Documentary and Educational Themes
Description
Vocal Characteristics
Language
EnglishAccents
North American (General)Transcript
Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
This is the story of America's first river before English or Spanish was spoken here, people lived on its banks before man, huge prehistoric animals walked its shores before history was recorded, civilization flourished here. It was called the River of Lakes by the Seminole Indians, the river of currents by the Spanish River of May by the French. Today it is known as Florida's 310 mile long north flowing, beautiful and unique. ST. John's River, Florida at times seems as much a liquid state as it does. Terra firma slosh through its marshes and wetlands. And you'll probably agree. We live in a land literally shaped by water, a peninsula boasting more than 1197 miles of coastline and laced with 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, 7000 lakes and more than 700 known springs. For generations, the Indian River lagoons rich bounty has drawn people to its waters for sustenance, inspiration and pleasure. Flanking Florida's east coast, the 156 mile long waterway is rich with history, serving as a backdrop for Spanish explorers in the 15 hundreds for space explorers in modern times and an endless assortment of entrepreneurs, farmers, cattlemen and fishermen teaching with documents about the Homestead Act of 18 62. Here's a little background. On January 1 18 63 Danyelle Freeman, a union Army scout, was scheduled to leave Gage County, Nebraska territory to report for duty in ST Louis, had a New Year's Eve party. The night before, Freeman met some local land officials and convinced a clerk toe open the office shortly after midnight and ordered a file on land claim. In doing so, Danyelle Freeman became one of the first to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Homestead Act. It was a law signed by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20th 18 62. At the time of the signing, 11 states had left the union, and this piece of legislation would continue tohave regional and political overtones. Great Water on ISI is a fun interactive Web based educational program that teaches about water resource is and their protection and conservation. It is available free to educators using the Odyssey program. 3rd 4th or fifth grade students can be taught science, history, geography, social studies, reading and math in a fast paced, engaging way that correlates to the next generation Sunshine State standard. In 18 37 our founder, John Deere, was a typical blacksmith, turning out hay forks, horseshoes and other essentials for life out there on the prairie. Then one day, a broken steel sawmill gave him an opportunity. He knew that days in the field were difficult for farmers near his home and end in Illinois because they had to interrupt their work to clean that sticky prairie soil off of their cast iron plows. He also knew that the soil would slide off easily if it was a highly polished steel mo board. Steel was scarce in the area, so dear fashioned Amo bored out of that second hand. Blake, now 175 years later, the company that grew out of the success of this innovative plow continues to manufacture advanced equipment to help those who worked with the land accomplished their tasks better and faster. While the original plow could only do a fraction of the work farmers can tackle with modern tillage equipment, it was, ah, high tech thing at the time. The revolutionary plow is long gone, but we can draw some conclusions about dears plow making prowess from an 18 38 example of his work