American Trail – The Louisiana Purchase, 1803. ep03, 1953.
During the time that Thomas Jefferson was president, the land surrounding New Orleans, and areas West of the Mississippi were in a volitile situation. With the risk of France possibly…
American Trail – The Northwest Ordinance, 1787. ep2, 1953.
The area from Ohio to Illinois is largely an unexplored wilderness. An American frontiersman takes a wife, and strikes out to make a home. At the same time the government…
American Trail – The Dispatch To New York, 1776. ep1, 1953.
An early newspaper reporter from New York interviews Patrick Henry on the new Constitution that is being proposed. Patriots who were united in rebelling against the oppressive Brittish government are…