if it was not for the union pacific railroad, laramie would probably not be here. the transcontinental railroad act gave all this land in the west to union pacific. we open the front door. we have a little thing i like to do. we have the doorknob to the original front door, which is a really heavy brass, beautiful doorknob. it is interesting because it came to us in a box in the mail maybe five years ago with a note from a guy who was a student at the university of laramie. he stole the doorknob. that is a good icebreaker for people come into the vestibule. then i take them into the foyer. our first important stop is into jane ivinson's drawing room. the intention was that is where she would do informal entertainment for her lady friends. and then, i go into the smoking room. i draw the contrast between the very nice bright light drawing room and the darker, more somber smoking room. the dining room is nice because in the dining room, we have nice artifacts that belong to the ivinsons. we have the oyster plates. they had the made on one of the long trips to europe.

if it was not for the union pacific railroad, laramie would probably not be here. all of this land was given to the union pacific. door -- wethe front have a little thing i like to do. we have the doorknob to the original front door, which is a doorknob.s, beautiful it came to us in a box in the mail. may 5 years ago with a note from a guy who was a student at the .niversity of laramie he stole the doorknob. i take them into the foyer. intoirst important stop is jane's drawing room. the intention was that is where she would do informal entertainment for her lady friends. and i go into the smoking room. i draw the contrast between the nice bright light drawing room and the more somber smoking room. the dining room is nice because in the dining room, we have nice artifacts that belong to the ivinson we have this beautiful stemware. that was punch bowl given to their son-in-law who ran his bank for a while in san diego. then we change from the five formal rooms of this mansion to the working part of the mansion. it is easy to draw the contrast. we have all of this bea

winter of 1867, he learns that the union pacific railroad is going to have a facility and what would be coming -- become laramie. incame over for the railroad 1860 eight and built a log building in downtown laramie and started selling things to people awaiting the arrival of the and as i said earlier, they ran the store for three years. then he starts a banking career. let me say this as well. he was an astute merchant, and made a lot ofe money. he was criticize for the way he made the money, with high interest rates and foreclosed mortgages at the drop of a hat. the good news is, when he turned 80, he decided to give his money away and almost all of it came back here to our town. the year after his wife died, now back in 1916, he gave $50,000 cash and city lots to the county which paid for the construction of our first hospital. he also gave a bunch of property to the church to fund an orphanage. he built our will door one more, he gave away a million and a half dollars in cash to friends and family members. he structured his will that upon his death, his estate would go into a trus

railroad tie changed the face of a nation. it happened in utah and joined the union pacific and central pacific railroads.ricans had a way to travel cross-country without ever getting on a horse. and if you'd like to travel back in time and experience the romance of the rails in the old west, barry petersen shows you how to punch your ticket. >> reporter: this was once the sound and fury of the west. a wilderness conquered by steam and coal. in this remote part of colorado and new mexico, on the scene i can railroad, steam and coal will take you to the west that was. >>> so this really settled the west, this railroad. >> this settled the west. >> reporter: do we see what it's like today? >> we'll see the world as it existed 140 years ago. >> reporter: john bush is >>> no paved roads, no power lines and no parking lots. >> this is essentially a time capsule, 64 miles of 1880. and once you get out of town, it is the authentic west. not the hollywood west, but the real west, the way it actually was. >> reporter: cell phones, smartphones? >> none of that stuff works as soon as you get out of town. >> reporter

edward learns through some source that the union pacific railroad is building this part of the transcontinental railroad is going to have a facility of what would become laramie, wyoming, because there was nothing here at the time. he came over here before the railroad in february of 1868, built a log building in what is downtown laramie, started selling things to people awaiting the arrival of the railroad. the railroad arrived in may, along with his wife and his adopted daughter, and after, as i said earlier, they ran the dry goods store for three years, and then he starts his banking career. eventually -- well, let me say this as well. i vi nson was an astute merchant. he made a lot of money. early on he was criticize for the way he made his money, really high interest rates out of the bank, foreclosed mortgages at the drop of a hat. but the good news for laramie is, when he turned 80 years old, he decided to give all of his money away. almost all tv came right back he gave ur toufpblet $50,000 cash and four city lots to the county, which paid for the complete construction of our first real

edward learns to some source that the union pacific railroad which is building this part of the transcomm middle riblets can't have a facility in what would become laramie, wyoming, because there was nothing here at the time. he came here before the railroad in february 1868, built a log building is what is now a downtown laramie, started things to people waiting the arrival of the river. the railroad arrived in may. along with his wife and adopted daughter, and after as i said, the rent the dry goods store for three years and then he starts his banking career. eventually, well let me say this as well. he was an astute merchant and through his bank he made a lot of money. early on he was criticized for the way he made his maybe he really had high interest rates, foreclosed mortgages at the top of hat but the good news for laramie is when he turned 80 he decide to get all of his money away. almost all the came right back here to our town. just the after his wife died which now back and make it 16 gave $50,000 cash and sidley austin weekend which paid for the complete construction of our fi

a as soon as dispatchers relieved a 911 call about a boy on train tracks they notified union pacific railroad to halt all train services in the area. it didn't happen in time and tragically the boy died at the scene. the parents have told them the boy had special needs. >>> coming up come away a former san francisco sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to more than a year behind bars. >>> reaction from a san francisco supervisor after a group of neighbors launches an effort to remove her from office. so, as you can see, saving can be quite simple. case in point, if you get xfinity internet and mobile together, big savings on your wireless bill. write this down, this is important. amy, this is actually a life saving class. what a nice compliment, thank you! save on fast internet and the best wireless network together. what can i say, i love what i do. that's simple, easy, awesome. get xfinity internet and mobile together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. you'll get unlimited talk and text and no activation or line fees. switch today. >>> new at 11, a judge has sentenced a former san fran

officers say the 911 dispatchers notified union pacific railroad to immediately halt train service when they received calls about a boy running on the tracks. it was too late. the parents told the police a little boy had special needs. >>> there is an effort underway in san francisco to remove one of the members of the border supervisors. they are now the target of a recall two weeks after she was caught on camera chanting profanities at the police union on election night. they say she does not represent the values of the richmond district. she stands by her argument that she can't support the men and women on the police department but disagrees with the organization that represents them. the move forward, this recall would have to collect 20% of the signatures from the richmond districts 42,000 registered voters. >>> no major surprises in today's problem. >> it is slow and we've had some things going on let's talk about getting across the bay. everyone thinks that is normal and use the carpool lanes, you will get into san francisco. a lot of people are coming into town and that means t

. >> that's the union pacific railroad. the u.p. had been there over 50 years. they chose the u.p. tracks because they wanted a flat surface so it makes sense the road is close to the u.p. tracks. >> this would have been the height of the summer. no air conditioning of course. >> no. >> what were the conditions like for them on these trucks? >> it was hot and sweaty. of course they had to stop and push and exert a lot of effort along the way. so it was difficult. of course it's hard to know what was worse, the heat and the sweat or the dust, as you can see, that was swirling. with the dust they decided to space out the convoy so there's a long distance between vehicles, because the dust was just so bothersome. >> what are we looking at here? >> this is wyoming, and this gives you an example of the condition of some of the bridges out west. again, as i said earlier, these bridges were built for horse and buggy. they were never designed to hold a 10-ton mack truck, so a lot of them had to be reinforced or rebuilt. the engineers to their credit did a great job. if any of the bridges w

officers say 911 dispatchers notified union pacific railroad immediately to halt train service when theyved calls about a boy running on the tracks but it was too late. police say the parents told them the boy had special needs. >>> our time it is 6:35. police in livermore seeing an increase in thefts in catalytic converters. security video shows a man suspected of at least one of those thefts. investigators hope someone can see this and identify that man. >>> catalytic converters are popular among thieves because of the valuable metals inside. it typically will cost a car owner up to $2,000 plus the cost of labor to have it replaced. >>> today former president barack obama is in san francisco. he is set to speak at dream force. we're live with a preview of his highly anticipated appearance. christina. >> good morning to you pam. dream force is welcoming its most highly anticipated guest barack obama. he takes the stage at 10:30 this morning. we're four hours away and there's already a down the side we are here and it wrappeded around the building. i'll show you that line is just a momen

they notified union pacific railroad to stop service in the area.nately, that didn't happen at the time, and the little boy died at the scene. police say the parents have told them that he had special needs. >>> eight current and former santa rita jail inmates filed a lawsuit in federal court, accusing the alameda county sheriff's office of forced labor. the suit also accuses aramack. the program is a way for inmates to get out of their cells and have access to a better meal. attorneys say the program in practice isn't volunteer based, because when participants are sick, or don't want to work, deputies threaten them with extra jail time. >> the purpose of our jails and prisons is not to provide profit for a private company, such as aramark. part of this case is to point out that aramark is engaging in what we call an unfair business practice, by taking advantage of free labor to compete unfairly with other food service companies. >> he says deputies do not force labor, and if inmates get sick, they can take time off, or quit if they want to. aramack

police say 911 dispatchers notified union pacific railroad immediately to stop train service when they got the calls about a boy running out on the train tracks but it was too late. police say the parents told them the little boy had special needs. >>> it is now 5:06. police in liver more say they're seeing an increase in thefts of cad littic converters. security video shows a man suspected of at least one of those thefts. investigators hope someone can see this, maybe identify him. catalytic converters are popular among thieves because of the valuable metal inside. up to $2,000 plus the cost of labor to replace it. >>> today in san francisco former president obama will speak at this year's dream force conference. the former president will share the spotlight with mark beniof. then later today mr. obama will be at lost altos. tickets range from $10,000 to $350,000. >>> time 5:07. muni holding a pop up informational event. it goes through several neighborhoods including knowy valley. to improve safety for people walking near the tracks. the pop up will be at 24th and church streets from

in the 1920s, the union pacific railroad launched a very successful campaign to market the park, featuringble hiking gear. pictures were published as far away as london. a tunnel that allowed far more to access the park was completed in 1930. a shuttle and tram system was introduced in 2001. >> obviously going somewhere that we are not. probably going to the same spot the different way. >> reporter: there is no tram that goes to the places jeremy collins prefers. >> i'm going to follow your route thinking can get pretty mean in the spring. >> reporter: i would imagine doing this when it's rushing. >> oh, yeah, grabbing at your niece. it's still cold. >> reporter: yes, it is. he took us to the climbing wall called moonlight buttress. >> watch out for this yucca here. >> reporter: ooh, yeah. it looks mean. >> you're looking for a particular challenge. it is something you can free climb. i'm a free climber. i like to use my hands and feet, not my gear. >> reporter: when climbing is your passion, taunt like this can't be passed up, although this one wasn't necessarily park-approved. >> dude. b

in 1920s the union pacific railroad launched a very successful campaign to market the park featuringtunnel that allowed far more to access the park was completed in 1930. a shuttle and tram system was introduced in 2001. there is no tram that goes to the places jeremy collins prefers. we'll follow your route. >> this can get pretty mean in the spring. >> i would imagine. >> doing this when it's rushing -- oh, yeah. >> still cold. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: he took us to the climbing wall called "moonlight" buttress. >> watch out for this here. it looks mean. it can create a particular challenge. i can free climb. i'm a free climber. i like to use my hand and feept not my gear. >> reporter: when climbing is your passion an opportunity like this can't be passed up although this one wasn't necessarily park approved. >> be careful. you can't resist. >> if i'm hoping to climb while i'm out here i can stress you guys out. ♪ i've had experience climbing in the park when i was alone even though i felt i was on fire it was a special experience just having the place to myself. >> do you like

driven into the tracks at promentory summit in utah joining the union pacific with the central pacific railroadsry petersen reports, there is still a way to experience the romance of the rails on a journey back in time. >> reporter: this was once the sound and fury of the route. [ horn ] a wilderness conquered by steal and coal. and in this remote part o coradoew meco, on the scenic railroad, steven cole will take you to the west that was. this really settled the west. these railroads -- >> in settled the west. >> reporter: and do we see what it's like today? >> we'll see the world as it existed 140 years ago. >> reporter: john bush is president and general manager. >> no paved roads. no power lines, and no parking lots. this is essentially a time capsule of 64 miles of 1880. once you get out of town, it is the authentic west. not the hollywood west, but the real west. the way it actually was. >> reporter: cell phones, smartphones -- >> none of that stuff works as soon as you get out of town. >> reporter: its routes go deep, built to bring prospectors for the silver and gold rush of the late 180

railroad. we had the central pacific and from california, the union pacific, and it was. . fast and furious we had crazy living can -- was fast and furious. we had crazy living conditions. the legislature wanted to attract those women to become and be part of this adventure so they gave them full rights. rights, fulloting holding property rights, full political office rights. there's no other state that can claim that. no other territory that can claim that. north dakota and utah like to believe they had the first woman voter, and and they may have, but they voted in restricted elections. wyoming women never had to do that. they were on the same terms with men, which is extraordinary. have maybe elizabeth cady stanton coming to the salon to listen about the defensive suffrage, because what happens, it was passed in 1869. in 1871, wyoming was getting so legislaturehat the was saying maybe we should resend this act. is ann downey, and this exhibit of stephen, thinking about this possibly in this salon -- speaking about this possibly in this salon, speaking about these act --

the big laggard is union pacific, the big railroad, we had rail volume data underwhelming. part of the seesaw data we are getting showing the good and the bad of this economy , at least for the railroad operators, not much good. the retail sector in focus heading into the big black friday weekend, cyber monday. -- abercrombieis & fitch, big lots, under armour getting a bullish upgrade. a lot of this is not about consumer spending, it is about the companies getting margins under control. this is the consumer services index, up 1%, that is mcdonald's, that is starbucks, that is all rallying today. take a look at the machinery indexes. this ties to the john deere earnings report. a lot of the names moving lower on the day. guy: let's turn back to brexit and how the upcoming u.k. election could impact the market. global head is the of cross asset strategy at ubs. we get the poll out tonight, this was a paul that in 27 -- this was a poo that in -- a poll that in 2017 accurately guessed the conservatives would not get a majority. is that the game? is it basically you get a conser

council member perales says a recent cleanup of the railroad tracks by union pacific forced a lot of the homeless into other parts of the city. >> we're not doing anything wron we're not bothering them. >> we don't have enough of the political will. we don't have enough of the community support to be able to do this and we absolutely need to find a way to get this done faster. >> some progress, san jose's first new tiny homes village development, located near the bay area b.a.r.t. station, will have 40 new units by the end of the year. the city planned to have one in every district but it was scrapped after neighbors fought back. >>> a developer hopes to build a working vineyard on communicates hill in san jose. it would serve two purposes providing a fire break and producing grapes for a local vitner. there are homes on the top of the hill and barren unused slodez on all sides. a fire in that area in july made the developer even more determined to push forward with his idea. >> having a working vineyard up here would act as a fire break. not a problem if some private company would l

railroad coming. there is negotiations with the santa fe, the union pacific. there is a railroad that is built. and the railroad gets built around nicodemus. since then, in 9 in 18 85, nicodemus begins to decline. if you are along route 66, you are on the economic thoroughfare, your town will prosper because of people being able to get to your place of business. we still don't have any factual evidence as to why they would have gone around nicodemus. our former president bill clinton signed nicodemus into a historic site. if there is anything that must be taken away from this, it's that if we don't preserve history, is bound it is bound to die where it is erected. i will see you all next year. in july there is what we call a home celebration. you come, you eat, you enjoy, you hear from the elders. we have become active spectators of history and action. there are 35 individuals that populate the townsite. if you were to go to the visitor center, you would hear specifically from someone who could say, my great great grandfather. my great great great grandfather last question, i will leave so i ca

he said the recent cleanup of the railroad tracks by union pacific forced a lot of home less in otherarts of the city. >> we're not doing nothing wrong. we're not bothering them. >> we don't have enough of the political will and we don't have enough of the community support to do this. we need to find a way to get this done faster. >> some progress. san jose's first tiny homes village development near the bart station will have 40 new units for the end of the year. they plan today have one in every district, but it was scrapped after neighbors fought back. >>> homeless and pregnant. a hidden portion of the homeless population bay design. today in our project home,waist deuce you to a woman who is five months pregnant and sleeping in a tent. >> just the whole situation, like i said, i don't know what to do, who to talk to. i feel like i'm really alone. there is not much that resources out here for women. >>> the homeless prenanal program is san francisco helped 789 pregnant women deliver babies this year. 296 were living on the street. watch tonight at 11:00. >>> another check on the r

>> reporter: council member perales who lives downtown says a recent cleanup of the railroad tracks by union pacific forced a lot of the homeless into other parts of the city. he says the city's first new tiny homes village development next to the berryessa bar station will bring 40 units online before the end of the year. the city planned to have one in every district but it was scrapped after neighbors fought back. >> we don't have enough of the political will or the community support to be able to do this and we absolutely need to find a way to get this done faster, to get out to our community members, to get them to understand this problem is not going away. >> reporter: in san jose, kit do, kpix 5. >>> meanwhile, activists in oakland are setting up camp to make a statement to city leaders. they pitched their tents at frank agawa plaza today. that includes evicting and dismantling camps and towing rvs. actions the protesters callthe e meals, make legal support available, and hold discussions on how to help the homeless crisis. >>> now time for the weather which will be a headline this week. firs

thanks then union pacific it got slogged when a reporter reported weaker earnings this. is a fabulous railroadidered hostage to china, oil and coal all softer end markets even if it's become a much better operator than it used to be, doesn't matter the stock went up 12 points in three days on very little news after really disappointing -- that's not supposed to happen. how about fedex? it doesn't report for awhile though its stock valleyed 8 bucks yesterday totally out of nowhere. didn't give up any of that gain. based on what? trade rumors please, these negotiations aren't going anywhere that can specifically help fedex's growth 8 points it makes no sense. it's not just the transports chevron reported extremely light quarter friday extremely, look at the headlines. you can see why it needed to buy anardarko. chevron needed the growth and should have sold off and stayed down but only fell a couple bucks in premarket trading some can't resist banging stocks down and quickly made up losses and yesterday rallied more than $5 not because of anything company specific but investors were feeling more

railroad coming. there was negotiations with the santa fe, the union pacific, and another. interestingly, there is a new town five miles west that gets built. there's a road built. there is nicodemus and then there is the new town. the railroad gets built around in 1885,. since then begins to decline. for anybody who missed that, if you know anything about route 66, if you're along route 66 you're on the economic thoroughfare. your town will prosper because of people being able to get to your place of business. some would argue it was strategic. we still do not have factual evidence as to why they would have gone around nicodemus. president,r former signs clinton, nicodemus into being a national historic site. robert stanton happens to be around, preserving african american history, 1998. one take away from this is if we do not preserve history, it is bound to die where it was erected. this was nicodemus then. this is nicodemus now. july,st weekend in every there is a homecoming celebration. j would have been nicodemus' come, you eat, you enjoy, and you hear from the elders.

railroad was designed to solve a couple of problems. and the first problem was how you get from the mississippi valley to the pacific coast.ow, in fact, people had been talking about this for a while, and when they knew that there was this california out there, but no one had any occasion to go to california except people like richard dana who went and wrote two years before the mass. and when people knew about california -- california in the 1840s, in fact, until almost the end of the 840s, until, in fact, january 23rd, 1848, well, in fact, until january 24th, 1848, at 6:45 in the morning -- [laughter] california was as far as you could get from the populated parts of the united states; new york, boston, philadelphia. as far as away as you could get and still be on the surface of the earth by the means that were required to get there. so to get from the east coast of the united states to california, you typically had to go all the way around south america and all the way up the coast of south america and up to california. and it could take six months. in fact, william sherman, the famous civil war general, essentially mis

railroad, you know. we had the central pacific coming in from california. the union pacific. and it was fast and furious. and we had crazy living conditions out here. and the legislature wanted to attract those women, women to come, be part of this adventure. and so they gave them full rights. full rights. i am telling you it was full voting rights, it was full holding property rights. it was full political office rights. there's no other state that could claim that, no other territory that could claim that. you know, north dakota and utah liked to believe that they had the first woman voter and they may have, but they voted in restricted elections. wyoming women never had to do that. they were on the same terms with men, which is quite extraordinary. so in here, we have maybe elizabeth katie staten coming to the ivansons' salon to listen to the defense of suffrage. it was passed in 1869. in 1871, wyoming was getting so much grief that the legislature was saying maybe we should rescind this act. steven downey and this is an exhibit of steven speaking about this possibly in th