org. ***** at c-span.org/cities tour. this is american history tv. only on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, author and salem state university professor emerson baker provides an in-depth look in the history of salem. he explores how it went from a simple town in massachusetts in 1692 to a city synonymous with witchcraft and tragedy. this hour-long presentation was part of a symposium held in massachusetts. >> good morning, everybody. lovely to see you all today on this day, this reverent way. i am chair of the history department here. i thank you all for coming today. we are all here, obviously, because of rigid ship. the long hot summer and early

org. *-*-* at c-span.org/cities tour. this is american history tv. only on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, author and salem state university professor emerson baker provides an in-depth look in the history of salem. he explores how it went from a simple town in massachusetts in 1692 to a city synonymous with witchcraft and tragedy. this hour-long presentation was part of a symposium held in massachusetts. >> good morning, everybody. lovely to see you all today on this day, this reverent way. i am chair of the history department here. i thank you all for coming today. we are all here, obviously, because of rigid ship. the long hot summer and early fall of 1692. this is the 325th anniversary of those events. as a history professor, i am sometimes reticent to indulge in anniversary history because i like my students to think that every single day is historic. but it does feel right to take a moment, take a day and really think about what happened. that is what we are doing today. that is with the city of salem is going to be doing all summer

org for a complete schedule. all weekend we are showcasing the history of portland, oregon. to learn more about this visit c-span.org/state -- c-span.org/city tour. we continue with our look at the history of oregon. we are in portland, oregon at the lewis and clark library. we will see a range of collections including material representative of the types of things they brought with them on their expedition. material that informed their decisions on the type of expedition they undertook. we will see contemporary accounts of the expedition followed immediately after they returned to washington. we will also see the legacy of the expedition,

org for a complete schedule. all weekend we are showcasing the history of portland, oregon. to learn more about this visit c-span.org/state -- c-span.org/city tour. we continue with our look at the history of oregon. we are in portland, oregon at the lewis and clark library. we will see a range of collections including material representative of the types of things they brought with them on their expedition. material that informed their decisions on the type of expedition they undertook. we will see contemporary accounts of the expedition followed immediately after they returned to washington. we will also see the legacy of the expedition, material that reflects on the expedition from 100 to 150 years later and romanticizes the expedition. i think the show us the relationship of americans with the idea of the west. we start with material that reflects upon the nature of the century and the unknown from the early 19th and 18th century. we then move forward once the west -- they move forward once the west was beginning to be known. frontier ofg the america. first we are going to learn about the traveling library and the book that lewis and cl

org. >>> we end with the last chapter in a very long love story. here is lee cowen. >> we're going. >> on our way. >> reporter: we met dale and alice rocky in their skilled care facility in kansas cityjust after each had celebrated their 99th birthday. >> you have got to hang on. >> reporter: that was a remarkable milestone. the reason we visited wasn't because of how long they had been on the planet. >> better get it. >> reporter: but because of how long they have been on this planet as a couple. >> do you remember what your first date was, what you guys did? >> went out on the hill and >> reporter: went and parked on your first date? >> oh, yes. >> ha-ha. >> amen. >> alice was a good catholic girl, no kissing and telling here. they met as kids in a small town of hemmingford, nebraska. by the time they were in high school, they had already had eyes for each other for years. and so finally, at age 1, dale popped the question. how did you propose? >> i asked her if she had any money? >> his long time sweetheart accepted his proposal. that was back in 1933. >> pretty good looking couple. >> we make a peach of a pair. >> reporter: they were married 81 years. 81. longer than any couple