basque pilota, one of the types of pilota, thinking a sport for betting and was offered in casinos across the country, including here in reno. an this one here -- and this one here, this is the kind that was played here in the casinos for betting. with these very hard pilotas. these pelotas were traveling at more or less 180 miles per hour. this is one of the fastest sports in the world. so they need to use helmets to be secure. the center for basque studies is important, because it is the main research facility about basque cultural history in english all around the world. so we received people from europe, from the americas, from asia that is interested in learning about basques. as such, the library provides the support for doing that research with our archival collection, our poster collections, and providing access to the main collections. announcer: you could watch this end of the programs on the country at c-span.org/ c-span.org/citiestour. this is american history tv on c-span three. american history tv is on social media. follow us at c-span history. announcer: here on c-span3 ev