, d.c. and received the national humanities medal for history from president bush, the culmination of a drea

we're talking about up to 5 inches between north platt and des moines, iowa.xpect to see the heat continue in the plains. the feels like temperatures from st. louis to dallas over $100 degrees. and tomorrow it moves to the east. temperatures again feeling well over 100 in st. louis. but look at this. 91 it will feel like in boston. 92 in that's what's going on around >>> 9:13. happy tuesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is the point arena lighthouse, and you can see mostly clear conditions, even along the sonoma coast at this point. at the surface, we don't have a lot of fog and the fog that we showed you earlier from sunol has burned off. it's burned off very clearly. nice and clear at this point over mt. hamilton and the entire santa clara valley and a really clear day coming your way. 82 for the south bay, 79 on the peninsula, 78 for the east shore. and right around 67 degrees in san francisco. big warming as of tomorrow. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al. thanks a lot. >>> coming back, we're going to send i

we're talking about up to 5 inches between north platt and des moines, iowa.e country we expect to see the heat continue in the plains. the feels like temperatures from st. louis to dallas over $100 degrees. and tomorrow it moves to the east. temperatures again feeling well over 100 in st. louis. but look at this. 91 it will feel like in boston. 92 in that's what's going on around the countr >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley, a sunny and warm one day, bright sunshine and middle to upper 80s this afternoon, with a light southerly wind. come tomorrow, 9 0 degrees, first time in a month in philadelphia. could see some late-day showers as dry air moves in and takes over for thursday and friday. with temperatures warming into the lower 80s both days. then it's a warm dwrup for the weekend. upper 80s saturday, up to 90 degrees for sunday and monday. have a great day. s your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al. thanks a lot. >>> coming back, we're going to send it back to al. who won and struck out at the emmys. and the fashion. emmys. an[ male annou

platt bridge. there is the airport, there in the background, you can see philly firefighters on the scene. again, it is northright near the airport. so anyone on this side of the fire activity would be headed north, butut if you are headed north up toward the city, be ready to hit the brakes. we'll check in with the problem in northeast philly and mass transit when we come right male announcer: the magic of the bay is waiting. explore maryland's coastal villages scenic waterways and the land of our national anthem along the star-spangled banner national historic trail. there's an adventure waiting for you in maryland. land of discovery. nelson: when i started high school in jersey city making it to the finish line seemed like a distant dream. mr. cunningham: i know how hard nelson works running track and he works just as hard in my honors class. nelson: i thought i wasn't good at history but mr. cunningham, he makes it come alive. now i'm heading to college-- and my teachers helped make that happen. mr. cunningham: we're not just teachers, we're mentors, and helping all our students realize their dreams is t

platt bridge. philly firefighters, with the hook and ladder on the scene there, already back up, trying to get into that one lane traffic pattern again, this is all north 95, as you are coming up toward the airport. we had some problems last night on the way home with amtrak, but all service has been restored. on the northeast corridor mass transit running with no delays. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank ferguson, missouri where tensions between protesters and police boiled over again. we have some new video right hereof police firing tear gas at those protesters. correspondent andrew spencer has more. >> the national guard now on hand in ferguson, missouri, police did not try to enforce any kind of curfew overnight. instead, they formed lines of law enforcement, ready to respond to violent outbursts. even as members of the community urged for calm, a bottle is thrown, just over 11:00 p.m. and police swarmed to arrest a man in front of the crowd of protesters. elsewhere, a protester holds the line with a ripped out street sign. do not enter. but, as more flare ups prompted more arrests and with reports of people being shot police started moving f