American Trail – Samuel Slators Machine, 1789. ep05, 1953.
Samuel Slater is a mostly unrecognized figure from America's early history. He came from England to bring plans to duplicate the textile machinery used over there to set up cotton…
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…