Hi$tory Season 1 Episode 3 - Transcontinental Railroads

Airdate: 2019-Nov-18

Episode summary:

The movies have taught us that the west was won by rugged individuals with a gun on one hip and a gal on the other. But those Americans who settled the west, those icons of freedom and indepence, lived at the mercy of the railroad tycoons.

About Hi$tory series:

NPR's Peter Sagal takes us on an irreverent romp through American history to reveal how money makes the world go around.