#ModernMarvels - #Locomotives - #HistoryChannel

Modern Marvels - Locomotives (Season 2 Episode 4)

Original air date: May 23, 2008

Description:
Zip through the French countryside at nearly 300 MPH on the TGV--the fastest locomotive in the world. Ride on the little engines that could as they guide giant ships through the Panama Canal. Watch two locomotives crash head-on as the federal government monitors safety.

Highlights:

• 1804 - the steam locomotive arrives
• The "Fireman" shovels coal into the train's fire to produce steam only when needed
• He shovels about 1.5 tons of coal per hour
• The Fireman is on duty 12 hours a day (that could be up to 15 tons of coal a day!)
• The temperature is around 2500 degrees!
• The Railroad Engineer is also a technician and may have to make repairs when necessary
• When 2 locomotives crash head-on, the one with the most momentum will move up/over the second one

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#Tribes of #Native #America - #Apache

Apache (Tribes of Native America Series) by Marla Felkins Ryan, Linda Schmittroth

ISBN-13: 978-1567116045

Publisher: Blackbirch Press (October 2002)

Description:
The Tribes of Native America series from Blackbirch Press delve into the major tribes that have helped shape and form the America we know today in an easy-to-read format and loaded with factual tidbits. This particular book from the series concentrates on the Apache Indian tribe and a handful of famous Apaches (such as Geronimo and Cochise).

Highlights:

• The word "Apache" comes from a Zuni word, "apachu" which means "enemy"
• 1540 - Spanish explorers meet the Apache natives for the first time
• Late 1500's, the Spanish built settlements and missions and forced Apaches into slavery
• Geronimo (1827 - 1909) was a medicine man and warrior. In 1858, Mexican raiders killed his mother, wife and children.
• In 1861, the Chiricahua tribe leader, Cochise, is arrested on false kidnapping charges. He escapes but his people are murdered which triggers the Apache Wars.
• 1874 - Cochise dies.
• 1886 - Geronimo's band surrenders, effectively marking the end of the Apache's war against white settlement.
• 1913 - Most of the surviving Chiricahua natives move to the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico.
• Apaches build single-family homes called wickiups which are cone or dome-shaped frames covered with brush/skins/mats.
• Since a lot of Apache bands lived near the Mexican border, they adopted Mexican-style dress and customs.

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