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0:00:01 > 0:00:04# Every day when you're walking down the street

0:00:04 > 0:00:06# Everybody that you meet

0:00:06 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view

0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey! #- Hey!

0:00:13 > 0:00:15# What a wonderful kind of day

0:00:15 > 0:00:18# If you can learn to work and play

0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other

0:00:21 > 0:00:24# You've got to listen to your heart Listen to the beat

0:00:24 > 0:00:27# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street

0:00:27 > 0:00:30# Open up your eyes Open up your ears

0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together and make things better By working together

0:00:34 > 0:00:36# It's a simple message

0:00:36 > 0:00:38# And it comes from the heart

0:00:38 > 0:00:41# Believe in yourself

0:00:41 > 0:00:43# For that's the place to start

0:00:43 > 0:00:45- # And I say, hey! #- Hey!

0:00:45 > 0:00:48# What a wonderful kind of day

0:00:48 > 0:00:50# When we can learn to work and play

0:00:50 > 0:00:53# And get along with each other

0:00:53 > 0:00:56# What a wonderful kind of day # Hey!

0:00:56 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day... # Hey!

0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey! DW!- Hey!

0:01:03 > 0:01:05Whoa..... Ooh!

0:01:09 > 0:01:11VOLCANO RUMBLES

0:01:16 > 0:01:18DINOSAUR ROARS

0:01:43 > 0:01:46Have you ever thought about what might have happened

0:01:46 > 0:01:48right where you're sitting?

0:01:48 > 0:01:50It could have been something like this.

0:01:50 > 0:01:51Or this.

0:01:55 > 0:01:56Or this.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00OK. I'm getting ahead of myself.

0:02:00 > 0:02:02But anything and everything

0:02:02 > 0:02:04could've happened right where you're sitting.

0:02:11 > 0:02:16And perhaps the greatest of all the Lakota chiefs was Tatanka Iyotaka,

0:02:16 > 0:02:18better known as Sitting Bull.

0:02:18 > 0:02:22Famous for helping defeat Custer's army regiment in 1876.

0:02:22 > 0:02:25Before moving, with his people, to safety in Saskatchewan,

0:02:25 > 0:02:28he was a brilliant military strategist and leader.

0:02:28 > 0:02:31A friend told me that Sitting Bull stopped in Elwood City

0:02:31 > 0:02:34when he was touring with Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show.

0:02:34 > 0:02:35BELL RINGS

0:02:35 > 0:02:40OK, class. Remember to read chapter ten for tomorrow.

0:02:44 > 0:02:48Isn't that cool? Sitting Bull stopping here, in Elwood City!

0:02:48 > 0:02:50Did you have the fish-sticks today?

0:02:50 > 0:02:51They were terrible!

0:02:51 > 0:02:55He was one of the most important Native American chiefs, ever!

0:02:55 > 0:02:56..and cat food is better.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58Are you guys even listening?

0:02:58 > 0:02:59School's over.

0:02:59 > 0:03:02Maybe I'll bring my own lunch, tomorrow.

0:03:02 > 0:03:05But tomorrow's Boston cream pie day!

0:03:05 > 0:03:09Search for Sitting Bull and Elwood City.

0:03:09 > 0:03:14It is believed that Sitting Bull performed with Buffalo Bill

0:03:14 > 0:03:16on the banks of Mill Creek in 1885.

0:03:16 > 0:03:20Cool! There's even a picture of the programme for the show!

0:03:26 > 0:03:29Dusty buckets! This tonic you sold me

0:03:29 > 0:03:32tastes like something you'd give a sick cat!

0:03:32 > 0:03:35Well, in fact I do give it to my cat,

0:03:35 > 0:03:38and he's 32 years old and fit as a fiddle.

0:03:38 > 0:03:40- So, drink up!- Shh!

0:03:40 > 0:03:43Keep it down, you two. Sitting Bull is coming!

0:03:43 > 0:03:45CHEERING

0:03:45 > 0:03:49When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world.

0:03:49 > 0:03:52The sun rose and set on their land.

0:03:52 > 0:03:54Now, I am doing this.

0:03:54 > 0:03:59Ah, well. Better give the audience what they want.

0:04:01 > 0:04:03CHEERING

0:04:03 > 0:04:07And I'm pretty sure this is where the old fairground was.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10This tree looks like the same one in this photo I found online.

0:04:10 > 0:04:13And now it's on the edge of a parking lot

0:04:13 > 0:04:15of the biggest mall in Elwood City!

0:04:15 > 0:04:18Now, that's what I call progress!

0:04:18 > 0:04:21So what? So Sitting Bull might have stood here.

0:04:21 > 0:04:22It happened hundreds of years ago.

0:04:22 > 0:04:26Actually, it was only 123 years ago,

0:04:26 > 0:04:29it just seems like something people should know.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31Arthur's right. All sorts of important things

0:04:31 > 0:04:33have happened in Elwood City.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36You know the actor, Derek Montaigne? THEY GASP

0:04:36 > 0:04:39You mean the star of Summer School Musical?!

0:04:39 > 0:04:41And Buccaneers Of The Bahamas, Part Four!

0:04:41 > 0:04:46He was sitting on the bench outside the Sugar Bowl, just last week.

0:04:46 > 0:04:47Our mailman saw him.

0:04:47 > 0:04:49That's not historically important.

0:04:49 > 0:04:55Arthur! Derek Montaigne was voted cutest new star by Tween Times!

0:04:55 > 0:04:57And he does all his own stunts!

0:04:57 > 0:04:59I have to see that bench, right now!

0:04:59 > 0:05:03There might still be some lint on it from Derek's pants!

0:05:05 > 0:05:08It's not easy to make people listen.

0:05:08 > 0:05:10Who's Derek Montaigne?

0:05:10 > 0:05:12Just some goofy teenage actor.

0:05:12 > 0:05:15You're way more important than he is.

0:05:15 > 0:05:16You're darn right I am!

0:05:16 > 0:05:22Ooh! A plaque to commemorate me would look very nice here.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24See what you can do.

0:05:28 > 0:05:33Excellent research, Arthur. They really do seem like the same tree.

0:05:33 > 0:05:36Do you think we could get this spot made into a landmark?

0:05:36 > 0:05:39I don't know, but I know who would. Seymour Turkel.

0:05:39 > 0:05:42He wrote this book. You should pay him a visit.

0:05:42 > 0:05:46"Elwood City, From The Mesozoic To The Present."

0:05:46 > 0:05:50Eugh, it's even heavier than a Henry Screever book.

0:05:50 > 0:05:52Yes, Seymour is very thorough.

0:05:52 > 0:05:56I think you'll like him. He tells the most amazing stories.

0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Just be careful where you sit.- Hmm?

0:06:01 > 0:06:05According to the most recent by-laws of Elwood City,

0:06:05 > 0:06:10all you need to designate a local landmark is an S-251 form.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12A form? That's all we need?

0:06:12 > 0:06:15Yep. That and 1,000 signatures.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Oh. - CAT MIAOWS

0:06:17 > 0:06:19Ah!

0:06:19 > 0:06:20But don't give up.

0:06:20 > 0:06:25Did you know that Sitting Bull was a very courageous Lakota leader?

0:06:25 > 0:06:27I think he would appreciate your persistence.

0:06:27 > 0:06:30There! You've got your first signature.

0:06:30 > 0:06:31CAT PURRS

0:06:34 > 0:06:37Excuse me, sir? Would you care to sign a petition

0:06:37 > 0:06:40for a landmark to commemorate Sitting Bull?

0:06:40 > 0:06:44You're never gonna get any signatures like that.

0:06:44 > 0:06:45Watch me.

0:06:45 > 0:06:47Do you care about animals?

0:06:47 > 0:06:48I guess so.

0:06:48 > 0:06:52Good. Then sign this. It's to save kittens.

0:06:52 > 0:06:55DW! This petition doesn't say anything about kittens.

0:06:55 > 0:07:00But kittens are cute. Who wouldn't want a landmark for a kitten?

0:07:00 > 0:07:02Hey! It's a tour!

0:07:02 > 0:07:05This way, everyone! Stick with your partner!

0:07:05 > 0:07:08You are now at the corner of Maple and Elm,

0:07:08 > 0:07:12where some claim to have seen Derek Montaigne cross the street!

0:07:12 > 0:07:14Buster, what are you doing?!

0:07:14 > 0:07:18Oh, hey, Arthur. Wanna join the Derek Montaigne tour?

0:07:18 > 0:07:21The bench is coming up, that's the best part!

0:07:21 > 0:07:24Why on earth would I go on a tour to see a bench?!

0:07:24 > 0:07:28I don't know. It's free? But I am charging ten cents for the map.

0:07:28 > 0:07:33It shows all the spots where someone saw, or THINKS they saw,

0:07:33 > 0:07:34Derek in Elwood City!

0:07:34 > 0:07:36Pretty cool, huh?

0:07:36 > 0:07:39OK, everyone! Next up, number eight.

0:07:39 > 0:07:45Where Derek Montaigne MAY have received a call from Matt Damon!

0:07:45 > 0:07:47There! I got you another signature.

0:07:47 > 0:07:51Great(!) Only 998 to go.

0:07:52 > 0:07:56Sign a petition to commemorate Sitting Bull in Elwood City?

0:07:56 > 0:07:58Huh...

0:08:01 > 0:08:06You're still collecting signatures for that Sitting Bull landmark?

0:08:06 > 0:08:08It's been a hundred years!

0:08:08 > 0:08:12Only one more to go...

0:08:12 > 0:08:16Hey! Wait! You haven't signed it yet! Here!

0:08:17 > 0:08:18Oh, no!

0:08:18 > 0:08:20BIRD SHRIEKS

0:08:20 > 0:08:23Come back! That's my life's work!

0:08:27 > 0:08:29Ahem! Pop quiz!

0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Aargh!- That always wakes them up.

0:08:32 > 0:08:36Good location, Arthur. How many signatures have you got so far?

0:08:36 > 0:08:40Only 52. And most of them were from people I know.

0:08:40 > 0:08:42Keep at it. Rome wasn't built in a day.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45In the meantime, want to take a break

0:08:45 > 0:08:49and see some of Elwood City's other historical attractions?

0:08:49 > 0:08:50OK!

0:08:50 > 0:08:54And don't worry. I'll have at least ten more signatures on here

0:08:54 > 0:08:55by the time you're finished.

0:08:57 > 0:09:02And that's why this body of water was called Mill Creek -

0:09:02 > 0:09:04because of that flour mill.

0:09:04 > 0:09:07You can still see some of the old water wheel over there.

0:09:07 > 0:09:08CAMERA WHIRRS

0:09:11 > 0:09:16This football field is built on the site of a trading post,

0:09:16 > 0:09:20where the Lenape Indians swapped furs with the townsfolk

0:09:20 > 0:09:22for goods like pots, pans, clothes...

0:09:27 > 0:09:28They discovered the bones

0:09:28 > 0:09:32when they broke ground on the recycling centre.

0:09:32 > 0:09:36It was the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in this region.

0:09:42 > 0:09:45Thanks, Mr Turkel! See you tomorrow!

0:09:45 > 0:09:47Ladies and gentlemen,

0:09:47 > 0:09:52it's my great pleasure to introduce, Mr Higgins the mailman!

0:09:52 > 0:09:58Now. Mr Higgins, describe the moment when you first saw Derek Montaigne.

0:09:58 > 0:10:02I knew it was him, because I'd just seen that musical.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04Holy macaroni! There he is!

0:10:05 > 0:10:07THEY GASP

0:10:07 > 0:10:11That's not Derek Montaigne! That's Gus, the pizza delivery boy!

0:10:11 > 0:10:15Hmm. I could have sworn it was him.

0:10:15 > 0:10:16< GRUMBLING

0:10:16 > 0:10:20Hey, wait! I can show you some other things!

0:10:20 > 0:10:21Mr Rogers once stayed there.

0:10:21 > 0:10:24Guess you should have checked your facts, first.

0:10:24 > 0:10:27I was really enjoying being a tour guide, too.

0:10:27 > 0:10:30And what am I supposed to do with all these maps, now?

0:10:30 > 0:10:32Use them as scratch paper, I guess.

0:10:32 > 0:10:35It's a good map, though. Did you draw it yourself?

0:10:35 > 0:10:39Yeah. I copied a tourist map and then made my own adjustments.

0:10:39 > 0:10:42Buster! This is a great idea!

0:10:42 > 0:10:44It is? But it wasn't Derek Montaigne.

0:10:44 > 0:10:48Who's gonna want to take the pizza delivery boy tour?

0:10:48 > 0:10:51That's not what I mean! Come on, we're gonna make a new map!

0:11:00 > 0:11:03Next up, number nine on the...

0:11:03 > 0:11:06It Happened In Elwood City Walking Tour.

0:11:06 > 0:11:10The spot where Sitting Bull performed

0:11:10 > 0:11:12in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

0:11:12 > 0:11:17And now, a few words from our local history expert, Arthur Read.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21I am not an expert. Anyway,

0:11:21 > 0:11:25Sitting Bull was born around 1831 in present day South Dakota...

0:11:25 > 0:11:27That was great!

0:11:27 > 0:11:30I don't think I'll look at this parking lot the same way again.

0:11:30 > 0:11:34You know, Sitting Bull's life would make a terrific movie.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37And you know who could play him? Derek Montaigne!

0:11:37 > 0:11:39Yeah! I heard his mum's part Cherokee!

0:11:42 > 0:11:46OK, everyone, this way! We've got more history to see.

0:11:47 > 0:11:50We're up to 298 signatures.

0:11:50 > 0:11:52Who knows? In a month or two,

0:11:52 > 0:11:55this place might get some official recognition.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00Well, I thought I'd have a plaque for you by now,

0:12:00 > 0:12:03but I guess it's going to take a little more time.

0:12:03 > 0:12:06That's OK. It's good that your friends know about the people

0:12:06 > 0:12:11who lived in this country before them. And still live here today.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14Are there any Native Americans living today in Elwood City?

0:12:14 > 0:12:17Oh, sure. In fact, that Ratburn fellow

0:12:17 > 0:12:22looks a lot like a Cheyenne I used to know named Tahmelapachme.

0:12:22 > 0:12:26That means, "dull knife". Ha-ha!

0:12:32 > 0:12:35# Everyday when you're walking down the street

0:12:35 > 0:12:38# And everybody that you meet

0:12:38 > 0:12:41# Has an original point of view

0:12:41 > 0:12:44# And I say hey! Hey!

0:12:44 > 0:12:47# What a wonderful kind of day Hey! #