The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy

Life in Western Towns and Cities (1x17)

Ausstrahlung: Jan 01, 2017

Survey the five main types of towns that developed in the American West: Spanish towns, mining towns, farming towns, railroad towns, and the Pacific coast cities. Three cities you'll explore in depth are Salt Lake City, laid out in 1847; Chicago, the central metropolis of the West; and the great port city of San Francisco.